“Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said this morning [September 27, 2002] the link between al Qaeda terrorists and Iraq is ‘accurate and not debatable.’ Rumsfeld traveled here [Atlanta, Georgia] to discuss the on-going war on terrorism and the threat Iraq poses to the United States and its allies. The secretary declined to give more details on […]
9/27/2002
On September 27, 2002, “Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that there was ‘bulletproof’ evidence of an Iraq-al-Qaeda connection.” – Peter Bergen, The Longest War, Page 132 […]
9/27/2002
Former President Bill Clinton “rejected suggestions that efforts to disarm Iraq would be a distraction from the broader war on terror. ‘I think we can walk and chew gum at the same time. That is, I think we can turn up the heat on Iraq and maintain an intense focus on terror,’ he said in […]
9/27/2002
In a speech at Johns Hopkins University on September 27, 2002, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) said: ” ‘There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein’s regime is a serious danger, that he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons of mass destruction cannot be tolerated. He must be disarmed.’ ” – Stephen F. […]
9/27/2002
Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) said on September 27, 2002: ” ‘We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction.’ ” – Douglas Feith, War and Decision, Page 592 […]
9/26/2002
At the John Cornyn for Senate Reception, President George W. Bush had this to say: “And so now it’s up to the United Nations, and it’s up to Saddam Hussein to determine whether or not there will be peace, to determine whether or not the world’s worst leader — and remember, this is a guy who continues […]
9/26/2002
President George W. Bush, following a discussion with Congressional Leaders: “The danger to our country is grave. The danger to our country is growing. The Iraqi regime possesses biological and chemical weapons. The Iraqi regime is building the facilities necessary to make more biological and chemical weapons. And according to the British government, the Iraqi regime […]
9/26/2002
The Downing Street Memo, a July 23, 2002, report from British intelligence, claimed Iraq had banned weapons and sought ‘significant quantities of uranium from Africa.’ “The CIA had warned the British against those claims, but [President] Bush would eventually adopt both of them. ‘According to the British government, the Iraqi regime could launch a biological […]
9/26/2002
On September 26, 2002, “In a closed meeting with eighteen lawmakers…[President] Bush had also embraced another unfounded assertion. ‘Saddam Hussein is a terrible guy who is teaming up with al-Qaeda,’ he told the lawmakers, ignoring the lack of any hard evidence of such an alliance. One of the lawmakers asked him what would happen [in […]
9/26/2002
” ‘All I want to say is that there was *before 9/11* and *after 9/11,* said Cofer Black, the head of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center [in testimony before the House and Senate intelligence committees on September 26, 2002]. ‘After 9/11 the gloves came off.’ ” – Ahmed Rashid, Descent Into Chaos, Pages 305-306 […]