These documents were alleged to be cited as evidence by the United States and United Kingdom governments during the Iraq disarmament crisis that Iraq had attempted to procure nuclear material for the purpose of creating "weapons of mass destruction." This claim was part of the political basis for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Yellowcake, a uranium oxide, is a raw material used in the manufacture of nuclear reactor fuel rods. Yellowcake's uranium component can be refined into either plutonium or enriched uranium for use in a nuclear weapon.

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