On June 17, 2004, President Bush told reporters after a cabinet meeting at the White House: “He (Saddam Hussein) was a threat because he had used weapons of mass destruction against his own people. He was a threat because he was a sworn enemy of the United States of America, just like al-Qaeda. He was […]
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6/17/2004
“After the 9/11 Commission found that there was no connection between Hussein and 9/11, Bush told the media on June 17, 2004: ‘This administration never said that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated between Saddam and Al Qaeda.’ ” – Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Page 141 […]
6/17/2004
On June 17, 2004, “During a radio discussion about an opinion poll showing that most Iraqis did not see American troops as liberators and wanted them to leave the country, [political commentator Bill] O’Reilly told listeners that he had ‘no respect’ for the Iraqi people; they were a ‘prehistoric group,’ and the lesson from the […]
6/17/2004
When asked why the administration continued to insist that Saddam Hussien had a relationship with al Qaeda, when the same administration denies any connection between Saddam and 9/11? President Bush answered: “The reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and al Qaeda, because there was a relationship between Iraq and […]
6/16/2004
John Pistole, the FBI’s Executive Assistant Director for Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism, testified at the June 16, 2004 9/11 Commission hearing. When asked if there were al Qaeda cells within the U.S., he replied: ” ‘Absolutely,’ saying that such cells needed to be understood as a combination of possible operatives and ‘facilitators…fund-raisers, [and] recruiters.’ ” – […]
6/16/2004
According to the report from the 9/11 Commission hearing on June 16, 2004, the 9/11 plot by al Qaeda: ” ‘painted a picture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as the mastermind and chief operative, and Bin Ladin as providing leadership and institutional support.’ …’Bin Ladin met with [his deputy, Mohammed] Atef to discuss the targets for […]
6/16/2004
In the 9/11 Commission hearing on June 16, 2004, the motivation of the terrorists was questioned. FBI Supervisory Special Agent James Fitzgerald said: ” ‘I believe they feel a sense of outrage against the United States. They identify with the Palestinian problem, they identify with people who oppose repressive regimes, and I believe they tend […]
6/16/2004
In a 9/11 Commission hearing on June 16, 2004, former CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence Douglas MacEachin said: ” ‘Whether Bin Laden and his organization had roles in the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center and the thwarted Manila [Philippines] plot to blow up a dozen U.S. commercial aircraft in 1995 remains a matter […]
6/16/2004
“[T]he 9/11 Commission’s Staff Statement [#16, on June 16, 2004] ends by offering the distinctly unpersuasive assessment that ‘al Qaeda today is more a loose collection of regional networks with a greatly weakened central organization.’ ” – Peter Lance, Cover Up, Page 212 […]
6/16/2004
“The Sept. 11 commission reported yesterday [June 16, 2004] that it has found no ‘collaborative relationship’ between Iraq and al Qaeda, challenging one of the Bush administration’s main justifications for the war in Iraq. Along with the contention that Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction, President Bush, Vice President [Dick] Cheney and other […]