Iraq Quotes - Page 9

• The truth is that for reasons that have a lot to do with the U.S. government bureaucracy, we settled on the one issue that everyone could agree on, which was weapons of mass destruction, as the core reason.

  Paul Wolfowitz

  Stupid, Wmd, Government

  "Pentagon challenges Vanity Fair report" by Jamie McIntyre, www.cnn.com. May 30, 2003.

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• If left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East, which as we know all too well affects American security.

  Hillary Clinton

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Political

  Hillary Clinton's Senate speech, October 10, 2002.

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• I think the suffering, violence and cruelty and Guantanamo and the rest is going to go on and on in Iraq.

  Clare Short

  Thinking, Suffering, Goes On

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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, Numbers, Wmd

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• Undoubtedly, there are members of the former regime that are cooperating in some fashion and then there are extremists that are within Iraq that are cooperating with them.

  John Abizaid

  Fashion, Military, Regimes

  "General John Abizaid". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 4, 2004.

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• Should we freeze or postpone prospective tax cuts and avoid any new tax cuts until we are sure we have the money to pay for the war on terrorism and the war in Iraq.

  Timothy J. Russert

  War, Cutting, Perspective

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• We know where they are [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  War, Wmd, Mass Destruction

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• Five days or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last longer.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  War, Lasts, Months

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• The Iraqi regime . . . possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons. We know that the regime has produced thousands of tons of chemical agents, including mustard gas, sarin nerve gas, VX nerve gas.

  George W. Bush

  War, Mass Destruction, Weapons

  Address to the Nation on the Threat of Iraq, delivered 7 October 2002, Cincinnati Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio

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• Liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk.

  Kenneth Adelman

  War, Would Be, Liberating

  "Cakewalk In Iraq". www.washingtonpost.com. February 13, 2002.

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• You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  War, Army, Wish

  Remarks at town hall meeting, Kuwait, 8 Dec. 2004

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• We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th.

  George W. Bush

  September 11, President, Hussein

  "Why We Fight: New Film Takes a Hard Look at the American War Machine From World War II to Iraq". www.democracynow.org. February 10, 2006.

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• Rather than starting a new inferno in Iraq, our energies would have been better spent in extinguishing the existing fire in Palestine.

  Iqbal Sacranie

  Fire, Usa, Energy

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• The world [is] now seeing might is right.

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

  Usa, World, Might

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• Under international law, the responsibility for protecting civilians in conflict falls on the belligerents. Under military occupation, responsibility for the welfare of the population falls on the occupiers.

  Kofi Annan

  Military, Fall, Responsibility

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• You will triumph, O Iraqis, and with you the sons of your Arab nation

  Saddam Hussein

  Son, Triumph, Nations

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• We pledge to you in our name... that we will resist the invaders.

  Saddam Hussein

  Names, Invaders, Pledge

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• We will pursue them until they lose their nerves... Now that they have indulged in their evil and crimes, they will suffer a defeat.

  Saddam Hussein

  Evil, Suffering, Nerves

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• Today you are standing in a position that would please the friend and would anger the enemy and all the infidels. You will be victorious against the enemies and you are causing them to suffer.

  Saddam Hussein

  Enemy, Suffering, Today

  "Saddam goes on TV to rally troops", www.cnn.com. March 24, 2003.

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• Victory will be ours soon, Iraqis will strike the necks as God has commanded you.

  Saddam Hussein

  Victory, Necks, Strikes

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• Strike them and strike evil so that evil will be defeated.

  Saddam Hussein

  Evil, Defeated, Strikes

  Saddam Hussein's Speech on State-run Iraqi Television, March 24, 2003.

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• After they underestimated you, you Iraqis, now they've come on land; this attempt is our chance to incur losses on them

  Saddam Hussein

  Loss, Land, Chance

  "Saddam goes on TV to rally troops", www.cnn.com. March 24, 2003.

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• They are in a dilemma, they are in trouble now. Hate them and strike them.

  Saddam Hussein

  Hate, Trouble, Strikes

  "Saddam goes on TV to rally troops", www.cnn.com. March 24, 2003.

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• Today we confront the future with optimism from a founded hope for the Iraqi people - in freedom

  Jose Maria Aznar

  People, Optimism, Today

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• The United States of America is a threat to world peace. Because what [America] is saying is that if you are afraid of a veto in the Security Council, you can go outside and take action and violate the sovereignty of other countries. That is the message they are sending to the world. That must be condemned in the strongest terms.

  Nelson Mandela

  Country, America, Messages

  "Nelson Mandela: U.S Is A Threat To World Peace". Interview with Tom Masland, www.newsweek.com. September 9, 2002.

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