“In a speech to the nation on the Monday evening of March 17, 2003, [President] Bush said that ‘Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours. Their refusal to do so will result in military conflict.’ ” – Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Page 135 […]
3/17/2003
In President George W. Bush’s Address to the Nation on March 17, 2003, stating that Saddam had 48 hours to leave Iraq, he said: “Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised. This regime has already used […]
3/16/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “273. At the Azores Summit on 16 March, President Bush, Mr Blair and Prime Minister José María Anzar of Spain agreed that, unless there was a fundamental change in the next 24 hours, the UN process would end.” – Commissioned by the Prime Minister […]
3/16/2003
In a Joint Press Event with Prime Minister Blair, President Anzar, and Prime Minister Barroso, President George W. Bush had this to say: “Action to remove the threat from Iraq would also allow the Iraqi people to build a better future for their society. And Iraq’s liberation would be the beginning, not the end, of our commitment […]
3/16/2003
Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on Meet the Press on March 16, 2003, shortly before the invasion of Iraq. He said: ” ‘I firmly believe…that strong, firm U.S. response to terror and to threats of the United States would go a long way, frankly, toward calming things in that part of the world.’ ” – […]
3/16/2003
Speaking on his son’s television network on March 16, 2003: “Saddam said that Iraq had had weapons of mass destruction in the past but declared that it no longer had any.” – Hans Blix, Disarming Iraq, Page 251 […]
3/16/2003
In an appearance on Meet the Press on March 16, 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney said: ” ‘I think [director of the International Atomic Energy Agency] Mr. [Mohamed] ElBaradei frankly is wrong [in claiming Iraq has not reconstituted a nuclear weapons program]. …And I think if you look at the track record of the International […]
3/16/2003
Regarding Vice President Dick Cheney’s comment on March 16, 2003, on Meet the Press, that Saddam ‘has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons,’ then-chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix wrote: “His declaration was as firm as it was unfounded.” – Hans Blix, Disarming Iraq, Page 8 […]
3/16/2003
On March 16, 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on Meet the Press. ” ‘I think [director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)] Mr. [Mohammed] ElBaradei is wrong,’ Cheney said, accusing the IAEA of having ‘consistently underestimated or missed what it was Saddam Hussein was doing.’ ” – Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever […]
3/16/2003
In an appearance on Meet the Press on March 16, 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney said the International Atomic Energy Agency, who had recently exposed the Niger documents as forgeries, had ” ‘consistently underestimated or missed what it was Saddam Hussein was doing. …We know [Saddam] has been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear […]