“By late January [2003] the Bush and Blair administrations had determined that Iraq had failed to fully disarm and as a result they were putting tremendous pressure on the uncommitted members of the [UN] Security Council to vote in favor of its tough go-to-war resolution. …By listening in as the delegates communicated back to their […]
1/24/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “629. On 24 January 2003, Mr Blair told President Bush that the biggest risk they faced was internecine fighting, and that delay would allow time for working up more coherent post-conflict plans.” – Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, […]
1/23/2003
“An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll [on January 23, 2003] finds that 48 percent say Al Qaeda is the greatest threat to the United States; 24 percent say that Iraq is the greater threat.” – Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever Sold, Page 258 […]
1/23/2003
Commander of Coalition Forces, General Tommy Franks, wrote: “I met with King Abdullah II of Jordan in his home in Amman on the afternoon of Thursday, January 23, 2003. ‘General,’ he said, ‘from reliable intelligence sources, I believe the Iraqis are hiding chemical and biological weapons.’ ” – Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell, American Soldier, […]
1/22/2003
President George W. Bush on going to war with Iraq: “And should that path be forced upon us, there will be serious consequences. There will be serious consequences for the dictator in Iraq. And there will be serious consequences for any Iraqi general or soldier who were to use weapons of mass destruction on our troops […]
1/22/2003
“On January 22 [2003], [French] President [Jacques] Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder announced that they would oppose ousting the regime [of Saddam Hussein in Iraq].” – Donald Rumsfeld, Known and Unknown, Page 443 […]
1/22/2003
The 81-page draft of new guidelines for interrogation shown to General Counsel of the U.S. Navy Alberto Mora on January 22, 2003, was of concern: “…the Bush Administration had cut Congress out. When Senator Carl Levin [D-MI], chairman of the Armed Services Committee and a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, demanded to see the […]
1/21/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “628. In his evidence to the House of Commons Liaison Committee on 21 January 2003, Mr Blair emphasized the importance of the post-conflict phase: ‘You do not engage in military conflict that may produce regime change unless you are prepared to follow through and […]
1/20/2003
Former President George W. Bush recalled, “On January [20] 2003, I issued a [National Security] presidential directive, NSPD 24, creating a new Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance. ORHA was charged with turning our conceptual plans into concrete action. We based the office in the Pentagon, so that our civilian efforts in Iraq would run […]
1/20/2003
On January 20, 2003, “French foreign minister Dominique de Villepin threatens to use France’s veto if the United States presses the UN Security Council to authorize military action against Iraq.” – Todd S. Purdum and The New York Times Staff, A Time of Our Choosing, Page 294 […]