Iraq Quotes

• Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.

  George W. Bush

  Wmds In Iraq, Government, Mass Destruction

  Address to the Nation -- Ultimatum to Saddam Hussein, delivered 17 March 2003 from the Cross Hall at the White House

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• Iraq has a tremendous amount of history.

  Scott Ritter

  Amount

  "Ex-weapons inspector berates war plans". Interview with David Wallis, www.sfgate.com. September 14, 2002.

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• We are ready to sacrifice our souls, our children and our families so as not to give up Iraq. We say this so no one will think that America is capable of breaking the will of the Iraqis with its weapons.

  Saddam Hussein

  Children, Giving Up, Sacrifice

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Ladies and gentlemen, these are not assertions. These are facts, corroborated by many sources, some of them sources of the intelligence services of other countries.

  Colin Powell

  Country, Stupid, Intelligence Services

  Address to the United Nations Security Council, delivered 5 February 2003

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• I am a Korean War veteran. I support our troops as much as anyone in this body, but I do so by advocating redeployment out of Iraq as soon as it can be safely done.

  John Conyers

  War, Support, Done

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• Well, I know that 500,000 children died in Iraq because of the embargo.

  Jacques Verges

  Children, Embargo, Wells

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• We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Baghdad

  Donald Rumsfeld (2011). “Known and Unknown: A Memoir”, p.452, Penguin

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• Iran is actively pursuing the development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.

  Howard Berman

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Iran

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• There is only one option in Iraq: that we win.

  Thelma Drake

  Winning

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• We don't mind that we still have troops in Germany, or that we still have troops in Japan or Korea. But they are not in danger, and we know that they are in danger in Iraq.

  Thelma Drake

  Japan, Korea, Mind

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• A free and prosperous Iraq will be a major blow to the terrorists and their desire to establish a safe haven in Iraq where they can plan and plot attacks

  Scott McClellan

  Safe Haven, Blow, Desire

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• The president of the United States and the secretary of defense would not assert as plainly and bluntly as they have that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction if it was not true, and if they did not have a solid basis for saying it.

  Ari Fleischer

  Mass Destruction, President, United States

  "White House: Iraq has mass-destruction weapons". www.cnn.com. December 5, 2002.

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• They appear to have had a higher voter turnout in Iraq than we did in our recent federal elections, and we didnt have terrorists threatening to kill our families if we voted.

  Conrad Burns

  Voter Turnout, Voters, Election

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• Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

  Jose Maria Aznar

  Resolution, Violation, Council

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• The Government of Iraq also owes a debt to the American and coalition forces who are fighting the insurgency and helping put that country back together after decades of repression.

  Ike Skelton

  Country, Fighting, Government

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• Iraq did nothing to us. Iraq was not responsible for 9/11.

  Charles Evers

  Responsible

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• This war is being played in the realm of public opinion and has dire consequences for our soldiers in Iraq, the future of our country, and freedom around the world.

  John Doolittle

  Country, War, Soldier

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• The bottom line is that after we defeat the armed forces of Iraq, that we will want to and need to provide stability throughout that country.

  Peter Pace

  Country, Needs, Pace

  "Bush, Blair to hold summit on Iraq", www.cnn.com. April 7, 2003.

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• Insurgents throughout Iraq continue to threaten our efforts and pose a danger to stability in the region. They fight not for their country, but rather against ours.

  Paul Gillmor

  Country, Fighting, Effort

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• The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government.

  Peter Camejo

  Pregnancy, Government, Democracy

  "Raw Data: Foxnews.com Interviews Peter Camejo". Foxnews.com Interview, www.foxnews.com. February 17, 2004.

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• As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference.

  Jalal Talabani

  Country, Past, Differences

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• Iraq is not occupied, but there are foreign forces on its soil, which is different.

  Jalal Talabani

  Different, Soil, Force

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• Those people who want to express their religious beliefs on public property should enjoy the same rights that we provide to those protesting the war in Iraq.

  Ernest Istook

  Religious, War, Rights

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• Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable.

  Rand Beers

  Dream, Situation, Cautious

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• Bush does not want to go down in history as the president who lost in Iraq. His strategy to the extent he has one is to hang tough and let whoever succeeds him take the fall.

  Eleanor Clift

  Fall, President, Doe

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