In a joint press conference with Prime Minister Blair, President George W. Bush had this to say regarding Secretary of State Colin Powell’s trip to the Middle East to discuss the sanctions: “Well, that’s the work we’ve got to do. First, our beef is not with the people of Iraq; it’s with Saddam Hussein. And, secondly, […]
2/23/2001
President George W. Bush had this to say about the Iraqi Sanctions, in a joint press conference with Prime Minister Blair: “We spent a lot of time talking about our mutual interests in Iraq and the Persian Gulf, and from our perspective, as you know, I made the famous statement that our sanctions are like Swiss […]
2/22/2001
In a Press Conference, on February 22, 2001, when questions from John Roberts, CBS News, regarding the Secretary of State’s trip to the Middle East and the future modifications of the sanctions on Iraq came up, President George W. Bush had this to say: “We’re reviewing all policy in all regions of the world, and […]
2/22/2001
“Echoing [U.K. Prime Minister Tony] Blair, [President] Bush said [on February 22, 2001], ‘A change in sanctions should not in any way, shape, or form, embolden Saddam Hussein. He has got to understand that we are going to watch him carefully and, if we catch him developing weapons of mass destruction, we’ll take the appropriate […]
2/21/2001
“Spurred by growing international alarm about Osama bin Laden’s militant networks, the police in Britain and Germany have recently arrested more than a dozen Islamic radicals. American officials say some of those arrested were plotting terrorist attacks in Europe and elsewhere.” – Judith Miller and Sarah Lyall, “Hunting bin Laden’s Allies, U.S. Extends Net to […]
2/20/2001
U.K. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook wrote an article for The Daily Telegraph on February 20, 2001, which read: ” ‘Too many commentators overlook the fact that Britain’s robust approach has contained the threat that Saddam poses. Since the UN imposed the policy of containment, Iraq has not used chemical […]
2/20/2001
According to testimony of al Qaeda defector Jamal al-Fadl on February 20, 2001, “Bin Laden set up an extraordinary range of companies in Sudan, where al-Qaeda was almost literally Holy War, Inc. The first business was Wadi al-Aqiq, a trading company that had dispensation to ship anything it wanted. Other enterprises followed: another trading company, […]
2/18/2001
“The new Bush administration seems to be pinning much of its hope on the Iraqi opposition, which will soon receive $29 million in aid. So far, the opposition has not amounted to much. No one in the American political or military establishment has the appetite for another war with Saddam Hussein that might settle things […]
2/18/2001
On February 18, 2001, U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair said, regarding the potential for military action in Iraq: ” ‘Operations such as the one last night [U.S. and British air strikes against radar installations and antiaircraft sites near Baghdad, Iraq] would not be needed if Saddam stopped attacking us,’ …’But as long as he does, […]
2/18/2001
“For now, Mr. Hussein may not even be America’s most dangerous foe. Osama bin Laden, the Saudi-born extremist who is the FBI’s most wanted terrorist suspect, has in recent years struck with more deadly effect at American interests, orchestrating the August 1998 bombing of two American Embassies in East Africa, and is suspected of being […]