“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 […]
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9/15/2002
“In September 2002, senior Bush officials said that Iraq was buying aluminum tubes. They claimed that these would be used for enriching uranium for nuclear weapons- ignoring the advice of nuclear experts that they could not be used for that purpose.” [The 15th of the month for date sorting purpose only] – Andrew Langley, Bush, […]
9/15/2002
On June 7, 2003, Washington Post journalists Walter Pincus and Dana Priest “had another front-page article that compared [President] Bush’s prewar public statements with a recently disclosed classified Defense Intelligence Agency report from the fall [September] of 2002 that warned that there was ‘no reliable information on whether Iraq is producing or stockpiling chemical weapons.’ […]
9/15/2002
According to an article in the April 2005 edition of Harpers’ magazine: “Philip Carroll, former CEO of Shell Oil’s U.S. division, was one of the first U.S. oil industry advisers in Iraq. He was brought in to help develop ‘contingency plans for Iraq’s oil sector in the event of war.’ Carroll told BBC reporter Greg […]
9/14/2002
“On September 14 [2002], [President] Bush repeated his nuclear charge during his weekly radio address. ‘Saddam Hussein has the scientists and infrastructure for a nuclear-weapons program, and has illicitly sought to purchase the equipment needed to enrich uranium for a nuclear weapon.’ But, again, there was no new report. The IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] […]
9/14/2002
“In his weekly radio address [on September 14, 2002], President Bush says that Saddam ‘has illicitly sought to purchase the equipment needed to enrich uranium for a nuclear weapon. Should his regime acquire fissile material, it would be able to build a nuclear weapon within a year.’ ” – Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever […]
9/14/2002
President George W. Bush’s remarks on the Saddam’s Regime: “By supporting terrorist groups, repressing its own people and pursuing weapons of mass destruction in defiance of a decade of U.N. resolutions, Saddam Hussein’s regime has proven itself a grave and gathering danger. To suggest otherwise is to hope against the evidence. To assume this regime’s good […]
9/14/2002
President George W. Bush on the U.N.’s deliberations: “First of all, the United Nations deserves another chance to prove its relevance. See, we’re entering a new world. Wars of the future are not going to be like wars of the past. We fight these terrorists that hide in caves and send their youngsters to suicidal death. […]
9/14/2002
From President George W. Bush’s September 14, 2002, radio address: “Today Saddam Hussein has the scientists and infrastructure for a nuclear weapons program, and has illicitly sought to purchase the equipment needed to enrich uranium for a nuclear weapon. Should his regime acquire fissile material, it would be able to build a nuclear weapon within […]
9/13/2002
British House of Commons leader Robin Cook wrote in his diary on September 13, 2002: U.K. Prime Minister “Tony Blair deserves credit for persuading President Bush that he must take Iraq to the United Nations for multilateral agreement. It is the only point in the whole saga where it is possible to pinpoint a clear […]