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Nigergate, Rome Reopens the Investigation

Decision of the prosecutor after the revelations about the false dossier

Rome - After the announcement of a new investigation by the FBI of the false dossier concerning Nigerien uranium sold to Saddam Hussein, the procura of the Republic in Rome opened an investigation. The prosecutors want to understand Nigergate and take testimony from the ex number 2 of French counterintelligence, Alain Chouet, who revealed to La Repubblica that the ex-informant of Italian intelligence [SISMI ndr]
Rocco Martino, *after* having given the false dossier to the CIA [via Elisabetta Burba ndr]attemted to sell the forged documents to French intelligence. Bush admits errors in Iraw :"But we can't leave"

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