Speaking on his son’s television network on March 16, 2003: “Saddam said that Iraq had had weapons of mass destruction in the past but declared that it no longer had any.” – Hans Blix, Disarming Iraq, Page 251 […]
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3/16/2003
Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on Meet the Press on March 16, 2003, shortly before the invasion of Iraq. He said: ” ‘I firmly believe…that strong, firm U.S. response to terror and to threats of the United States would go a long way, frankly, toward calming things in that part of the world.’ ” – […]
3/16/2003
In a Joint Press Event with Prime Minister Blair, President Anzar, and Prime Minister Barroso, President George W. Bush had this to say: “Action to remove the threat from Iraq would also allow the Iraqi people to build a better future for their society. And Iraq’s liberation would be the beginning, not the end, of our commitment […]
3/16/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “273. At the Azores Summit on 16 March, President Bush, Mr Blair and Prime Minister José María Anzar of Spain agreed that, unless there was a fundamental change in the next 24 hours, the UN process would end.” – Commissioned by the Prime Minister […]
3/15/2003
“[T]he [U.K.] Prime Minister [Tony Blair] gave his unequivocal view in writing on 15 March [2003] that the requirements of Resolution 1441 [which gave Saddam a final opportunity to comply with disarmament of WMD] were being breached.” – Clare Short, An Honourable Deception?, Page 254 […]
3/15/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “272. In a declaration on 15 March, France, with Germany and Russia, attempted to secure support in the Security Council for countries in support of action.” – Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry: […]
3/15/2003
“In March 2003, the government raised the national alert level to orange for the third time. Authorities feared that the imminent American invasion of Iraq would provoke attacks by ‘allied or sympathetic terrorist organizations, most notably the al Qaeda network.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Brian Michael […]
3/15/2003
In March 2003, “The Arizona National Guard was deployed to the Palo Verde nuclear power plant because an attack by al Qaeda extremists was believed to be ‘imminent.’ ” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Brian Michael Jenkins, Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?, Page 205 […]
3/15/2003
According to a declassified report prepared by the CIA in April 2006, titled ‘Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States:’ “…the [March 2003] American occupation of Iraq became ‘the cause celebre for jihadists, breeding a deep resentment of U.S. involvement in the Muslim world and cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement.’ “ […]
3/15/2003
“In mid-March 2003, less than a week before the U.S. launched its attack [on Iraq], [Vice President Dick] Cheney sent a speech over to the CIA for review making all the old arguments that there was a ‘link [between Iraq and al Qaeda].’ [CIA Director George] Tenet tells us that he telephoned [President] Bush to […]