On March 16, 2003, President Bush said: ” ‘The dictator of Iraq [Saddam] and his weapons of mass destruction are a threat to the security of free nations.’ ” – Karl Rove, Courage and Consequence, Page 340 […]
3/16/2003
In an appearance on Meet the Press on March 16, 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney said, regarding the invasion of Iraq: ” ‘My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. …I think it will go relatively quickly, [in] weeks rather than months.’ ” – Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush […]
3/16/2003
In a March 16, 2003, appearance on Meet the Press, Vice President Dick Cheney said: ” ‘We’re now faced with a situation, especially in the aftermath of 9/11, where the threat to the United States is increasing. And over time, given Saddam’s posture there, given the fact that he has a significant flow of cash […]
3/16/2003
On March 16, 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on Meet the Press and “told [host] Tim Russert that Saddam was hoarding unconventional weapons and had ‘a long-standing relationship’ with al-Qaeda. Cheney dismissed the International Atomic Energy Agency’s finding that Saddam had not revived its nuclear weapons program. ‘We believe,’ Cheney said, ‘he has, in […]
3/15/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “272. In a declaration on 15 March, France, with Germany and Russia, attempted to secure support in the Security Council for countries in support of action.” – Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry: […]
3/15/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “473. Mr Rycroft replied to Mr Brummell on 15 March: ‘This is to confirm that it is indeed the Prime Minister’s unequivocal view that Iraq is in further material breach of its obligations, as in OP4 [operative paragraph 4] of UNSCR [United Nations Security […]
3/15/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “271. Mr Tony Brenton, Chargé d’Affaires, British Embassy Washington, reported that President Bush was determined to remove Saddam Hussein and to stick to the US timetable for action. The UK’s ‘steadfastness’ had been ‘invaluable’ in bringing in other countries in support of action.” – Commissioned […]
3/15/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “21. In mid-March, Mr Blair’s determination to stand alongside the US left the UK with a stark choice. It could act with the US but without the support of the majority of the Security Council in taking military action if Saddam Hussein did not accept the US […]
3/15/2003
A 2005 Justice Department legal memorandum “says that the C.I.A. used waterboarding 183 times in March 2003 against Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described planner of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Scott Shane, “Waterboarding Used 266 Times on 2 Suspects,” The New York […]
3/15/2003
Regarding enhanced interrogation techniques: “Acutely aware that the agency would be blamed if the policies lost political support, nervous C.I.A. officials began to curb its practices much earlier than most Americans know: no one was waterboarded after March 2003, and coercive interrogation methods were shelved altogether in 2005.” [The 15th of the month used for […]