On January 30, 2003, British politician Clare Short said, in a debate at the House of Commons: ” ‘Saddam Hussein’s regime must know that the world will remain united behind the authority of the United Nations, that he will be forced by one means or another to dismantle his weapons of mass destruction and that, […]
Category: quotes
1/30/2003
In The Wall Street Journal on January 30, 2003, “The leaders of eight European countries–Spain, Portugal, Italy, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Poland, Denmark, and the Czech Republic–published an article saying they stood as one with President Bush on Iraq.” – Karl Rove, Courage and Consequence, Page 303 […]
1/29/2003
“On January 29 [2003], the president [Bush] devoted much of his State of the Union address to security issues and proclaimed Iraq, Iran, and North Korea to be part of an ‘axis of evil.’ Bush declared that WMD in the hands of rogue states was an unacceptable threat and warned that he would not wait […]
1/29/2003
In a follow-up report that it provided to Congress on January 29, 2003, the CIA stated: ” ‘The Intelligence Community has no credible information that Baghdad [Iraq] had foreknowledge of the 11 September attacks or any other al-Qa’ida strike, but continues to pursue all leads.’ ” – Philip Taylor, The War in Iraq, Page 89 […]
1/29/2003
“On the 29th of January, 2003, the European Parliament passed a nonbinding resolution, which: ‘Expresses its opposition to any unilateral military action and believes that a preemptive strike [in Iraq] would not be in accordance with international law and the UN Charter and would lead to a deeper crisis involving other countries in the region.’ […]
1/29/2003
“In an article in The Washington Post on January 29, 2003, David Kay, who later in the year was appointed by the CIA to head the U.S. Iraq Survey Group, wrote: ‘When it comes to U.N. inspections in Iraq, looking for a smoking gun is a fool’s mission. That was true 11 years ago when […]
1/29/2003
A January 29, 2003, CIA report on potential links between Iraq and al-Qaeda “concluded there had been contacts over the years and moments when Iraq seemed to provide safe haven for terrorists. But it did not connect Iraq with September 11 and found no evidence of ‘command linkages.’ ” – Peter Baker, Days of Fire, […]
1/29/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “314. On 29 January 2003, the JIC assessed that, despite the presence of terrorists in Iraq ‘with links to Al Qaida’, there was ‘no intelligence of current co?operation between Iraq and Al Qaida’.” – Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown […]
1/28/2003
In his State of the Union address on January 28, 2003, “Asserting that Saddam aided and protected Al-Qaeda, [President] Bush suggested that we ‘imagine those 19 hijackers with other weapons and other plans–this time armed by Saddam Hussein. It would take one vial, one canister, one crate slipped into this country to bring a day […]
1/28/2003
In his State of the Union address on January 28, 2003, President Bush said: ” ‘Whatever action is required, whenever action is necessary, I will defend the freedom and security of the American people.’ ” – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page 270 […]