Agent behind fake uranium documents worked for France (FRENCH TREACHERY UNMASKED)

The Sunday Telegraph ^ | September 19, 2004 | Bruce Johnston

[MadIvan]

The French are lying, sneaking, conniving polecats.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[muawiyah]

Hey, more fake documents ~ why isn't the DNC claiming credit for this too?

Hey, anyone know where Amb. Wilson and his trophy bride are? Can she type?

[Robert_Paulson2]

Why would France be baiting us anglos into action it publicly decries?

Insanity?
Or trying to polarize nato, and gain esteem in the EU?
Seems confusing to me. Or confused.

Any ideas?

[Stonedog]

Saw this in the Telegraph a few weeks ago. Frogs hired an Italian national to disseminate this false yellow cake story. Everyone in Europe was looking for this "Giancomo" at that time. Nice to see he turned himself in and burned the surrender monkeys.

[MEG33]

Fake documents are here and there and everywhere!
Why is the question..to whose benefit...for what purpose?

[ColdSpringGirl]

Wilson and wife were the first people who popped into my mind, too!

[piasa]

fyi

[Stonedog]

In this case the benefit was to the frogs. If the info turned out to be false when presented by the U.S. and Britain, then no war in Iraq(so they hoped and planned). This would have protected their financial deals with Saddam, and maintained the secrecy in the UN oil for food program in which they were heavily involved.

[TaxRelief]

If only the Pentagon had run these memos past Buckhead and Tanker KC, first.

[river rat]

I have finally been pushed over the edge...

I no long want to see France punished...
It would be better to see her destroyed, if the events do not cause internal corrections and the expulsion of Chirac.

Semper Fi

[river rat]

I have finally been pushed over the edge...

I no long want to see France punished...
It would be better to see her destroyed, if the events do not cause internal corrections and the expulsion of Chirac.

Semper Fi

[piasa]

According to Ansa, the Italian news agency, which said privately that it had obtained its information from "judicial and other sources", Mr Martino was questioned by an investigating magistrate, Franco Ionta, for two hours. Ansa said Mr Martino told the magistrate that Italy's military intelligence, Sismi, had no role in the procuring or dissemination of the Niger documents.

So, this appears to confirm that the intelligence Italy did provide earlier about Iraq and Niger was as separate advertised - not related to these documents at all.

[Henchman]

Why would France be involved? Long Term Planning France and the Germans proposed a EUROpean (UR -A- peeing) army. (I know, here we go again). What better way to get EUROs behind you than to discredit the US? The BRITS reluctantly agreed! The French are Power hungry and the Germans love marshall music. - methinks the EU is doomed. It will fall apart. Just My Thoughts.

[walford]

Need more info. I'm very skeptical that the Bush admin would rely on one dubious source and vouch for it on such an important issue -- as is being implied.

I wonder what this independent verification is that Blair is referring to...

[doug from upland]

Can someone confirm this? I understand that our decision did not rely on this fake Italian report. We had other agencies in Europe independent confirming that Saddam was actively seeking yellowcake.

[ThomasMore]

hi Ivan,

You are to generous to these slimy, socialist, traitorous, back-stabbing, pond scum.

When the Islamo-fascists hit them...and they will...let them stew in their own pot.

[piasa]

It's not neccessarily being implied- read my post above and this one:

Investigators in Rome suspect that Mr Martino was first engaged by the French secret services five years ago, when he was asked to investigate rumours of illicit trafficking in uranium from Niger.

In other words, the rumors that uranium trafficking was going on in Niger preceded the forged documents. The French took it seriously enough that they investigated, hired this guy to prowl around and see what he could come up with.

This could be the case for a few reasons:

It could be at least one French intelligence official really was concerned and tried to find out more.

Or it could be the French wanted an investigation in order to figure out the source of the leaks and have it excised so the rumors would stop.

Or ... who knows. There's a reason for the concern since it turns out Libya was indeed obtaining uranium from Niger, in spite of the former Ambassador Wilson's proclamation that illicit trade couldn't occur because the security was too good.

[Iowa Granny]

Well, well, well.