What were the fake yellowcake documents based on?
The documents were completely forged except for one piece of truth. That was the document the former Iraqi ambassador to the Vatican sent to the Niger government in May announcing his trip to the country. The Rome Niger embassy had a copy of this telegram. It was 1999. The trip of the ambassador itself didn’t mean anything. When they decided to cook up the documents, they took this telegram and then completely faked this deal between the Niger government and the Iraqi government for a supply of 500 tons of uranium ore. How believable were the documents and how was Italy behind the propagation of these false documents? The stamps were clearly fake. The name of one of the foreign ministers was incorrect. It was absolutely clear that it was junk material. Rocco’s main partner in crime was Laura Montini, known more widely as Signora Laura. Rocco was introduced to Signora Laura by a SISMI officer. She was a SISMI mole in the embassy and had been for some time. As soon as Rocco and Signora L
