4/25/1991

“In late April [1991] an emergency committee was set up under [Iraqi Foreign Minister] Tariq Aziz to decide how best to defy the UN, with orders from Saddam to save as much of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction capability as possible.” [The 25th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]

 – Con Coughlin, Saddam: His Rise and Fall, Page 283