In a radio announcement on November 12, 2002, French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said: ” ‘The security of America is under threat from people like Saddam Hussein who are capable of using chemical and biological weapons.’ ” – Stephen F. Hayes, The Connection, Page 21 […]
11/12/2002
“[T]hough [French Foreign Minister Dominique de] Villepin and President Jaques Chirac of France said they wanted to avoid a war in Iraq, their willingness to sign the resolution [1441, ordering Iraq to disarm or face ‘serious consequences’] seemed to indicate that they would not try to block any attempt by the United States to use […]
11/11/2002
At the White House Reception for Veterans, President George W. Bush stated: “In whatever lies ahead, the United States will remain a friend to the Iraqi people. They have suffered years of brutal repression, years of domestic terror from their own rulers. A new regime would bring deliverance for them. Iraqi resources are abundant, its culture is rich, […]
11/11/2002
On November 11, 2002, the Synod, the legislative body of the Church of England, voted “in favor of joining the coalition led by the United States [to invade Iraq] without going through the U.N.” – Georges Sada with Jim Nelson Black, Saddam’s Secrets, Page 235 […]
11/8/2002
“On November 8, [2002] the UN Security Council passed… Resolution 1441, which Bush had been eagerly waiting for. It stated that Saddam had broken the terms of a previous resolution about WMDs and must immediately start to cooperate with UN inspectors.” – Andrew Langley, Bush, Blair, and Iraq: Days of Decision, Page 27 […]
11/8/2002
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “[UN] Security Council adopts resolution 1441.” – Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry: Executive Summary,” IraqInquiry.org.uk, Nov. 8, 2002 […]
11/8/2002
Speaking from the White House’s Rose Garden after the passage of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1441 on November 8, 2002, President Bush “warned, ‘the world must not lapse into unproductive debates over whether specific instances of Iraqi noncompliance are serious. Any Iraqi noncompliance is serious because such bad faith will show that Iraq has no […]
11/8/2002
President Bush on the UN vote on Resolution 1441 on Nov. 7, 2002: “Good morning. With the resolution just passed, the United Nations Security Council has met important responsibilities, upheld its principles and given clear and fair notice that Saddam Hussein must fully disclose and destroy his weapons of mass destruction. He must submit to any […]
11/8/2002
On November 8, 2002, “The UN Security Council, at the urging of the Americans and the British, voted 15 to 0 to find Iraq in ‘material breach’ of previous resolutions regarding its weapons of mass destruction. A new resolution, 1441, gave Baghdad ‘a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations.’ Saddam was required to […]
11/8/2002
“UN Resolution 1441, made in November [8] of 2002, sought to ‘ensure full and immediate compliance’ by Iraq with UN Resolution 687 (made in April of 1991 after the Persian Gulf War), which required Iraq to ‘unconditionally accept the destruction, removal or rendering harmless under international supervision of all chemical and biological weapons.’ Resolution 1441 […]