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US "twisted" intelligence on Iraq: investigator for CIA WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 06, 2003 A former US ambassador who investigated reports that Niger sold uranium to Iraq said Sunday that the US government exaggerated the threat to justify the war in Iraq. US lawmakers joust over probe of Iraq's weapons intelligence WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 06, 2003 The leading Republican and Democrat on a key Senate panel took their quarrel public Sunday about how best to conduct a probe into accusations that US intelligence on Iraq's weapons program was hyped. France's Armada tall ship display ends with river parade to sea ROUEN, France (AFP) Jul 06, 2003 Forty tall sailing ships and warships taking part in the Armada ship display on Sunday cast off their moorings in this river port and began sailing majestically down the Seine towards the Channel. |
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US will soon expose Iraq's weapons programs: senator WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 06, 2003 US intelligence will soon expose deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, Senator John Warner, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Sunday. Germany sticks with joint tank project despite British pullout BERLIN (AFP) Jul 06, 2003 Germany said Sunday it would continue developing a tank project with the Netherlands, following press reports that Britain has withdrawn from the program, the second European country to do so. CIA investigator debunks report of Niger uranium sales to Iraq WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 06, 2003 A former US ambassador hired by the Central Intelligence Agency to probe whether Iraq acquired uranium for its nuclear weapons program from Niger says he believes the US government twisted some prewar intelligence to exaggerate the threat posed by Baghdad. US experts head to Liberia ahead of possible US aid mission BERLIN (AFP) Jul 06, 2003 A team of US military experts will leave for Liberia Sunday on a reconnaissance mission to prepare for a possible US humanitarian operation in the war-torn country, an army spokesman said. CIA investigator debunked report of Niger uranium sales to Iraq : report WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 06, 2003 A former US ambassador who investigated reports of sales of processed uranium by Niger to Iraq has concluded the government twisted intelligence to exaggerate the Iraqi threat, according to an opinion piece published in the New York Times Sunday. India shelves development of short-range anti-aircraft missile NEW DELHI, India (AFP) Jul 06, 2003 India's defence ministry has shelved plans to develop a short-range surface-to-air missile due to technical glitches, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency said Sunday. |
Philippine weapons owners stick to their guns despite calls to disarm MANILA (AFP) Jul 06, 2003 Firearms owners in the Philippines are fighting efforts by the government and private groups to curb gun ownership. Panel weighs in on claims Blair "sexed up" Iraq intelligence LONDON (AFP) Jul 06, 2003 After two weeks of hearings, the House of Commons' foreign affairs committee is to report Monday on whether Prime Minister Tony Blair "sexed up" the case for Britain joining the US-led war on Iraq. Blair blasts BBC for "attack on my integrity" over Iraq dossier LONDON (AFP) Jul 06, 2003 British Prime Minister Tony Blair, in a Sunday newspaper interview, accused the BBC of having committed "an attack on my integrity" by reporting that he and his staff embellished a report on the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to war. Britain pulls out from joint German-Dutch tank project HAMBURG, Germany (AFP) Jul 05, 2003 Britain has pulled out of a tank project it jointly set up with Germany and the Netherlands because it no longer meets its requirements, the magazine Der Spiegel reported in its forthcoming issue. Palestinian security chief, Israeli defence minister to meet Sunday GAZA CITY (AFP) Jul 05, 2003 Palestinian security chief Mohammad Dahlan will hold talks with Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz on Sunday, Dahlan's office announced Saturday. India tells US discussions are continuing on troops for Iraq NEW DELHI (AFP) Jul 05, 2003 Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha has told US Secretary of State Colin Powell that the process of consultations on sending peacekeeping troops to Iraq was continuing, a report said Saturday. |
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