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 […]
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3/17/2003
In his final ultimatum to Saddam Hussein, a televised address from the White House on March 17, 2003, President Bush declared: ” ‘We are now acting because the risks of inaction would be far greater. In one year, or five years, the power of Iraq to inflict harm on all free nations would be multiplied […]
3/17/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary:” “284. On 17 March, President Bush issued an ultimatum giving Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave Iraq.” – Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry: Executive Summary,” IraqInquiry.org.uk, March 17, 2003 […]
3/17/2003
According to The New Yorker, on March 17, 2003: “…Richard Perle, before he was forced to resign on conflict-of-interest charges as chairman of the Defense Policy Board, solicited a presentation to the board by a Rand Corporation analyst who recommended that the United States consider military seizure of Saudi Arabia’s oil fields.” – Al Gore, […]
3/17/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary:” “332. As Mr Cook’s resignation statement on 17 March made clear, it was possible for a Minister to draw different conclusions from the same information. 333. Mr Cook set out his doubts about Saddam Hussein’s ability to deliver a strategic attack and the degree to […]
3/17/2003
In his resignation speech on March 17, 2003, British House of Commons leader Robin Cook said that due to the policy of containment: “Iraq’s military strength is now less than half its size than at the time of the last Gulf War [January 1991].” – Robin Cook, The Point of Departure, Page 363 […]
3/17/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary:” “278. A specially convened [UK] Cabinet at 1600 on 17 March 2003 endorsed the decision that the diplomatic process was now at the end and Saddam Hussein should be give an ultimatum to leave Iraq; and that the House of Commons would be asked […]
3/17/2003
In his resignation speech on March 17, 2003, House of Commons leader Robin Cook said: “What has come to trouble me most over past weeks is the suspicion that if the hanging chads in Florida had gone the other way and Al Gore had been elected, we would not now be about to commit British […]
3/17/2003
Realizing that they wouldn’t get enough votes from the UN to pass their resolution to go to war against Iraq, on March 17, 2003, “the United States, Britain, and Spain officially withdrew the second resolution.” – Elisabeth Bumiller, Condoleezza Rice: An American Life, Page 207 […]
3/17/2003
” ‘Unlike Saddam Hussein,’ he [President Bush] said [in a speech on March 17, 2003], ‘we believe the Iraqi people are deserving and capable of human liberty. And when the dictator has departed, they can set an example to all the Middle East of a vital and peaceful and self-governing nation.’ ” – Jeffrey Record, […]