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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]