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 […]
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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 […]
9/14/2002
“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 […]