In regards to WMD, British House of Commons leader Robin Cook wrote in his diary on September 24, 2002: “…most chemical or biological agents that Saddam had retained for a decade would long ago have degenerated to the point that they were of no operational use. …Government ministers alarmed the public by claims that Saddam […]
9/24/2002
According to a CBS News poll reported on September 24, 2002: “A majority of Americans, 51%…believe that Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the Sept. 11 attacks.” Additionally, “an overwhelming majority, 70%, believes that members of al Qaeda are currently in Iraq.” – Joel Roberts, “Poll: No Rush To War,” CBS News, Sep. 24, 2002 […]
9/24/2002
“The British repeated the claim [of Iraq buying yellowcake uranium from Niger] in a ‘white paper‘ issued on September 24, 2002.” – Thomas Powers, The Military Error, Page 26 […]
9/24/2002
During a classified session for members of the Senate foreign relations committee on September 24, 2002, CIA Director George Tenet reported that “Saddam had a fleet of mobile biological weapons labs and had been developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that could be outfitted with chemical or biological agents. …When [Senator Joseph] Biden [D-DE] and other […]
9/24/2002
“That day [July 7, 2003], in London, the House of Commons foreign affairs committee released a tough report questioning the Blair government’s prewar intelligence on Iraq. The panel…questioned the September [24] 2002 British white paper’s ‘bald claim’ that Iraq had tried to buy ‘significant quantities of uranium from Africa.’ The panel noted that government ministers […]
9/23/2002
Appearing on NPR’s All Things Considered on September 23, 2002, former Vice President Al Gore said: ” ‘I am deeply concerned that the course of action that we are presently embarked upon with respect to Iraq has the potential to seriously damage our ability to win the war against terrorism. …I don’t think we should […]
9/23/2002
“[I]n September [23] 2002, during the congressional debate on the Iraq War resolution, [former Vice President Al] Gore had told a San Francisco audience, ‘Iraq’s search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to completely deter, and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power. …We know […]
9/23/2002
“At a speech in New Jersey on September 23, 2002, [President] Bush declared that the Democrats in the Senate were ‘not interested in the security of the American people.’ He was referring not to Iraq but to the ongoing tussle over the legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security. Senate Democrats wanted to preserve the […]
9/23/2002
In a speech he gave on September 23, 2002, to the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, former Vice President Al Gore said: ” ‘Iraq’s search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power.’ ” – Douglas Feith, […]
9/22/2002
In The New York Times on September 22, 2002, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz said: ” ‘I don’t think it’s unreasonable to think that Iraq, properly managed–and it’s going to take a lot of attention, and the stakes are enormous…it really could turn out to be, I hesitate to say it, the first Arab […]