In a radio address on September 13, 2002, President Bush said: ” ‘Saddam Hussein’s regime has proven itself a grave and gathering danger. To suggest otherwise is to hope against the evidence.’ ” – Jeffrey Record, Wanting War, Page 53 […]
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9/13/2002
“Fresh evidence has emerged that [U.K. Prime Minister] Tony Blair’s discredited Iraqi arms dossier was ‘sexed up’ on the instructions of Alastair Campbell, his communications chief, to fit with claims from the US administration that were known to be false. …In a keynote speech to the UN on 12 September 2002, Bush claimed: ‘Should Iraq […]
9/12/2002
At the General Assembly of the UN on September 12, 2002, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said: ” ‘Efforts to obtain Iraq’s compliance with the [UN Security] Council’s resolutions must continue.’ The acceptance of weapons inspections was vital. ‘If Iraq’s defiance continues, the Security Council must face its responsibilities.’ “ – Hans Blix, Disarming Iraq, […]
9/12/2002
A September 12, 2002, Washington Post article focused on the FBI’s Internet tip line, which was set up after the 9/11 attacks. “Within one year the FBI had received more than 400,000 tips from the public. Of these, 85,000 were classified as ‘lead worthy’ and sent to field offices or legal departments for investigation. This […]
9/12/2002
President Bush addressed the UN General Assembly on September 12, 2002. ” ‘Our greatest fear,’ Bush went on to say, ‘is that terrorists will find a shortcut to their mad ambitions when an outlaw regime supplies them with the technologies to kill on a massive scale. In one place, in one regime, we find all […]
9/12/2002
“President Bush made the decision to take the Iraq issue through the UN Security Council before the annual UN General Assembly meeting that he addressed on September 12, 2002. …The decision by President Bush to include the UN in his solution to the Iraq problem was the defining decision that established the dynamics of the […]
9/12/2002
President George W. Bush, while speaking to the United Nations General Assembly: “In 1990, after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, the world imposed economic sanctions on Iraq. Those sanctions were maintained after the war to compel the regime’s compliance with Security Council resolutions. In time, Iraq was allowed to use oil revenues to buy food. Saddam Hussein […]
9/12/2002
In his address at the UN General Assembly on September 12, 2002, President Bush said: ” ‘if the [Iraqi] regime wishes peace,’ it would have to do five things: 1. Comply with the WMD disarmament objectives. 2. End all support for terrorism, and act to suppress terrorism. 3. Cease the persecution of its civilian population. […]
9/12/2002
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “President Bush says he would put Iraqi non-compliance to the UN, paving the way for resolution 1441.” – Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry: Executive Summary,” IraqInquiry.org.uk, Sept. 3, 2002 […]
9/12/2002
“President Bush managed the crisis in a way that almost guaranteed that the use of force [in Iraq] would become the only feasible option. He did this backing it with the ultimatum in his UN speech of September [12, 2002], and by ordering a massive buildup of American arms and military forces in the region, […]