In September 2002, the U.S. and the U.K. both released reports claiming that Iraq violated weapons bans. “There was a surprising discrepancy in the two reports’ assessments of the time that would be needed for Iraq to develop nuclear weapons. The British document…explained that as long as sanctions remained effective, Iraq would not be able […]
9/15/2002
“At a [mid-September 2002] meeting with [President] Bush, [Vice President Dick] Cheney, and [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice, CIA director [George] Tenet says that a member of Saddam Hussein’s inner circle, his foreign minister Naji Sabri, had made a deal to reveal Iraq’s military secrets to the CIA and reported that there was ‘no active […]
9/15/2002
“In September 2002, the total cost of a conflict with Iraq and its subsequent reconstruction had been estimated at $100-200 billion by the White House economic adviser, Lawrence Lindsey. The US Office of Management and Budget questioned this as being ‘very, very high.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] […]
9/15/2002
“The drafters of the Pentagon resolution [demanding Saddam Hussein’s cooperation with weapons inspectors and an end to his weapons programs] were infuriated just days after [President] Bush’s [September 12, 2002] U.N. speech when Iraq presented the United Nations with a letter saying that the inspectors were welcome back into the country. Irritation with the ploy […]
9/15/2002
“In September 2002, the president’s [Bush’s] chief economic adviser, Lawrence Lindsay, estimated that the costs of war with Iraq could be as high as $100 billion to $200 billion. The administration was quick to dismiss Lindsay’s estimates. Mitch Daniels, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, discounted Lindsay’s statement as ‘very likely very high.’ […]
9/15/2002
In September 2002, “the Defense Intelligence Agency issued a classified report entitled ‘Iraq’s Reemerging Nuclear Weapons Program,’ which concluded that Baghdad was on its way to building the bomb.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – James Risen, State of War, Page 92 […]
9/15/2002
After four members of Congress were briefed about the CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques in September 2002, according to one U.S. official who was present: ” ‘The attitude was, *We don’t care what you do to those guys as long as you get the information you need to protect the American people.* ‘ ” [The 15th […]
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“In September 2002, four members of Congress met in secret for a first look at a unique CIA program designed to wring vital information from reticent terrorism suspects in U.S. custody. For more than an hour, the bipartisan group, which included current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), was given a virtual tour of the CIA’s […]
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Iraqi National Congress head Ahmed Chalabi said in September 2002, before the US invasion: “American companies will have a big shot at Iraqi oil.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Michael T. Klare, “The Failed Mission to Capture Iraqi Oil,” Asia Times, Sep. 22, 2005 […]
9/15/2002
According to an article in the April 2005 edition of Harpers’ magazine: “Philip Carroll, former CEO of Shell Oil’s U.S. division, was one of the first U.S. oil industry advisers in Iraq. He was brought in to help develop ‘contingency plans for Iraq’s oil sector in the event of war.’ Carroll told BBC reporter Greg […]