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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush

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To: donjuan_demarco who started this subject7/11/2003 2:38:42 AM
From: jttmab   of 93284
 
CIA Asked Britain To Drop Iraq Claim
Advice on Alleged Uranium Buy Was Refused

By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, July 11, 2003; Page A01

The CIA tried unsuccessfully in early September 2002 to persuade the British government to drop from an official intelligence paper a reference to Iraqi attempts to buy uranium in Africa that President Bush included in his State of the Union address four months later, senior Bush administration officials said yesterday.....

washingtonpost.com

Hypothetical e-mail. from Blair to Bush....

George,

Saw the article in the Washington Post [CIA Asked Britain To Drop Iraq Claim] and noticed that their source was "senior Bush Administration officials" [plural no less!]. I'm sure Ian Duncan Smith will be quite pleased to see that story! And I expect he'll mention it at the next gathering of the House of Commons.

I'd like to thank you for all your support.

Your friend,
Tony
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