“The drafters of the Pentagon resolution [demanding Saddam Hussein’s cooperation with weapons inspectors and an end to his weapons programs] were infuriated just days after [President] Bush’s [September 12, 2002] U.N. speech when Iraq presented the United Nations with a letter saying that the inspectors were welcome back into the country. Irritation with the ploy […]
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9/15/2002
“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.] […]
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 […]
9/14/2002
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 […]
9/14/2002
“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 […]
9/13/2002
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 […]