In a speech to the House of Commons on March 18, 2003, U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair said the possibility of terrorist groups ” ‘in possession of weapons of mass destruction or even of a so-called dirty radiological bomb–is now, in my judgment, a real and present danger to Britain and its national security. Let […]
3/18/2003
“…on March 18, 2003, only a few days before the U.S. invasion of Iraq was to begin, the Iraqi government suddenly switched off all telephone service across Iraq, and the use of satellite and mobile phones was specifically banned by the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior, even by foreign reporters based in Baghdad. This closed […]
3/18/2003
On March 18, 2003, “a letter went out from [President] Bush to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert [R-IL] and President Pro Tempore of the Senate Ted Stevens [R-AK] declaring that having determined that further diplomacy would not ‘adequately protect the national security of the United States,’ he was acting to take…’the necessary actions against […]
3/18/2003
According to The Wall Street Journal on March 18, 2003: “A cache of documents discovered by U.S. agents in Bosnia in 2002 disclosed a so-called Golden Chain of bin Laden’s top twenty Saudi financial supporters. The list included the families of three billionaire Saudi banking tycoons, several leading industrialists, and one ex-government minister.” – Gerald […]
3/18/2003
U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair said, while speaking to the House of Commons on July 14, 2004: ” ‘Through all the conversations I had with [chief UN weapons inspector] Hans Blix, he never once suggested to me that Saddam Hussein was complying fully [with UN resolutions to disarm]. He used to say, *Well, he’s co-operating […]
3/18/2003
As reported by CNN on March 18, 2003, during his speech to announce his resignation in protest of the planned invasion of Iraq, British House of Commons leader Robin Cook stated: ” ‘Iraq probably has no weapons of mass destruction in the commonly understood sense of the term–namely a credible device capable of being delivered […]
3/18/2003
“On the night of March 18 [2003], White House press aide Adam Levine fielded a call from [Meet the Press host] Tim Russert. ‘All I can tell you, man,’ NBC’s Washington bureau chief said to him, ‘is you guys better find the WMD.’ Levine replied, ‘You’re telling me.’ Then the Bush aide said, ‘Either that, […]
3/17/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary:” “278. A specially convened [UK] Cabinet at 1600 on 17 March 2003 endorsed the decision that the diplomatic process was now at the end and Saddam Hussein should be give an ultimatum to leave Iraq; and that the House of Commons would be asked […]
3/17/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary:” “332. As Mr Cook’s resignation statement on 17 March made clear, it was possible for a Minister to draw different conclusions from the same information. 333. Mr Cook set out his doubts about Saddam Hussein’s ability to deliver a strategic attack and the degree to […]
3/17/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary:” “284. On 17 March, President Bush issued an ultimatum giving Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave Iraq.” – Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry: Executive Summary,” IraqInquiry.org.uk, March 17, 2003 […]