As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “805. … -Dr Blix reported to the [UK] Security Council on 7 March that there had been an acceleration of initiatives from Iraq and, while they did not constitute immediate co-operation, they were welcome. UNMOVIC [United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission] would be […]
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3/7/2003
In a memo written on March 7, 2003, Defense Department official Joseph Collings said Central Command’s Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General John Abidzaid, “appeared to be more concerned than Washington about how the U.S.-led effort [in Iraq] would unfold. ‘We are an antibody in their society,’ Abizaid said in the closed-door meeting [of a U.S. postwar […]
3/7/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “207. Dr ElBaradei reported that there were no indications that Iraq had resumed nuclear activities since the inspectors left in December 1998 and the recently increased level of Iraqi co-operation should allow the IAEA to provide Security Council with an assessment of Iraq’s nuclear […]
3/6/2003
“On March 6 [2003], The Washington Post‘s Bob Woodward went on CNN’s Larry King Live and asserted that ‘the intelligence shows…there are massive amounts of weapons of mass destruction hidden, buried, unaccounted for’ in Iraq.” – Michael Isikoff and David Corn, Hubris, Page 207 […]
3/6/2003
“The origin of [Iraqi chemical weapons factory] Fallujah 2 was revealed in an article written by David Leigh and John Hooper and printed in Britain by the Guardian on the 6th of March 2003: ‘A chemical plant which the US says is a key component in Iraq’s chemical warfare arsenal was secretly built by Britain […]
3/6/2003
In a news conference on March 6, 2003, President Bush said, regarding Saddam: ” ‘So, in the name of security and peace, if we have to–if we have to–we’ll disarm him. I hope he disarms. Or, perhaps, I hope he leaves the country. I hear a lot of talk from different nations around where Saddam […]
3/6/2003
In a national press conference on March 6, 2003, President Bush said: ” ‘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. …Saddam Hussein and his weapons are a direct threat to this country, […]
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, […]