“…in the vice presidential debate [on October 5, 2004], [Vice President] Dick Cheney said that if he had to decide whether to recommend war with Iraq all over again, he would take the same course. ‘The world is far safer today because Saddam Hussein is in jail,’ Cheney said. ‘His government is no longer in […]
10/5/2004
According to a Knight-Ridder News Service article on October 5, 2004: ” ‘A new CIA assessment undercuts the White House’s claim that Saddam Hussein maintained ties to al Qaeda, saying there’s no conclusive evidence that the regime harbored Osama bin Laden associate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The CIA review, which officials said Monday [October 4] was […]
10/5/2004
According to the BBC on October 5, 2004: “Even Secretary [of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld, who saw all of the intelligence available to President Bush that might bear on the alleged connection between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, finally admitted under tough repeated questioning from reporters, ‘To my knowledge, I have not seen any strong, hard evidence […]
10/3/2004
On the October 3, 2004, episode of ABC’s This Week, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice spoke of the decision to invade Iraq: ” ‘Not everyone liked the fact that we and others in the coalition believed that it was time to go to war. But sometimes you have to do what is right. You cannot […]
9/30/2004
In the first presidential debate on September 30, 2004, President Bush said: “Because of the U.S. invasion of Iraq… ‘Saddam Hussein now sits in a prison cell. America and the world are safer for it.’ ” – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Bin Laden’s Legacy, Page 58 […]
9/30/2004
“In the closing stages of the 2004 presidential campaign [September 30, 2004], President Bush claimed that ’75 percent of known al Qaeda leaders have been brought to justice.’ Yet when reporters pressed the White House for documentation to support that number, they were stonewalled. Asked about this figure, senior terrorism analysts from the CIA, the […]
9/30/2004
“[A]s the final weapons inspections report by [Iraq Survey Group leader] Charles Duelfer concluded [on September 30, 2004], ‘Saddam wanted to re-create Iraq’s WMD capability…after sanctions were removed and Iraq’s economy stabilized.’ “ – George W. Bush, Decision Points, Page 270 […]
9/30/2004
“According to the senior officials the ISG [Iraq Survey Group] interviewed, the Iraqi Intelligence Services (IIS) maintained throughout 1991 to 2003 a set of undeclared covert laboratories to research and test various chemicals and poisons. They went on to say [in the Duelfer Report, on September 30, 2004]: ‘ISG has no evidence that IIS Directorate […]
9/30/2004
The Iraq Survey Group released the Duelfer Report on September 30, 2004. It concluded: ” ‘Saddam wanted to recreate Iraq’s WMD capacity–which was essentially destroyed in 1991–after sanctions were removed and Iraq’s economy stabilised, but probably with a different mix of capabilities to that which previously existed. Saddam aspired to develop a nuclear capability–in an […]
9/30/2004
According to the Iraq Survey Group’s (ISG’s) September 30, 2004 report (the Duelfer Report), ” ‘[I]n 1991 and 1992, Iraq appears to have destroyed its undeclared stocks of BW [biological weapons]…and probably destroyed remaining holdings of bulk BW agent. However ISG lacks evidence to document complete destruction. Iraq retained some BW-related seed stocks until their […]