On CNN’s Late Edition on September 8, 2002, National Security Advisor Condoleezza “Rice declared Saddam a ‘danger to the United States’ that ‘is gathering momentum.’ She said there was ‘increasing evidence that he continues his march toward weapons of mass destruction.’ ” – Michael Isikoff and David Corn, Hubris, Page 41 […]
9/8/2002
On September 8, 2002, “the front page headline [of The New York Times] declared, ‘U.S. SAYS HUSSEIN INTENSIFIES QUEST FOR A-BOMB PARTS.’ …’More than a decade after Saddam Hussein agreed to give up weapons of mass destruction, Iraq stepped up its quest for nuclear weapons and has embarked on a worldwide hunt for materials to […]
9/8/2002
In an appearance on Meet the Press on September 8, 2002, Vice President Dick Cheney said “that those who doubted his assertions about the threat presented by Iraq haven’t ‘seen all the intelligence that we have seen.’ ” – Thomas E. Ricks, Fiasco, Page 51 […]
9/8/2002
On September 8, 2002, Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on Meet the Press, hosted by Tim Russert. “The president’s [Bush’s] goal in Iraq was not merely disarmament, Cheney told Russert; it was regime change. But, he added, ‘No decision’s been made yet to launch a military operation. Clearly, we are contemplating that possibility. …In terms […]
9/8/2002
Appearing on Meet the Press on September 8, 2002, Vice President Dick "Cheney asserted that Saddam 'has indeed stepped up his capacity to produce and deliver biological weapons, that he has reconstituted his nuclear program to develop a nuclear weapon, that there are efforts under way inside Iraq to significantly expand his capability.' " – […]
9/8/2002
A New York Times article on September 8, 2002, “reported that Saddam Hussein’s Iraq ‘has stepped up its quest for nuclear weapons,’ a claim proved by its efforts to buy ‘specially designed aluminum tubes, which American officials believe were intended as components of centrifuges to enrich uranium.’ One official was quoted anonymously as saying that […]
9/7/2002
“Bush and Blair met again at the president’s country retreat of Camp David, in Maryland, on September 7 [2002]. Blair was pleased to hear Bush decided to wait for a UN resolution, which would demand that Saddam allow weapons inspectors back into Iraq. But a press conference that day, President Bush said bluntly, “Saddam Hussein […]
9/7/2002
“Early in September [7] 2002, President Bush declared that satellite photographs of new construction at Al Furat, Iraq’s former site for uranium enrichment by centrifuge, showed that the country’s nuclear bomb program had been resurrected. ‘I don’t know what more evidence we need,’ he said. But he would, in fact, need more. The Iraqis immediately […]
9/7/2002
“Appearing [on September 7, 2002] at Camp David with the British prime minister, Tony Blair, he [President Bush] told the press that ‘when the inspectors first went into Iraq’ and were denied access, the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] of the UN had concluded ‘that they were six months away’ from producing a [nuclear] weapon. […]
9/7/2002
Former Secretary of State George Shultz published an essay in the September 7, 2002, Washington Post. “Shultz laid out the most influential arguments for war [in Iraq], which have since been proven to have the least basis in fact. According to Shultz, the most compelling argument for war was the catastrophic and immediate threat posed […]