Editing Niger uranium forgeries (section)

== US doubts ==
Previously, in February 2002, three different American officials had made efforts to verify the reports.  The deputy commander of US Armed Forces Europe, Marine General [[Carlton W. Fulford, Jr.]], went to Niger and met with the country's president, [[Tandja Mamadou]].  He concluded that, given the controls on Niger's uranium supply, there was little chance any of it could have been diverted to Iraq.  His report was sent to the Chairman of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], Gen. [[Richard Myers]].  The US Ambassador to Niger, [[Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick]], was also present at the meeting and sent similar conclusions to the State Department.<ref name="globalsecurity.org">[http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/congress/2004_rpt/iraq-wmd-intell_chapter2-b.htm "Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319070127/http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/congress/2004_rpt/iraq-wmd-intell_chapter2-b.htm |date=19 March 2011 }}, Chapter 2-B, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 2004.</ref> CNN reported on 14 March 2003 (before invasion) that the International Atomic Energy Agency found the documents to be forged.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/14/sprj.irq.documents/index.html|title=CNN.com – Fake Iraq documents 'embarrassing' for U.S. - Mar. 14, 2003|first=David Ensor CNN Washington|last=Bureau|website=[[CNN]]|access-date=16 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927013535/http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/14/sprj.irq.documents/index.html|archive-date=27 September 2009|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>