According to the National Journal on February 8, 2003: “Saddam Hussein told Tony Benn, a visiting British member of Parliament; ‘[t]here is only one truth. …As I have said on many occasions before…Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction whatsoever.’ ” – Karen DeYoung, Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell, Page 450 […]
2/8/2003
“In early February [8] 2003, days after alleging links between Saddam and al Qaeda, U.S. intelligence officials began warning citizens that bin Laden’s network might be in possession of ‘dirty bombs’ encased in radioactive waste.” – Peter Lance, Triple Cross, Page 476 […]
2/7/2003
“On February 7 [2003], former Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge raised the terrorism Threat Advisory from yellow to orange, signaling a high risk of terrorist attacks. Later, Ridge advised Americans to put together emergency supply kits that included a three-day supply of water, flashlights, and duct tape to seal doors and windows in the event […]
2/7/2003
“In February [7] 2003, the government raised the national terrorist-alert level to orange for the second time, in response to a threat that was ‘the most specific we have ever seen,’ warning that al Qaeda terrorists might use a ‘radiological dispersal device as well as poisons and chemicals.’ Citizens were advised to buy duct tape […]
2/7/2003
“On February 7 [2003], Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge raised the terrorism Threat Advisory from yellow to orange, signaling a high risk of terrorist attacks. Later, Ridge advised Americans to put together emergency supply kits that included a three-day supply of water, flashlights, and duct tape to seal doors and windows in the event of […]
2/6/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “On 6 February, Mr Blair said that the UK would consider military action without a further resolution only if the inspectors reported that they could not do their job and a resolution was vetoed unreasonably. The UK would not take military action without a […]
2/6/2003
To close his speech urging the “World to Rise to this Moment,” President George W. Bush said: “Saddam Hussein has made Iraq into a prison, a poison factory, and a torture chamber for patriots and dissidents. Saddam Hussein has the motive and the means and the recklessness and the hatred to threaten the American people. Saddam […]
2/6/2003
Journalist Peter Bergen interviewed former CIA station chief in Sudan, Cofer Black, on February 6, 2003. Black said: ” ‘I’m personally aware of contacts between Iraq and members of al-Qaeda. The real question is the comprehensiveness of this. Was there holding of hands? You betcha.’ “ – Peter Bergen, The Longest War, Page 133 […]
2/6/2003
On February 6, 2003, the day after Secretary of State Colin Powell’s speech to the U.N. Security Council, “The Jordan Times said that ‘these new elements did not amount to convincing evidence of Iraqi noncompliance, or that Iraq presents any real of imminent danger to any party.’ ” – Karen DeYoung, Soldier: The Life of […]
2/6/2003
On February 6, 2003, “The day after [Secretary of State Colin] Powell’s presentation [to the U.N. Security Council], a Cambridge University analyst revealed that the British government’s dossier on Iraq, referred to in Powell’s speech as ‘the fine paper that the United Kingdom distributed yesterday, which describes in exquisite detail Iraqi deception activities,’ was lifted […]