“At a secret NSC [National Security Council] briefing for the President [Bush] on February 24, 2003, entitled, ‘Planning for the Iraqi Petroleum Infrastructure,’ a State Department economist, Pamela Quanrud, told Bush that it would cost $7 billion to $8 billion to rebuild the oil infrastructure, if Saddam decided to blow up his country’s oil wells…” […]
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2/24/2003
On February 24, 2003, “The United States, supported by Britain and Spain, introduces a second resolution to the UN Security Council, authorizing the use of force against Iraq.” – Todd S. Purdum and The New York Times Staff, A Time of Our Choosing, Page 295 […]
2/24/2003
On February 23-24, 2003, the UNMOVIC’s (UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission’s) College of Commissioners convened to prepare a report for the UN Security Council. “We concluded: ‘It is only by the middle of January [2003] and thereafter that Iraq has taken a number of steps which have the potential of resulting either in the […]
2/24/2003
“On February 24 [2003], the UK, U.S. and Spain circulated a draft resolution [to the UN Security Council] ‘in blue,’ which is a proposal that is not given a document number and on which no action or voting is yet asked. It asserted that Iraq had failed to comply with November’s Resolution 1441 in that […]
2/24/2003
President George W. Bush clarifying the War on Terror: “The war on terror is more than just chasing down shadowy terrorist networks. The war on terror is recognizing that weapons of mass destruction, in the hands of brutal dictators, also threatens the American people. I’ve come to the conclusion that the risk of doing nothing far […]
2/24/2003
“On February 24, [2003,] the United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain proposed the resolution on Iraq. But most members of the Security Council declared they would not vote [on it] at all. They were opposed to what they saw as unjustified regime change, and they believed there was no long-term benefit to getting rid […]
2/23/2003
In an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press on February 23, 2003, former Chairman of the Defense Policy Board Richard Perle said: “I find the accusation that this [Bush] administration has embarked upon this policy for oil to be an outrageous, scurrilous charge for which, when you asked for evidence, you will note that there […]
2/22/2003
In a rehearsal and post-Iraq planning conference held February 21-22, 2003, at the National Defense University, key staffers noted the following problems a month before the war began: *’Current force packages are inadequate for the first step of securing all the major urban areas, let alone for providing interim police. …We risk letting much of […]
2/21/2003
“On February 21, 2003, [counterterrorism czar] Richard Clarke resigned from the Bush administration. Three weeks later, he was asked how he was adjusting to leaving government. ‘I already don’t miss it,’ he said. Then he elaborated. ‘You know that great feeling you get when you stop banging your head against a wall?’ ” – Craig […]
2/20/2003
In a lecture on February 20, 2003, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) said, regarding the impending invasion of Iraq: ” ‘…a post-Saddam transition in Iraq must focus on security, economic stability and creating the conditions for democratic change. We should put aside the mistaken delusion that democracy is just around the corner.’ ” – Bob Woodward, […]