Guardian Unlimited reports;
Forged documents on which the British and US governments allegedly based their case that Iraq was seeking uranium from Niger were so crudely drafted that it is unlikely they would have stood up to more than a few hours’ – or minutes’ – scrutiny by any specialist, it emerged yesterday.
The letters and paperwork, which surfaced in Italy’s left of centre daily La Repubblica, reveal how amateurish the forgeries were. Although they amount to only eight pages, they contain more than a dozen easily checkable errors.
A logo, supposedly the national symbol of Niger, is badly drawn and minus much of the detail normally used in government documents.