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. […]
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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 […]
10/9/2002
The Congressional Record from October 9, 2002, reflects that Massachusetts Democratic Senator John Kerry (D-MA) said: ” ‘I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force–if necessary–to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a […]
10/9/2002
After voting for the use-of-force resolution in Iraq, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) said, on October 9, 2002: ” ‘When I vote to give the President of the United States the authority to use force, if necessary, to disarm Saddam Hussein, it is because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in […]
10/9/2002
“American officials have recently documented contacts between Iraqi and Al Qaeda agents, as well as ‘solid evidence of the presence in Iraq of Al Qaeda members, including some that have been in Baghdad,’ according to CIA director George Tenet [in a letter he sent to Senator Bob Graham (D-FL), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, […]
10/9/2002
In an interview with Larry King on October 9, 2002, Secretary of State Colin Powell said, regarding Saddam Hussein: ” ‘We do know that he has stocks of biological weapons…’ ” – Karen DeYoung, Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell, Page 412 […]
10/9/2002
” ‘I agree that Iraq presents a genuine threat, especially in the form of weapons of mass destruction: chemical, biological and potentially nuclear weapons,’ said Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), one of the most forceful opponents of the [Bush] administration [in a speech on the Senate floor on October 9, 2002].” – Craig Unger, The Fall of […]
10/9/2002
“Senator John Kerry [D-MA] said [on October 9, 2002]. ‘When I vote to give the president of the United States the authority to use force, if necessary, to disarm Saddam Hussein, it is because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a threat, and a grave threat.’ […]
10/9/2002
On October 9, 2002, Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) said: ” ‘Saddam Hussein’s belligerent intentions and his possession and ongoing development of weapons of mass destruction to fulfill those intentions make him a clear and present danger to the United States and the world.’ ” – Karl Rove, Courage and Consequence, Pages 333-334 […]
10/8/2002
On October 8, 2002, “CIA Director George Tenet declassified a letter he had sent to Senator Bob Graham [D-FL], chairman of the Senate committee. …It stated that the CIA has concluded that ‘Baghdad for now appears to be drawing a line short of conducting terrorist attacks with conventional or CBW (chemical or biological weapons) against […]