Former Senator Hank “Brown [R-CO] was one of the very few elected politicians in Washington to pay attention to Afghanistan during this period [the rise of the Taliban]. ‘I just get a lump in my throat every time I think about it, but Afghanistan really is the straw that broke the camel’s back in the […]
2/5/2003
According to the BBC on February 5, 2003: “a classified British intelligence report showed no links between al Qaeda and the Iraqi regime.” – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page 438 […]
2/5/2003
In his February 5, 2003, presentation to the UN Security Council, Secretary of State Colin Powell “pointed to a suspected al Qaeda terror camp located near Kurdish-held northern Iraq. Contending that the facility trained al Qaeda operatives to carry out attacks with explosives and poisons, Powell insisted that there was a ‘sinister nexus between Iraq […]
2/5/2003
“In early February 2003, just 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.” [The 5th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page 437 […]
2/5/2003
“On February 5, 2003, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell addressed the U.N. Security Council, declaring: ‘Iraq today harbors a deadly terrorist network headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an associate and collaborator of Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaida lieutenants.’ …it was the first time the extent of Zarqawi’s network had received public acknowledgement.” […]
2/5/2003
By early February [2003], the British were ready to deliver a report to the Americans. [MI6 (British Foreign Intelligence) Chief] Richard Dearlove flew to Washington to present the report to [CIA Director George] Tenet. …The report stated that according to [Iraqi informant and Intelligence Chief Tahir Jalil] Habbush, Saddam had ended his nuclear program in […]
2/5/2003
Following Secretary of State Colin Powell’s address to the U.N. on February 5, 2003, Vice President Dick “Cheney wanted to give his own speech making the charge [of Iraq seeking yellowcake uranium in Niger]. [CIA Director George] Tenet was upset. …The CIA intelligence does not support the conclusion of Cheney’s proposed speech, he said [to […]
2/5/2003
Secretary of State Colin “Powell was set to go before the United Nations on February 5, 2003, to make the WMD intelligence case for war, and [Vice President Dick] Cheney wanted him to look at the argument his chief of staff, Scooter Libby, had assembled charging a link between Saddam and al Qaeda. Powell…refused to […]
2/5/2003
“In his February 5, 2003, speech to the UN Security Council, [Secretary of State Colin] Powell said: ‘Iraq today harbors a deadly terrorist network, headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an associate and collaborator of Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda lieutenants. Zarqawi, a Palestinian born in Jordan, fought in the Afghan War more than […]
2/5/2003
In making his presentation to the UN Security Council on February 5, 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell said: ” ‘When [the inspectors] searched the home of an Iraqi nuclear scientist, they uncovered roughly 2,000 pages of documents. …Some of the material is classified and related to Iraq’s nuclear program. Tell me, answer me: Are […]