In Bin Laden’s ‘Second Letter to the Muslims of Iraq,’ recorded and broadcast on October 18, 2003, he said: “I am speaking to Muslims in general, and Iraqis in particular, when I say: beware of supporting America’s crusaders and those who have taken their side, because all those who collaborate with them or belong to […]
10/17/2003
According to BBC News on October 17, 2003: “One of the generals in charge of war policy, William G. Boykin…on a speaking tour of conservative evangelical groups…declare[d]–from the pulpit, in uniform–that our nation was in a holy war as a ‘Christian nation battling Satan.’ ” – Al Gore, The Assault on Reason, Page 58 […]
10/16/2003
On October 16, 2003, “Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld reportedly confided to his subordinates that more militants are joining the fight than the United States is ‘capturing, killing, or deterring and dissuading’ in Iraq and Afghanistan, an indirect reference to the high costs of the American-led invasion of Iraq.” – Fawaz A. Gerges, The Far Enemy, […]
10/16/2003
UN Security Council Resolution 1511 was adopted on October 16, 2003. “While granting the Governing Council and the Cabinet the right to embody Iraq’s sovereignty, it maintained the powers of the CPA [Coalition Provisional Authority] as the effective arbiter of Iraq’s affairs until a representative government was formed. The Resolution stated clearly that ‘obligations under […]
10/16/2003
“The passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1511 [on October 16, 2003] placed a framework on the process of transferring power and sovereignty back into Iraqi hands. The Resolution specified the date by which the details of the matter were to be presented to the Security Council–and it was assumed the CPA [Coalition Provisional Authority] […]
10/16/2003
“In October [16] 2003, reflecting on progress after two years of waging the global war on terrorism, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld asked his advisers, ‘Are we capturing, killing or deterring and dissuading more terrorists every day than the madrassas and the radical clerics are recruiting, training and deploying against us? Does the US need to […]
10/15/2003
President George W. Bush: “Since the liberation of Iraq, our investigators have found evidence of a clandestine network of biological laboratories, advanced design work on prohibited longer-range missiles, an elaborate campaign to hide illegal programs. We’ve still got more to investigate. Yet it is undeniable that Saddam Hussein was in clear violation of United Nations […]
10/15/2003
Then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld wrote: “After his sons were killed, there was an intelligence report that Saddam Hussein was paying $60 million for his agents to target the President’s [Bush’s] two daughters and my two daughters for reprisal attacks. That threat report was brought up at an NSC [National Security Council] meeting in October […]
10/15/2003
Former Secretary of Defense “Donald Rumsfeld has revealed that Saddam Hussein took out a $60million hit on his [Rumsfeld’s] daughters in revenge for the slaying of his two sons. The ex-U.S. Secretary of Defense said that the former Iraqi dictator offered the bounty to anybody who brought him both girls’ heads. He was given the […]
10/15/2003
“Many countries held Iraqi assets, and Washington had mounted a worldwide effort to repatriate them for the reconstruction of that country. By October 2003 foreign governments and banks had transferred more than $500 million back to the DFI [Development Fund for Iraq], which UN Security Council Resolution 1483 had created initially as a depository for […]