IRAQ: NUCLEAR-RELATED PROCUREMENT EFFORTS

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06667484
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2017
• Case Number: F-2017-00864
• Publication Date: October 18, 2001

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18 October 2001
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SENIOR EXECUTIVE INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
18 October 2001
PASS SEIB 01-243CHXE
Iraq: Nuclear-Related Procurement Effort
Niger as of early this year planned to send several
� tons of uranium to Iraq under an agreement conduded late last year. Iraq and Niger had been
negotiating the shipment since at least early 1999
� There is no corroboration from other sources that such an agreement was reached or that
uranium was transferred.
-- UN Security Council Resolution 687 prohibits Iraq from purchasing uranium, although
the transfer would not require the application of safeguards.
In view of the origin, the uranium probably is in the form of yellowcake and will need further
processing to be used in a uranium enrichment plant. Iraq has no known facilities for processing
or enriching the material.
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