The circumstances of this alleged "discovery" are simply not credible.

Are we really supposed to believe that this paperwork was found in Iraq? The pro-war Daily Telegraph reports:

"...according to Iraqi intelligence documents found by The Daily Telegraph in Baghdad."

and

"In the papers, which were found in the looted foreign ministry..."

There are two main possibilities...

1) The documents were forged by the Daily Telegraph and then "discovered" in Iraq.

2) The documents were forged by an "intelligence" agency (such as MI6, CIA, or Mossad) and planted in Iraq. The "intelligence" agency then told the Daily Telegraph where to find them.

As has already been seen in this phony war, "intelligence" agencies already tried to forge "evidence" about Saddam Hussein importing uranium from Niger. This forgery was revealed by Mohamed ElBaradei of the International Atomic Energy Agency in early March (see below)...

So, it looks like the spooks are at it again. This time they are trying to smear one of the most outspoken opponents of the war in Iraq...


U.N. Inspectors: U.S. Used Forged Reports
By WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press Writer

UNITED NATIONS - U.N. weapons inspectors cast doubts on U.S. assertions about Iraq (news - web sites)'s weapons programs, saying Baghdad is cooperating with inspections and that some documents presented as evidence were forged.

Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told the U.N. Security Council on Friday that experts had dismissed as counterfeit documents that allegedly showed Iraqi officials shopping for uranium in Africa two years ago.

ElBaradei, who made his strongest statement yet in support of Iraqi cooperation, also rejected a Bush administration claim that Iraq had tried to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes to use in centrifuges for uranium enrichment.

"There is no indication of resumed nuclear activities," he said.