“Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said this morning [September 27, 2002] the link between al Qaeda terrorists and Iraq is ‘accurate and not debatable.’ Rumsfeld traveled here [Atlanta, Georgia] to discuss the on-going war on terrorism and the threat Iraq poses to the United States and its allies. The secretary declined to give more details on […]
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9/27/2002
Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) said on September 27, 2002: ” ‘We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction.’ ” – Douglas Feith, War and Decision, Page 592 […]
9/27/2002
In a speech at Johns Hopkins University on September 27, 2002, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) said: ” ‘There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein’s regime is a serious danger, that he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons of mass destruction cannot be tolerated. He must be disarmed.’ ” – Stephen F. […]
9/27/2002
Former President Bill Clinton “rejected suggestions that efforts to disarm Iraq would be a distraction from the broader war on terror. ‘I think we can walk and chew gum at the same time. That is, I think we can turn up the heat on Iraq and maintain an intense focus on terror,’ he said in […]
9/27/2002
On September 27, 2002, “Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that there was ‘bulletproof’ evidence of an Iraq-al-Qaeda connection.” – Peter Bergen, The Longest War, Page 132 […]
9/26/2002
In a meeting with 18 House members on September 26, 2002, President “Bush said, ‘The Iraqi regime possesses biological and chemical weapons. The Iraqi regime is building the facilities necessary to make more…And according to the British government, the Iraqi regime could launch a biological or chemical attack in as little as 45 minutes after […]
9/26/2002
In his testimony to the Joint Inquiry Committee on September 26, 2002, CIA Counterterrorist Center Director Cofer Black said: ” ‘Frankly, from an intelligence perspective, in order to have a fighting chance to protect this country from al Qaeda, we needed to attack the Afghan terrorist sanctuary protected by the Taliban. CIA appreciated this all […]
9/26/2002
On September 26, 2002, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld testified before the House Armed Services Committee: “Since we began after September 11th, we do have solid evidence of the presence in Iraq of al Qaeda members, including some that have been in Baghdad. We have what we consider to be very reliable reporting of senior […]
9/26/2002
On September 26, 2002, President Bush “told journalists in the [White House’s] Rose Garden that ‘according to the British government, the Iraqi regime could launch a biological or chemical attack in as little as 45 minutes after the order is given.’ ” – Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke, America Alone, Page 210 […]
9/26/2002
“At a Defense Department briefing [on September 26, 2002], Defense Secretary [Donald] Rumsfeld discusses collaboration between Iraq and Al Qaeda: ‘We have what we believe to be credible information that Iraq and Al Qaeda have discussed safe haven opportunities in Iraq, reciprocal non-aggression discussions. We have what we consider to be credible evidence that Al […]