” ‘You can’t distinguish between Al Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the war on terror. They’re equally as bad. They work in concert,’ [President] Bush said on September 25, 2002.” – Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Page 144 […]
Category: quotes
9/25/2002
“As the president [Bush] declared in September [25] 2002, ‘You can’t distinguish between al Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the war on terror. …I can’t distinguish between the two, because they’re both equally as bad, and equally as evil, and equally as destructive.’ ” – Jeffrey Record, Wanting War, Page 29 […]
9/24/2002
“The British repeated the claim [of Iraq buying yellowcake uranium from Niger] in a ‘white paper‘ issued on September 24, 2002.” – Thomas Powers, The Military Error, Page 26 […]
9/24/2002
According to a CBS News poll reported on September 24, 2002: “A majority of Americans, 51%…believe that Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the Sept. 11 attacks.” Additionally, “an overwhelming majority, 70%, believes that members of al Qaeda are currently in Iraq.” – Joel Roberts, “Poll: No Rush To War,” CBS News, Sep. 24, 2002 […]
9/24/2002
In regards to WMD, British House of Commons leader Robin Cook wrote in his diary on September 24, 2002: “…most chemical or biological agents that Saddam had retained for a decade would long ago have degenerated to the point that they were of no operational use. …Government ministers alarmed the public by claims that Saddam […]
9/24/2002
A British government assessment of Iraq on September 24, 2002, claimed, “Saddam Hussein had usable chemical and biological weapons capability, which included ‘recent production of chemical and biological agents.’ He had shells, bombs, sprayers, and ballistic missiles to deliver these weapons. And the Iraqi military was ‘able to deploy [them] within 45 minutes of a […]
9/24/2002
“The [U.K. Prime Minister Tony] Blair government’s dossier published on September 24, 2002, claimed, ‘Iraq had sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.’ The then White House spokesman Ari Fleischer suddenly asserted, ‘We agree with their findings.’ ” – Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke, America Alone, Page 216 […]
9/24/2002
“Iraq’s WMD program was ‘active, detailed and growing,’ [U.K.] Prime Minister [Tony] Blair told Parliament on September 24 [2002]. Saddam Hussein had ‘existing and active military plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons, which could be activated within 45 minutes,’ Blair said, and ‘he is actively trying to acquire nuclear weapons capability.’ ” […]
9/24/2002
President “Bush fanned the fires tying Saddam to Osama. ‘The danger is, is that al-Qaeda becomes an extension of Saddam’s madness and his hatred and his capacity to extend weapons of mass destruction around the world,’ Bush told reporters that day [September 24, 2002]. ‘I can’t distinguish between the two, because they’re both equally as […]
9/24/2002
On September 24, 2002, “the British published a fifty-page, fourteen-point report on Iraq’s pursuit of weapons that said, ‘There is intelligence that Iraq has sought the supply of significant quantities of uranium from Africa.’ ” – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page 259 […]