“In a speech to the nation on the Monday evening of March 17, 2003, [President] Bush said that ‘Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours. Their refusal to do so will result in military conflict.’ ” – Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Page 135 […]
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3/17/2003
On March 17, 2003, “Jay Garner, the retired American general designated by the Pentagon to be the point man in supervising Iraq in the immediate aftermath of war, arrived in Kuwait, where a staff of veteran diplomats and military officers was already at work, laying the groundwork for an occupation.” – Todd S. Purdum and […]
3/17/2003
On March 17, 2003, “UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said that any attack by the United States on Iraq without a further resolution would be a violation of the UN charter.” – Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Page 282 […]
3/17/2003
Former President George W. Bush wrote: on March 17, 2003, “Ambassador John Negroponte withdrew the second resolution [on Iraq] at the UN. That night, I addressed the nation from the Cross Hall of the White House. ‘The United Nations Security Council has not lived up to its responsibilities, so we will rise to ours,’ I […]
3/17/2003
On March 17, 2003, President Bush said: ” ‘Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.’ …Bush issued an ultimatum: Saddam and his two sons would have to leave Iraq within forty-eight hours, or there would […]
3/17/2003
On March 17, 2003, President Bush “ordered Saddam to leave Iraq within forty-eight hours or face an attack. ‘Should Saddam Hussein choose confrontation,’ he had the audacity to add, ‘the American people can know that every measure has been taken to avoid war, and every measure will be taken to win it.’ “ – Julian […]
3/17/2003
“…at 9:45 am [on March 17, 2003], [White House Press Secretary Ari] Fleischer appeared in the press room and said: ‘The United Nations has failed to enforce its own demands that Iraq immediately disarm. As a result, the diplomatic window has now been closed. The president [Bush] will address the nation tonight at 8 o’clock. […]
3/17/2003
President George W. Bush announces that Saddam must leave Iraq within 48 hours: “Many Iraqis can hear me tonight in a translated radio broadcast, and I have a message for them. If we must begin a military campaign, it will be directed against the lawless men who rule your country and not against you. As our […]
3/17/2003
On March 17, 2003, President “Bush greeted the Senate and House leaders in the Roosevelt Room …He described his [upcoming] speech, the 48-hour ultimatum [for Saddam and his sons to leave Iraq]… ‘The Iraqi generals are war criminals,’ he told them and added a new and significant twist. ‘If Saddam Hussein leaves, we’ll go in […]
3/17/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary:” “In 2003, for the first time since the Second World War, the United Kingdom took part in an opposed invasion and full-scale occupation of a sovereign State – Iraq. [UK] Cabinet decided on 17 March to join the US-led invasion of Iraq, assuming there was no last-minute […]