Secretary of State Colin “Powell spoke of ‘decades-long experience with respect to ties between Iraq and al Qaeda,’ in his February 5, 2003, presentation at the UN Security Council. ‘Going back to the early and mid-1990s when bin Laden was based in Sudan, an al Qaeda source tells us that Saddam and bin Laden reached […]
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2/5/2003
“On Wednesday, February 5 [2003], just after 7 am, several hours before [Secretary of State Colin] Powell’s UN presentation was scheduled, [President] Bush met with 20 key members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House. ‘Many of you have heard this before…There’s more information that we’re not certain of.’ He left the […]
2/5/2003
According to the BBC on February 5, 2003: “a classified British intelligence report showed no links between al Qaeda and the Iraqi regime.” – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page 438 […]
2/5/2003
On February 5, 2003, “On ABC’s World News Tonight just hours after [Secretary of State Colin Powell’s] testimony [to the U.N. Security Council], investigative reporter Brian Ross raised questions about Powell’s claims of Iraqi links to [Kurdish Sunni Islamist group] Ansar al Islam. …’There’s no doubt Ansar al Islam is a radical Islamic terror group,’ […]
2/5/2003
“So, on February 5 [2003, Secretary of State Colin] Powell made a special presentation before the UN Security Council concerning the Iraqi effort to develop and stockpile weapons of mass destruction. This presentation did not include the Africa claim [that Iraq tried to buy yellowcake uranium from Niger]. After carefully scrutinizing the intelligence, Powell had […]
2/5/2003
Former Senator Hank “Brown [R-CO] was one of the very few elected politicians in Washington to pay attention to Afghanistan during this period [the rise of the Taliban]. ‘I just get a lump in my throat every time I think about it, but Afghanistan really is the straw that broke the camel’s back in the […]
2/5/2003
On February 5, 2003, following Secretary of State Colin Powell’s speech to the UN Security Council, journalist Bob Woodward of The Washington Post appeared on Larry King Live: “[A]sked by Larry King what would happen if the United States went to war [with Iraq] and didn’t find any WMDs, [Woodward] answered, ‘I think the chance of […]
2/5/2003
Secretary of State Colin Powell made a presentation to the UN on February 5, 2003, accusing Iraq of having weapons of mass destruction and the evidence to prove it. “Citing human sources, Powell leveled his most serious charge. ‘We know from sources a missile brigade outside Baghdad was disbursing rocket launchers and warheads containing biological […]
2/5/2003
“On February 5, 2003, he [Secretary of State Colin Powell] gave his now-famous performance, wherein he declared that his statements about Iraqi ongoing WMD programs and stockpiles were ‘facts’–and this was a term he personally introduced to his text. …Powell did a fine job presenting a picture that turned out to be wrong. It sounded […]
2/5/2003
On February 5, 2003, “ten Eastern European nations jointly declared their support for military action [in Iraq]. ‘Our countries understand the dangers posed by tyranny and the special responsibility of democracies to defend our shared values,’ their leaders declared jointly. ‘[W]e are prepared to contribute to an international coalition to enforce [UN Resolution 1441] and […]