Wmds In Iraq Quotes

• Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.

  Dick Cheney

  Mass Destruction, Doubt, Use

  Address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars 103rd National Convention, delivered 26 August 2002, Nashville, Tennessee

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• What is at stake is how to answer the potential threat Iraq represents with the risk of proliferation of WMD. Baghdad's regime did use such weapons in the past. Today, a number of evidences may lead to think that, over the past four years, in the absence of international inspectors, this country has continued armament programs.

  Jacques Chirac

  Country, Thinking, Past

  "Interview with French President Jacques Chirac". L'Orient-Le Jour Interview, www.globalpolicy.org. October 16, 2002.

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• Iraq does pose a serious threat to the stability of the Persian Gulf and we should organize an international coalition to eliminate his access to weapons of mass destruction. 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.

  Al Gore

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Iraq

  Al Gore's speech on Iraq, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2002.

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• I do have reason to believe there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

  Joni Ernst

  Believe, Mass Destruction, Iraq

  "Iowa GOP Senate Candidate Still Believes There Were Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq" by Patricl Caldwell, www.motherjones.com. May 12, 2014.

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• I am absolutely convinced that there are weapons...I saw evidence back in 1998 when we would see the inspectors being barred from gaining entry into a warehouse for three hours with trucks rolling up and then moving those trucks out.

  William Cohen

  Moving, Wmd, Mass Destruction

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• Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find - and there will be plenty.

  Robert Kagan

  Mass Destruction, Administration, Invasion

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• No terror state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Iraq, People, World

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• I think you have always heard, and you continue to hear from officials, a measure of high confidence that, indeed, the weapons of mass destruction will be found.

  Ari Fleischer

  Thinking, Mass Destruction, Iraq

  Press Briefing with Ari Fleischer, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. April 10, 2003.

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• We have high confidence that they have weapons of mass destruction. That is what this war was about and it is about.

  Ari Fleischer

  War, Mass Destruction, Iraq

  "The Rachel Maddow Show" with Rachel Maddow, www.msnbc.com. August 31, 2010.

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• We stopped the fighting in 1991 on an agreement that Iraq would take steps to assure the world that it would not engage in further aggression and that it would destroy its weapons of mass destruction. It has refused to take those steps. That refusal constitutes a breach of the armistice which renders it void and justifies resumption of the armed conflict.

  Harry Reid

  Fighting, Mass Destruction, Agreement

  "Where did Syria's chemical weapons come from?" by Frank Salvato, www.breitbart.com. July 14, 2012.

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• Iraq is not the only nation in the world to possess weapons of mass destruction, but it is the only nation with a leader who has used them against his own people.

  Tom Daschle

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Wmd

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• The threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real, but as I said, it is not new. It has been with us since the end of that war, and particularly in the last 4 years we know after Operation Desert Fox failed to force him to reaccept them, that he has continued to build those weapons. He has had a free hand for 4 years to reconstitute these weapons, allowing the world, during the interval, to lose the focus we had on weapons of mass destruction and the issue of proliferation.

  John F. Kerry

  Real, War, Mass Destruction

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• No one has done what Saddam Hussein has done, or is thinking of doing. He is producing weapons of mass destruction, and he is qualitatively and quantitatively different from other dictators.

  Madeleine Albright

  Thinking, Wmd, Mass Destruction

  "U.S. policy on Iraq draws fire in Ohio". www.cnn.com. February 18, 1998.

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• He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do. He lies and cheats; he snubs the mandate and authority of international weapons inspectors; and he games the system to keep buying time against enforcement of the just and legitimate demands of the United Nations, the Security Council, the United States and our allies. Those are simply the facts.

  Henry Waxman

  Lying, Past, Iraq

  "Letters to the Editor". thetimes-tribune.com. May 23, 2010.

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• I'm not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam Hussein - because he had a weapons program.

  George W. Bush

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Iraq

  George W. Bush's remarks after meeting with the Secretary of Defense, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. May 6, 2003.

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• I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-- if necessary-- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security.

  John F. Kerry

  Real, Believe, Mass Destruction

  Senate debate on using military force against Iraq, October 9, 2002.

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• 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.

  Al Gore

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Iraq

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• One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line.

  William J. Clinton

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Ethos

  Clinton, William J. (1999). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1998”, p.170, Best Books on

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• I just don't know whether it was all destroyed years ago - I mean, there's no question that there were chemical weapons years ago - whether they were destroyed right before the war, (or) whether they're still hidden.

  David Petraeus

  War, Mean, Wmd

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• If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program.

  William J. Clinton

  Patriotic, Wmd, Mass Destruction

  "Text Of Clinton Statement On Iraq", www.cnn.com. February 17, 1998.

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• We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction.

  Bob Graham

  Thinking, Iraq, Numbers

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• There is no doubt that . Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies.

  Bob Graham

  War, Mass Destruction, Iraq

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• We know for a fact that there are weapons there.

  Ari Fleischer

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Iraq

  "State of Denial". Book by Bob Woodward, October 2, 2006.

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• We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more.

  Colin Powell

  Iraq, Wmd, Mass Destruction

  "The Hunt for Weapons of Mass Destruction: Weighing the Evidence and Isabel Allende". billmoyers.com. June 13, 2003.

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• We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country.

  Al Gore

  Country, Wmd, Mass Destruction

  Gore speech, usatoday30.usatoday.com. September 23, 2002.

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