Let's try it again. Someday you might man up and meet the challenge:
What YOU claimed was that "There was no effort to purchase yellowcake."
You have declared that there was NO effort. But your "evidence" which you cite as "support" for your proposition is LIMITED to the claim that the Minister supposedly said that no purchase was discussed.
That is NOT what the Minister said. He said he was unaware of any CONTRACTS having been signed. He DID concede however that there had been an approach to discuss EXPANDING business relationships between Iraq and Niger. That's important, you dildo, so take some notes.
Typical brain-dead Conservative. Long on insults; short on facts.
That IS what he said. The PM said he thought they wanted to meet to purchase Uranium, but that he never let that come up in the meeting. You're so fucking stupid, you don't even recall that you posted that yourself...
Post #265: Mayaki said, however, that in June 1999, (REDACTED) businessman, approached him and insisted that Mayaki meet with an Iraqi delegation to discuss "expanding commercial relations" between Niger and Iraq. The intelligence report said that Mayaki interpreted 'expanding commercial relations' to mean that the delegation wanted to discuss uranium yellowcake sales. The intelligence report also said that " although the meeting took place, Mayaki let the matter drop due to the UN sanctions on Iraq".
That report continues ...
In an interview with Committee staff, the former ambassador was able to provide more information about the meeting between former Prime Minister Mayaki and the Iraqi delegation. The former ambassador said that Mayaki did meet with the Iraqi delegation but never discussed what was meant by “expanding commercial relations.” The former ambassador said that because Mayaki was wary of discussing any trade issues with a country under United Nations (UN) sanctions, he made a successfhl effort to steer the conversationaway from a discussion of trade with the Iraqi delegation
The funniest part of you posting that as evidence of an attempt to purchase Uranium, is that account comes from Joe Wilson, whom you described as a bullshitter.
It is indeed PROBABLE that the expanding BUSINESS relationship was ABOUT uranium since that was -- by FAR --the singularly largest export of Niger. Roughly 50% of its export business was uranium and we know Iraq wanted uranium and we have no reason to suspect they wanted cowpeas or onions.
You continue to leave out the possibility that they met to discuss exporting good TO Niger. You leave that out because it even further diminshes your claim of "likelihood.
The SENATE report noted "Mayaki interpreted 'expanding commercial relations' to mean that the delegation wanted to discuss uranium yellowcake sales." Smart. It would be irrational to believe anything else was meant.
As noted above, that same report said they never discussed what was meant by 'expanding commercial relations'.
Thus, Wilson was wrong or just a fucking outright liar.
Now that's hysterical given your reliance on him for the story about Mayaki meeting with an Iraqi delegation.




And YOU have yet to PROVE your own contention.
Given there's no proof of Iraq seeking to purchase Uranium and given your complete and utter failure to prove it (again, "likelihood" is not proof), my comment remains as tall and proud as when I said it.
It's a negatve. A negative cannot be proven. It's not my problem that you're too retarded to understand that. It can only be proven to be false.
You have failed miserably in that department.