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Bush Did Not Lie or what the press didn't tell you - swampy - 11-25-2008
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50430
The DOD released this info last July. AP put it out there, but the MSM failed to report it. (Well of course, since it didn't fit their agenda)
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2008 – Defense personnel have completed the transfer of 550 metric tons of Iraqi uranium ore to Canada, Defense officials said here today.
The Iraqi government asked the United States to help transfer the yellowcake -- as the ore is known -- from Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center near Baghdad to its buyer in Canada, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said today.
The military dubbed the movement Operation McCall, and it ended July 5. DoD’s portion of the operation involved the transfer of the ore.
Yellowcake is a uranium ore that can be processed to become nuclear fuel. State and Energy Department personnel also participated in the transfer.
Officials transferred the uranium by convoy from Tuwaitha nuclear research facility to a secure location in Baghdad’s International Zone, Whitman said. The ore was in 110 shipping containers. The shipping containers were placed aboard Air Force C-17 Globemaster III airlifters and taken to an intermediate location. It took 37 sorties to transfer the yellowcake.
At the intermediate location -- which Whitman could not name -- the ore was loaded aboard the SS Gopher State, a Military Sealift Command ship, which took it to Montreal.
“This was material that was discovered when we initially went in to Tuwaitha,” Whitman said. “It was under the control of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency since that time.”
Whitman stressed that yellowcake is not of direct use in a nuclear weapon. “It is a commodity that is traded routinely in the global nuclear energy sector,” he said. “It can be used as a feed material for nuclear weapons if a country has access to the necessary fuel technology.”
The cost of the transfer was $70 million, and the government of Iraq will reimburse the United States for a portion of the cost, Whitman said.
Here's a further article, longer explanation including Valerie Plames' big lie about yellow cake.
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/u/uraniumyellowcake.htm
"This is vindication for the Bush administration, having been attacked mercilessly by the liberal media and the far-left pundits on the blogosphere. Now that it is proven that President Bush did not lie about Saddam's nuclear ambitions, one would think the
mainstream media would report the story. Once the AP released the story, the mainstream media should have picked it up and broadcast it worldwide."
Note to the liberal lefties... Your news is being filter, censored or just not reported. I doubt you will see this reported on any of your favorite news sites.
Re: Bush Did Not Lie or what the press didn't tell you - Greg the dogsitter - 11-25-2008
What does it mean if you're wrong?
"Israeli warplanes bombed a reactor project at the site in 1981. Later, U.N. inspectors documented and safeguarded the yellowcake, which had been stored in aging drums and containers since before the 1991 Gulf War. There was no evidence of any yellowcake dating from after 1991, the official said."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25546334
Re: Bush Did Not Lie or what the press didn't tell you - Greg the dogsitter - 11-25-2008
"Liberal lefties" is foolish and patronizing. You sure you were raised in a genteel tradition of speaking politely and taking the high road?
Re: Bush Did Not Lie or what the press didn't tell you - Doc - 11-25-2008
That was not Nigerian Uranium. It was leftovers from the nuclear program that was ended after the invasion of Kuwait.
The inspectors knew all about that uranium.
It was not weapanized. It was not part of an ongoing effort to develop nuclear weapons.
Bush lied.
Lump it.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25546334/
Re: Bush Did Not Lie or what the press didn't tell you - mattkime - 11-25-2008
oh no! we were almost wrong!
Re: Bush Did Not Lie or what the press didn't tell you - Greg the dogsitter - 11-25-2008
Really, the release you quoted says that the Pentagon spokesman, "stressed that yellowcake is not of direct use in a nuclear weapon."
The truthorfiction link also says this is not proof of any hoarding!
"This is vindication for the Bush administration, having been attacked mercilessly by the liberal media and the far-left pundits on the blogosphere."
This is an unsupportable statement, as is your subject line.
However, this all beautifully shows a lack of critical thinking. As such, it could still be useful.
Re: Bush Did Not Lie or what the press didn't tell you - swampy - 11-25-2008
Greg the dogsitter wrote:
Really, the release you quoted says that the Pentagon spokesman, "stressed that yellowcake is not of direct use in a nuclear weapon."
The truthorfiction link also says this is not proof of any hoarding!
"This is vindication for the Bush administration, having been attacked mercilessly by the liberal media and the far-left pundits on the blogosphere."
This is an unsupportable statement, as is your subject line.
However, this all beautifully shows a lack of critical thinking. As such, it could still be useful.
I didn't make the statement, GDS... It's a pull quote from the link above.
Maybe I forgot to distinguish it by putting it in italics or something?
Re: Bush Did Not Lie or what the press didn't tell you - Greg the dogsitter - 11-25-2008
It's not about who said it. It's about the truth value of the statement itself. It's paranoid (the blogosphere is hounding us!) and belittles those who disagree by the use of labels ("far-left pundits" ).
So, if your own link indicates that this wasn't the yellowcake that brought us into war, and goes on to quote two baloney emails making the rounds, why latch onto this so strongly?
Re: Bush Did Not Lie or what the press didn't tell you - kanesa - 11-25-2008
ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5316183
The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.
CBS news
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/05/world/main4235028.shtml?source=search_story
(AP) The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program - a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.
NYTimes
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/world/middleeast/07iraq.html?_r=1&scp=8&sq=yellowcake&st=cse
BAGHDAD — American and Iraqi officials have completed nearly the last chapter in dismantling Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program with the removal of hundreds of tons of natural uranium from the country’s main nuclear site.
swampy
>Note to the liberal lefties... Your news is being filter, censored or just not reported. I doubt you will see this reported on any of your favorite news sites.<
What news sites did not cover this event?
Re: Bush Did Not Lie or what the press didn't tell you - $tevie - 11-25-2008
[www.truthorfiction.com]
That link is to a page debunking the story. The Valerie Plame stuff is part of what they call an "eRumor".