After testifying before the House Armed Services Committee on September 18, 2002, Secretary of Defense Donald “Rumsfeld made a revealing statement about his own thoughts regarding what Iraq might look like once an American operation had ended. ‘Going the next step,’ he said, ‘and beginning to talk about democracy or things like that is a […]
9/18/2002
On September 18, 2002, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld “told the House Armed Services Committee, ‘There are a number of terrorist states pursuing weapons of mass destruction–Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, to name but a few. But no terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the […]
9/18/2002
On September 18, 2002, “Testimony at a hearing of the Joint Intelligence Committees on pre-9/11 intelligence failures reveals for the first time that there was specific intelligence about terrorist plans to crash airplanes into the World Trade Center, including a warning in 1998.” – Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever Sold, Page 247 […]
9/18/2002
The CIA “had actually penetrated Saddam’s inner sanctum by ‘turning’ Iraqi foreign minister Naji Sabri, a high-level cabinet official. [CIA Director George] Tenet delivered the news personally to [President] Bush, [Vice President Dick] Cheney, and other top officials in September 2002. Initially, the White House was ecstatic about this coup. That reaction, however, changed dramatically […]
9/18/2002
Speaking before the House Armed Services Committee on September 18, 2002, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said: ” ‘We do know that the Iraqi regime has chemical and biological weapons.’ ” – Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Page 25 […]
9/18/2002
On September 18, 2002, Secretary of Defense Donald “Rumsfeld responded to a question from Jim Lehrer [on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer] about whether disarmament could be achieved in Iraq without war: ‘If Saddam Hussein and his family decided that the game was up and we’ll go live in some foreign country like other leaders […]
9/18/2002
On September 18, 2002, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld testified before the House Armed Services Committee: “But those who raise questions about the nuclear threat need to focus on the immediate threat from biological weapons. From 1991 to 1995, Iraq repeatedly insisted it did not have biological weapons. Then, in 1995, Saddam’s son-in-law […]
9/18/2002
On September 18, 2002, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld testified before the House Armed Services Committee: “There are a number of terrorist states pursuing weapons of mass destruction–Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, to name but a few. But no terrorist state poses a greater and more immediate threat to the security of our people, and […]
9/18/2002
On September 18, 2002, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld testified before the House Armed Services Committee that, “No living dictator has shown the murderous combination of intent and capability–of aggression against his neighbors; oppression of his own people; genocide; support of terrorism; pursuit of weapons of mass destruction; the use of weapons of mass destruction; […]
9/18/2002
In a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services on September 18, 2002, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff “General [Richard] Myers reported that the patrol aircraft [monitoring Iraq’s no-fly zones] had been fired on 2,300 times in two and a half years.” – Douglas Feith, War and Decision, […]