Media Slow To Show WikiLeaks Justified Iraq War

[AndrewG]

God forgive me for wading into this thread, but Andrew, I guess you are citing this paragraph:

Five years after Joe Wilson?s op-ed claimed no yellowcake was sold to Iraq ? the ease with which Saddam could have snapped his fingers and reinstituted his nuclear program became apparent. In July 2008, in an operation kept secret at the time, 37 military air cargo flights shipped more than 500 metric tons of yellowcake ? found in Iraq ? out of the country for further transport and remediation to Canada.

I'm calling BS that all this spongecake was sitting somewhere ready for use as is implied in the article. More likely it was scattered all around the country goodness knows where. It did take six years to round it up for export to Canada, after all. Furthermore, I don't see a 'leak' that cites the transport...I have seen lots of wikileak citations that are direct quotes, but the guy who penned this piece isn't clear regarding his source about the airlift to Canada....

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

I think the wikileaks info disclosed the fact that it could be used had Saddam wanted to use it. The accusation by Bush in his state of the union was that Saddam was acquiring Yellow Cake to further his Nuclear Ambitions. I wish the writer provided more details specifically to the wikileak revelations here. Perhaps we will learn more in the coming days.

Are you saying you think this was a US conspiracy to help justify the war?

 

[GoodWitch58]

On a hunch, I figured if MSNBC felt obligated to report on it they would give it the worst time slot. Sure enough, this was released on a Saturday night at 7pm. That explains why I didn't see it.

This is an Associated Press story; datelined by the wire service; has nothing to do with MSNBC, except their reporters pulled it from the AP.

 

[scooterbug44]

Yes, Saddam had yellow cake (basically raw uranium that looks like cornmeal - hence the name) but it wasn't a secret and he didn't have the advanced technology to DO anything with it.

A middle school science class can extract yellow cake. It's made in every country that mines uranium and is a low grade material.

You are making too much of this - yellow cake is not the same as enriched uranium or weapons grade material.

 

[30A Skunkape]

I think the wikileaks info disclosed the fact that it could be used had Saddam wanted to use it. The accusation by Bush in his state of the union was that Saddam was acquiring Yellow Cake to further his Nuclear Ambitions. I wish the writer provided more details specifically to the wikileak revelations here. Perhaps we will learn more in the coming days.

Are you saying you think this was a US conspiracy to help justify the war?

I don't think there was a conspiracy by the American left or right, I'm just saying that a comprehensive justification for us going over there will most likely not be found on a wikileak blurb.

 

[Smiling JOe]

uh oh, someone took down the wikileaks site.

since I know nothing about yellow cake, except the kind I like to eat, I googled, "yellow cake iraq" and quickly found a snopes article on it. >>> link to snopes article.

It is an interesting and quick explanation of the order of things. (I like snopes.com -- don't know how accurate it is, but it always has those chain email letters in there.)

 

[poppy]

On a hunch, I figured if MSNBC felt obligated to report on it they would give it the worst time slot. Sure enough, this was released on a Saturday night at 7pm. That explains why I didn't see it.

In what time slot did Fox run the story?