zondag 10 december 2006

Massa Vernietigings Wapens?


Voor de vergeetachtigen onder mijn collega's van de Nederlandse parlementaire pers die premier Balkenende geloofden toen hij suggereerde dat Saddam massavernietigingswapens bezat, want dat had hij zelf van Tony Blair gehoord.
'A History Of Lies: WMD, Who Said What and When.
'Intelligence leaves no doubt that Iraq continues to possess and conceal lethal weapons
George Bush, US President 18 March, 2003
Saddam's removal is necessary to eradicate the threat from his weapons of mass destruction
Jack Straw, Foreign Secretary 2 April, 2003
Before people crow about the absence of weapons of mass destruction, I suggest they wait a bit
Tony Blair 28 April, 2003
We are asked to accept Saddam decided to destroy those weapons. I say that such a claim is palpably absurd
Tony Blair, Prime Minister 18 March, 2003
It is possible Iraqi leaders decided they would destroy them prior to the conflict
Donald Rumsfeld, US Defense Secretary 28 May, 2003
Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
Dick CheneySpeech to VFW National ConventionAugust 26, 2002
Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons.
George "aWol" BushSpeech to UN General AssemblySeptember 12, 2002

If he declares he has none, then we will know that Saddam Hussein is once again misleading the world.
Ari FleischerPress BriefingDecember 2, 2002
We know for a fact that there are weapons there.
Ari FleischerPress BriefingJanuary 9, 2003
"25,000 liters of anthrax ... 38,000 liters of botulinum toxin ... materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent ... upwards of 30,000 munitions capable of delivering chemical agents ... several mobile biological weapons labs ... thousands of Iraqi security personnel ... at work hiding documents and materials from the U.N. inspectors."
George "aWol" BushState of the Union AddressJanuary 28, 2003

We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more.
Colin PowellRemarks to UN Security CouncilFebruary 5, 2003

We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons -- the very weapons the dictator tells us he does not have.
George "aWol" BushRadio AddressFebruary 8, 2003
So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad? . . . I think our judgment has to be clearly not.
Colin PowellRemarks to UN Security CouncilMarch 7, 2003

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 "aWol" BushAddress to the NationMarch 17, 2003
Well, there is no question that we have evidence and information that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical particularly . . . all this will be made clear in the course of the operation, for whatever duration it takes.
Ari FleisherPress BriefingMarch 21, 2003
There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. And . . . as this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and who guard them.
Gen. Tommy FranksPress ConferenceMarch 22, 2003
I have no doubt we're going to find big stores of weapons of mass destruction.
Defense Policy Board member Kenneth AdelmanWashington Post, p. A27March 23, 2003
One of our top objectives is to find and destroy the WMD. There are a number of sites.
Pentagon Spokeswoman Victoria ClarkPress BriefingMarch 22, 2003
We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.
Donald RumsfeldABC InterviewMarch 30, 2003
Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find -- and there will be plenty.
Neocon scholar Robert KaganWashington Post op-edApril 9, 2003
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 FleischerPress BriefingApril 10, 2003
We are learning more as we interrogate or have discussions with Iraqi scientists and people within the Iraqi structure, that perhaps he destroyed some, perhaps he dispersed some. And so we will find them.
George "aWol" BushNBC InterviewApril 24, 2003
There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.
Donald RumsfeldPress BriefingApril 25, 2003
We'll find them. It'll be a matter of time to do so.
George "aWol" BushRemarks to ReportersMay 3, 2003
I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just now.
Colin PowellRemarks to ReportersMay 4, 2003
We never believed that we'd just tumble over weapons of mass destruction in that country.
Donald RumsfeldFox News InterviewMay 4, 2003
I'm not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam Hussein -- because he had a weapons program.
George "aWol" BushRemarks to ReportersMay 6, 2003
U.S. officials never expected that "we were going to open garages and find" weapons of mass destruction.
Condoleeza RiceReuters InterviewMay 12, 2003
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.
Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, Commander 101st AirbornePress BriefingMay 13, 2003
Before the war, there's no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical. I expected them to be found. I still expect them to be found.
Gen. Michael Hagee, Commandant of the Marine CorpsInterview with ReportersMay 21, 2003

Given time, given the number of prisoners now that we're interrogating, I'm confident that we're going to find weapons of mass destruction.
Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman Joint Chiefs of StaffNBC Today Show interviewMay 26, 2003

They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer.
Donald RumsfeldRemarks to Council on Foreign RelationsMay 27, 2003
For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction (as justification for invading Iraq) because it was the one reason everyone could agree on.
Paul WolfowitzVanity Fair interviewMay 28, 2003
It was a surprise to me then Eit remains a surprise to me now Ethat we have not uncovered weapons, as you say, in some of the forward dispersal sites. Believe me, it's not for lack of trying. We've been to virtually every ammunition supply point between the Kuwaiti border and Baghdad, but they're simply not there.
Lt. Gen. James Conway, 1st Marine Expeditionary ForcePress Interview
But for those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them.--George W. BushInterview with TVP Poland5/30/2003You remember when [Secretary of State] Colin Powell stood up in front of the world, and he said Iraq has got laboratories, mobile labs to build biological weapons ...They're illegal. They're against the United Nations resolutions, and we've so far discovered two...And we'll find more weapons as time goes on And we'll find more weapons as time goes on--George W. BushPress Briefing5/30/2003
But for those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them.--George W. BushInterview with TVP Poland5/30/2003You remember when [Secretary of State] Colin Powell stood up in front of the world, and he said Iraq has got laboratories, mobile labs to build biological weapons ...They're illegal. They're against the United Nations resolutions, and we've so far discovered two...And we'll find more weapons as time goes on And we'll find more weapons as time goes on--George W. BushPress Briefing5/30/2003'
En dankzij deze brokkenmakers en hun lakeien in de politiek en pers staat het Midden Oosten in brand.

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