[Shermy]

Ping.

[Shermy]

My thread here contains many media reports and interviews in an attempt to trace the evolution of the linkage some have postulated between Bush's State of the Union reference to "Africa" and ruminations about the African country of Niger, including Joseph Wilson's.

Long read.

[Wolfstar]

Absolutely brilliant and valuable job of research, Shermy. I fully agree with your assessment of the key questions someone should ask Joseph Wilson. In addition, with revelations about the corrupt Iraqi oil-for-food program continuing to simmer, I'm beginning to wonder just how far Saddam's money reached in Washington during the 1990's.

I'm beginning to think that all of the peculiar, but seemingly unrelated events we've witnessed in recent years may not be so unrelated after all. Just some of the mysteries that may, just may, have their answers in the oil-for-food scam: the way Scott Ritter seemed to turn on a dime; the mysterious now-they're-there, now-they're-not Iraqi WMD; Saddam seemingly content with the sanctions rather than opening his doors wide to UN inspections; the forged Iraq-Niger documents; the peculiar choice of Joseph Wilson to check out the Niger story; and much more.

[mrustow]

Thanks for the ping, and for your prodigious research, Shermy. I have downloaded the thread, and will study it intently.