In her floor speech to Congress on October 10, 2002, “Senator [Hillary] Clinton [D-NY] noted that since inspectors left Iraq in 1998, ‘Intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program.’ She cited his connection to terrorism, noting that he […]
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10/10/2002
” ‘In the four years since the inspectors,’ Senator Hillary Clinton [D-NY] stated [on October 10, 2002], ‘intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program.’ …Clinton volunteered that Saddam ‘has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including […]
10/10/2002
President George W. Bush on the House vote: “The House of Representatives has spoken clearly to the world and to the United Nations Security Council: the gathering threat of Iraq must be confronted fully and finally. Today’s vote also sends a clear message to the Iraqi regime: it must disarm and comply with all existing U.N. […]
10/10/2002
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “318. The JIC Assesment of 10 October 2002 stated that Saddam Hussein’s ‘overriding objective’ was to ‘avoid a US attack that would threaten his regime’. The JIC judged that, in the event of US?led military action against Iraq, Saddam would: ‘… aim to use terrorism […]
10/10/2002
On October 10, 2002, “after two days of debate, the House passed a resolution authorizing the president to use the U.S. Armed forces in Iraq ‘as he deems to be necessary and appropriate.’ The vote was a comfortable 296 to 133.” – Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack, Page 203 […]
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“On October 10 [2002], the House was poised to vote on the legislation that would grant [President] Bush the power to use military force ‘as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq’ and to ‘enforce all relevant’ […]
10/10/2002
According to the Congressional Record from October 10, 2002, Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) said: ” ‘Saddam Hussein is a menace to the whole region of the Middle East and a vicious tyrant who harms and oppresses his own people. He has waged war against neighboring nations, and he has attacked the people of his own […]
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According to the Congressional Record from October 10, 2002, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) said: ” ‘Saddam Hussein is an evil man, a dictator who oppresses his people and flouts the mandate of the international community. While this behavior is reprehensible, it is Hussein’s vigorous pursuit of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, and his present and […]
10/10/2002
In her floor speech to Congress on October 10, 2002, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) said: ” ‘Saddam Hussein is a tyrant who has tortured and killed his own people, even his own family members, to maintain his iron grip on power. He used chemical weapons on Iraqi Kurds and on Iranians, killing over 20,000 people. […]
10/10/2002
In the Congressional Record from October 10, 2002, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), then the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, stated: ” ‘There has been some debate over how ‘imminent’ a threat Iraq poses. I do believe that Iraq poses an imminent threat, but I also believe that after September 11, that question is […]