“On 7 March [2003], [chief UN weapons inspector] Dr [Hans] Blix reported to the [UN] Security Council ‘a substantial measure of disarmament by Iraq with the destruction of large numbers of al-Samoud ballistic missiles.’ It was of this that Dr Blix said to the Security Council: ‘We are not watching the breaking of toothpicks. Lethal […]
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3/7/2003
“On Friday 7 March [2003] at the [UN] Security Council, [chief UN weapons inspector] Dr [Hans] Blix reported some considerable progress in Iraqi co-operation including the destruction of the ballistic missiles.” – Clare Short, An Honourable Deception?, Page 251 […]
3/7/2003
On March 7, 2003, chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix said: ” ‘unlike the US/UK, the inspectors did not believe they had conclusive evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. This strengthened the widely held view that at any rate Iraq did not constitute a threat that had to be dealt with immediately by […]
3/6/2003
“In his March 6, 2003, speech at the American Enterprise Institute, President Bush declared: ‘We will remain in Iraq as long as necessary and not a day more. America has made and kept this kind of commitment before in the peace that followed a world war. After defeating enemies, we did not leave behind occupying […]
3/6/2003
“On March 6 [2003], the foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Russia issued a joint declaration asserting that in view of ‘encouraging results’ that have come out of the renewed U.N. inspections [in Iraq], they could not approve of a ‘resolution that would authorize the use of force.’ ” – Craig Unger, The Fall of […]
3/6/2003
“In 2003, the Defense Department conducted its own review of the limits that govern torture, in consultation with experts at the Justice Department and other agencies. The aim of the March 6, 2003, review, conducted by a working group that included representatives of the military services, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the intelligence community, […]
3/6/2003
On March 6, 2003, “President Bush holds his last prewar news conference. The New York Observer writes that he interchanged Iraq with the attacks of 9/11 eight times, ‘and eight times he was unchallenged.’ The ABC News White House correspondent, Terry Moran, says the Washington press corps was left ‘looking like zombies.’ ” – Frank […]
3/6/2003
During a national press conference held in the East Room of the White House, President George W. Bush said: “In the event of conflict, America also accepts our responsibility to protect innocent lives in every way possible. We’ll bring food and medicine to the Iraqi people. We’ll help that nation to build a just government, after decades […]
3/6/2003
President George W. Bush, when elaborating on threat of Iraq, during a press conference in the East Room: “Iraqi operatives continue to hide biological and chemical agents to avoid detection by inspectors. In some cases, these materials have been moved to different locations every 12 to 24 hours, or placed in vehicles that are in residential […]
3/6/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “203. Mr Blair told Cabinet on 6 March that the argument boiled down to the question of whether Saddam Hussein would ever voluntarily co-operate with the UN to disarm Iraq. 204. Mr Blair concluded that it was for the Security Council to determine whether […]