[antimedia] antimedia: Sometimes it gets so tiring....

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Sometimes it gets so tiring....
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   ....debunking the same lies over and over again. Joseph Wilson's lies
   have been thoroughly debunked yet some on the left continue to defend
   his lies. Many in the media continue to repeat his lies as if they
   were truth. Now, in the trial of Scooter Libby, Wilson has been shown
   to have [1]debunked his own lies about yellowcake and Niger.

     Here is a real trip for Plamiacs. We all know Valerie Plame sent
     Joe Wilson to Niger in 1999 as well, that 2002 was not his first
     mission for the CIA to that country. It turns out the report that
     Iraq and Niger were back at the Yellow Cake dance (they had traded
     in Yellow Cake prior to the first Gulf War - without the knowledge
     of the French who supposedly oversaw the trade) in 1999 was from a
     report by one Joe Wilson from his earlier trip to Niger! There were
     serious concerns at the time that AQ Kahn, father of the Pakistani
     Nuclear Bomb, was out selling his knowledge to other muslim
     countries. As we discussed in one of many earlier posts on this
     site, that earlier trip was during major upheavels in Niger and
     after a military coup dâetat. News that Iraq had come calling at
     this pivotal stage was probably very alarming in non-proliferation
     circles. It has been my suspicion the CIA bribed some key folks to
     forego the coup and turn the country into a democracy.
     But either way, the report that Iraq might have been talking to
     Niger about yellow cake which hit the Hill and caused the VP to ask
     questions, and subsequently send Wilson back to Niger in 2003 - was
     Wilsonâs own earlier report!:

     F what discussed. [Judy uncomfortable]
     M SAid plenty of info before Powell presentation was given,
     supporting Iraq hunting uranium, it had been shown that IRaq HAD
     acquired uranium in Africa, prior to 1st gulf war, in 80s IAEA
     stated taht Iraq had acquired, after that several different reports
     that Iraq in market again for uranium. 2 reports, for a long-term
     arrangement for large quantities, and then a shorter term amount,
     then referred to anohter report, a third report, the arrival of a
     delegation in 1999 this delegation was seeking a broader trade
     relationship, since Niger only had one export, officials had
     concluded that Iraq was interested in uranium, Author of this
     report was Joe Wilson. The report had gone up to the Hill. Talking
     about info provided to Hill, which had prompted VP questions.
     F Did he indicate who provided this report
     M CIA

     How interesting. Wilson went to Niger in 2002 and then came back
     debunking his own report from 1999? How totally fascinating (and
     never reported to the American people). So Kristofâs headline
     should have been âEx Ambassador changes his mind on Iraq WMDâ. Ugh!
     This is what this was all about? Wilson reported a serious Iraq
     overture to Niger in 1999 and then goes back in 2002 and debunks
     his own earlier report? Were they his forgeries as well? More later
     on Miller if I have time.

   Now you think about that for a moment. Both Wilson and his wife knew
   what he would find when he went to Niger, because he had already been
   there in 1999. Yet he was sent anyway. And his debriefing confirmed
   that the Iraqis made overtures to obtain yellowcake from Niger.
   Yet, when Wilson wrote his op-ed, he claimed exactly the opposite. Not
   only that, but he insisted that Iraq could not have gotten yellowcake
   from Niger because the French controlled the mines. This is the very
   same French who were in bed with Sadaam -- the very same French who
   produced the forged documents meant to "prove" that Iraq never sought
   yellowcake from Niger -- the very same French who promised Sadaam that
   they would vote against any UN resolution to support a war with Iraq.
   You won't read any of this in the media, because it doesn't fit with
   their predetermined storyline -- Bush lied and people died -- the
   storyline that Wilson handed to the Democrats on a silver platter and
   the media has repeated ever since as gospel truth.
   The genesis of the discontent over the war, the ignition point of the
   fire that enrages the left, the impetus of the Democrat victory last
   November all can be traced back to Joseph Wilson's lie.
   No wonder they keep repeating it.

References

   1. http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/3302