WASHINGTON (AP) - Amid questions about prewar intelligence, the White House is acknowledging that President Bush was incorrect when he said in his State of the Union address that Iraq recently had sought significant quantities of uranium in Africa
Democrats in Congress also have questioned how the Bush administration used U.S. intelligence on Iraq's weapons programs.
Bush said in his address to Congress in January that the British government had learned that Saddam recently sought significant quantities of uranium in Africa.
The president's statement in the State of the Union was incorrect because it was based on forged documents from the African nation of Niger, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Monday.
"The president's statement was based on the predicate of the yellow cake uranium "from Niger," Fleischer told reporters. "So given the fact that the report on the yellow cake did not turn out to be accurate, that is reflective of the president's broader statement."
Notwithstanding running young Heidi Fleischer's statement through several online translators, I remain completely in the dark about what he meant. I suspect that's why George gave the Fleischer kiddy the gig ... they both spokes the same langeridge.
