Niger may sue over uranium slur

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3132263.stm

Thursday, 7 August, 2003


The government of Niger is being pressurised to sue the US for damages over allegations that Iraq tried to buy uranium from the West African country.

The Chairman of the opposition Alliance for Democracy and Progress, Issoufou Bachar, says that Niger must seize the opportunity and file claims for "heavy damages".

"The US forged a letter on Niger's behalf ....this is a shame," local Tenere FM radio quoted Mr Bachar as saying.

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President Mamadou Tandja of Niger on Sunday again rejected the claims, on the same day that Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported that the US was pressurising the West African country to keep quiet on the issue.


Seems the leaders of Niger have a lot more balls than most of our own leaders in Congress.

If a Dem brings it to light, they will say they are being partisan, playing politics. If Niger brings it to light, they either have to prove it, which they alread have said it was false, or they have to pay up and that will damage thier credibility even more.