“In September 2002, the total cost of a conflict with Iraq and its subsequent reconstruction had been estimated at $100-200 billion by the White House economic adviser, Lawrence Lindsey. The US Office of Management and Budget questioned this as being ‘very, very high.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] […]
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9/15/2002
“At a [mid-September 2002] meeting with [President] Bush, [Vice President Dick] Cheney, and [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice, CIA director [George] Tenet says that a member of Saddam Hussein’s inner circle, his foreign minister Naji Sabri, had made a deal to reveal Iraq’s military secrets to the CIA and reported that there was ‘no active […]
9/15/2002
In September 2002, the U.S. and the U.K. both released reports claiming that Iraq violated weapons bans. “There was a surprising discrepancy in the two reports’ assessments of the time that would be needed for Iraq to develop nuclear weapons. The British document…explained that as long as sanctions remained effective, Iraq would not be able […]
9/15/2002
Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) Dov Zakheim wrote: “As Congress returned to Washington from its summer recess in September 2002, it was becoming increasingly clear that the [Bush] administration was planning to attack Iraq, despite its continued assurances that the United States would not launch a military operation if Saddam complied with demands to open his […]
9/15/2002
In an interview in September 2002, al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-“Zawahri argued that ‘Israel is a developed American military base in the heart of the Islamic world and in one of its most sacred places. So America must pay the price for its oppressive and brutal policy toward the Muslims, especially in Palestine.’ “ [The […]
9/15/2002
“Even in the aftermath of 9/11, there was a reluctance to believe that sleeper cells could be operating in the United States, particularly cells made up of American citizens. But as the FBI dug into the matter, the Bureau became believers. Six Yemeni Americans, all of whom had received training at an al-Qa’ida camp in […]
9/15/2002
In Lackawanna, New York, “six Yemeni-Americans who had traveled to Afghanistan, attended a training camp, and met bin Laden were arrested in September 2002. …The group was described in a briefing to the president [Bush] as the most dangerous cell in the country. But in reality, they were doing nothing throughout the time the FBI […]
9/15/2002
“The CIA reported in September 2002 that ‘Iraq continues to be a safehaven, transit point, or operational node for groups and individuals who direct violence against the United States, Israel, and other allies. Iraq has a long history of supporting terrorism.’ ” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Douglas […]
9/15/2002
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “115. Addressing the question of why Saddam Hussein had decided in mid-September, and not before, to admit the weapons inspectors, Mr Blair stated that the answer was in the dossier, and it was because: ‘his chemical, biological, and nulear programme is not an historic […]
9/15/2002
“In September 2002 the U.S. intelligence community prepared a comprehensive summary, called a National Intelligence Estimate, or NIE, of what it knew about ‘Iraq’s Continuing Programs for Weapons of Mass Destruction’–the title of the ninety-two-page classified version of the report. …It reported that Iraq possessed chemical and biological weapons, was making advances in developing ways […]