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IAEA Asks London for Intelligence on Prewar Iraq’s Alleged Efforts to Obtain African Uranium
The International Atomic Energy Agency yesterday called on the British government to turn over any information indicating prewar Iraq’s efforts to obtain uranium from Africa, according to the London Independent (see GSN, July 14). Last year, the agency determined that documents purporting to show an Iraqi-Niger uranium agreement were fraudulent. The British government has stood by the Africa uranium claim, though, saying it had other sources supporting the assessment. The inquiry released this week regarding British intelligence on Iraq’s WMD programs discussed accusations that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein sought uranium from Niger and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the Independent. The U.N. nuclear watchdog has not been informed of the additional British intelligence on the claim, said agency spokesman Mark Gwozdecky. U.N. resolutions require member governments to submit information on illegal Iraqi weapons programs to the agency. “We did not see any indication of any violation, but we remain open to reopening the investigation if the information is made available to us,” Gwozdecky said (Anne Penketh, London Independent, July 16).
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