In a message aired by Al Jazeera on October 18, 2003, Osama bin Laden said: ” ‘We reserve the right to retaliate at the appropriate time and place against all countries involved [in the invasion of Iraq], especially the UK, Spain, Australia, Poland, Japan and Italy.’ “ – Abdel Bari Atwan, The Secret History of […]
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10/17/2003
According to BBC News on October 17, 2003: “One of the generals in charge of war policy, William G. Boykin…on a speaking tour of conservative evangelical groups…declare[d]–from the pulpit, in uniform–that our nation was in a holy war as a ‘Christian nation battling Satan.’ ” – Al Gore, The Assault on Reason, Page 58 […]
10/16/2003
“In October [16] 2003, reflecting on progress after two years of waging the global war on terrorism, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld asked his advisers, ‘Are we capturing, killing or deterring and dissuading more terrorists every day than the madrassas and the radical clerics are recruiting, training and deploying against us? Does the US need to […]
10/16/2003
“The passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1511 [on October 16, 2003] placed a framework on the process of transferring power and sovereignty back into Iraqi hands. The Resolution specified the date by which the details of the matter were to be presented to the Security Council–and it was assumed the CPA [Coalition Provisional Authority] […]
10/16/2003
UN Security Council Resolution 1511 was adopted on October 16, 2003. “While granting the Governing Council and the Cabinet the right to embody Iraq’s sovereignty, it maintained the powers of the CPA [Coalition Provisional Authority] as the effective arbiter of Iraq’s affairs until a representative government was formed. The Resolution stated clearly that ‘obligations under […]
10/16/2003
On October 16, 2003, “Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld reportedly confided to his subordinates that more militants are joining the fight than the United States is ‘capturing, killing, or deterring and dissuading’ in Iraq and Afghanistan, an indirect reference to the high costs of the American-led invasion of Iraq.” – Fawaz A. Gerges, The Far Enemy, […]
10/15/2003
Then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld wrote: “After his sons were killed, there was an intelligence report that Saddam Hussein was paying $60 million for his agents to target the President’s [Bush’s] two daughters and my two daughters for reprisal attacks. That threat report was brought up at an NSC [National Security Council] meeting in October […]
10/15/2003
President George W. Bush: “Since the liberation of Iraq, our investigators have found evidence of a clandestine network of biological laboratories, advanced design work on prohibited longer-range missiles, an elaborate campaign to hide illegal programs. We’ve still got more to investigate. Yet it is undeniable that Saddam Hussein was in clear violation of United Nations […]
10/15/2003
On October 15, 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell was interviewed by Matt Frei of BBC Television: “MR. FREI: Let me ask you about Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. Earlier this year, in February, you gave a presentation at the United Nations in which you talked about the imminent threat posed by Saddam Hussein […]
10/15/2003
“…In October 2003, [approximately a year after his September 26, 2002, rendition and torture by the CIA, Canadian telecommunications engineer Maher] Arar was released without charges, after his wife forced the Canadian government to take up his cause. …A thorough official investigation by the Canadian government cleared Arar of any links to terrorism and concluded […]