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, […]
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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 […]
3/5/2003
“After lunch on March 5 [2003], [President] Bush met with a personal envoy who had been sent by Pope John Paul II to argue against the war. There would be civilian casualties, and it would deepen the gulf between the Christian world and the Muslim world, said the envoy…It would not be a just war, […]
3/5/2003
“On March 5 [2003], [chief UN weapons inspector Hans] Blix on the phone with [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice asked her point-blank if the United States knew where Iraq’s WMDs were hidden. ‘No,’ she said, ‘but interviews after liberation would reveal it.’ ” – Thomas Powers, The Military Error, Page 121 […]
3/5/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “199. France, Germany, and Russia stated on 5 March that they would not let a resolution pass that authorized the use of force. Russia and France, ‘as Permanent Members of the Security Council, will assume all their responsibilities on this point’.” – Commissioned by […]
3/4/2003
On March 4, 2003, Undersecretary for Policy “Doug Feith gave a secret briefing to the president and the NSC [National Security Council]…on ‘U.S. and Coalition Objectives’ for an Iraq war. It was rosy, pie-in-the-sky political science–everything from visibly improving quality of life for Iraqis to moving toward democracy and obtaining ‘international participation in the reconstruction.’ […]