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• Saddam Hussein has openly admitted to the rest of the world that he had weapons of mass destruction. He used those weapons to kill his own people.

  Saxby Chambliss

  Mass Destruction, People, World

  "Questions surround WMD hunt" by David Ensor, www.cnn.com. June 18, 2003.

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• In Iraq, the U.S. military's whack-a-mole approach to killing Saddam Hussein may have finally paid off. The bombs destroyed the area and left behind a 60-foot crater, or as coalition forces prefer to call it: a freedom hole.

  Jon Stewart

  Military, Iraq, Feet

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• It is regrettable that Senator Kennedy has chosen Veteran's Day to continue leveling baseless and false attacks that send the wrong signal to our troops and our enemy during a time of war. It is also regrettable that Senator Kennedy has found more time to say negative things about President Bush then he ever did about Saddam Hussein. If America were to follow Senator Kennedy's foreign policy, Saddam Hussein would not only still be in power, he would be oppressing and occupying Kuwait.

  Scott McClellan

  War, Kuwait, America

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• As the president has said, if the United Nations will not disarm Saddam Hussein, it will be another international organization, a coalition of the willing that will be made up of numerous nations that will disarm Saddam Hussein.

  Ari Fleischer

  Organization, President, Hussein

  "Powell: 'The clock continues to tick", www.cnn.com. March 7, 2003.

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• There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein's regime is a serious danger, that he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons of mass destruction cannot be tolerated. He must be disarmed.

  Edward Kennedy

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Tyrants

  "Ted Kennedy Lays Out Case Against War With Iraq". www.cnn.com. September 27, 2002.

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• Given the chance to throw off a brutal dictator like Saddam Hussein, people will rejoice.

  Ari Fleischer

  People, Hussein, Chance

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• I think if you're going to do a movie about Reagan, you do it about the fact that he created the huge deficit, that he armed the Mujahideen, that he armed Saddam, that he armed Iran, that he armed two-thirds of the Axis of Evil, and that he funded terrorists in Central America. He was, in my mind, a terrible president.

  Al Franken

  Thinking, Axes, Iran

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• It was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001, not Saddam Hussein and Iraq.

  Peter DeFazio

  Iraq, September 11, Hussein

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• The British government believes we must be resolved to disarming Saddam Hussein. It must be done before the terror weapons he possesses can be used by Saddam himself or by others with his blessing. We must steel ourselves to the consequences of that resolve and send a clear message to Saddam Hussein: You cannot win. You can only comply and disarm or be defeated. The choice is entirely yours.

  Geoff Hoon

  Believe, Blessing, Winning

  "Hoon: 'No hope' without war threat", www.cnn.com. February 24, 2003.

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• Scores of Iraqi exiles met in London to discuss ways to overthrow Saddam Hussein in a grand gathering dubbed the 'Iraqi Military Alliance Meeting.' Of course, these people are no longer Iraqi, they have no military, and there is no alliance. But they did have a meeting.

  Jon Stewart

  Military, People, Gathering

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• But, as you have intimated, I am among those who would be very wary of any military action in the light of Saddam Hussein's willingness to allow the weapons inspectors to go in.

  George Carey

  Military, Light, Would Be

  "Archbishop of Canterbury speaks out". "The Religion Report" with Stephen Crittenden, www.abc.net.au. September 25, 2002.

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• Saddam Hussein's trial would not be public since he could name countries and persons whom he gave money.

  Ayad Allawi

  Country, Names, Trials

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• You know the most important thing the Americans did for Iraq apart from liberating the country from Saddam was helping Iraq reduce its debt. The United States worked very hard to reduce 80 percent of Iraqi debt.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Country, Iraq, Important

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• The Americans stabbed in the back the forces that worked to bring about the collapse of Saddam's regime and wanted to keep Iraq a sovereign country.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Country, Iraq, Sovereign

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• The Iraqis had paid a terrible price for Saddam's folly (in the Gulf War). But looking at the devastation they left behind (in Kuwait), my sympathy was limited.

  Margaret Thatcher

  War, Kuwait, Devastation

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• The old SV (Socialist Left Party) were useful idiots for the communists in Moscow. Today's SV are useful idiots for Saddam Hussein.

  Carl I. Hagen

  Party, Hussein, Today

  Aftenposten, February 23, 2003.

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• I try to read everything that I can about myself because Saddam Hussein didn't read his reviews and he thought he was winning!

  James Blunt

  Winning, Trying, Hussein

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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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• Saddam Hussein was a horrible man, and I am pleased he is no longer running Iraq. But the war was wrong.

  Ed Balls

  Running, War, Men

  "Ed Miliband: Labour's catastrophic loss of trust over Iraq" by Patrick Wintour and Allegra Stratton, www.theguardian.com. May 21, 2010.

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• The world is a better place with Saddam in prison not in power.

  Tony Blair

  Iraq, World, Prison

  "Speech to the Labour Party Conference". www.independent.co.uk. September 28, 2004.

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• Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is not the measure I use when deciding whether to send our men and women in uniform off to war and possible death.

  Peter DeFazio

  War, Men, Tyrants

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• Dealing with the threat that Secretaries Albright and Cohen have described, the threat from Saddam Hussein, demands constant resolve by the United States and by the international community; and at times, action. As long as he remains in power, we must be prepared to respond firmly to reckless actions that threaten the region and our interests. We've done that successfully over this decade.

  Sandy Berger

  Iraq, Long, Community

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• For the last eight years, American policy toward Iraq has been based on the direct threat Saddam poses to international security. That threat is clear. Saddam's history of aggression leaves little doubt that he would resume his drive for regional domination and his quest for weapons of mass destruction if he had the chance.

  Sandy Berger

  Iraq, Eight, Mass Destruction

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• [Saddam] Hussein maintains an active and aggressive nuclear weapons program.

  Sandy Berger

  Iraq, Nuclear, Hussein

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• I believe that a nuclear Iraq can change its fundamental dynamic, affecting how others behave - toward us and toward allies such as Israel - and emboldening Saddam Hussein to believe, rightly or wrongly, that he can attack his neighbors and, because of his nuclear capability, we will hesitate.

  Sandy Berger

  Believe, Israel, Iraq

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