“There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.” InvolvedWeaponsMassDestructionSeptemberSaddamHusseinSeptember 11Weapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionSeptember 11th Author:Charles Rangel
“We must recognize that there is no indication that Saddam Hussein has any intention of relenting. So we have an obligation of enormous consequence, an obligation to guarantee that Saddam Hussein cannot ignore the United Nations. He cannot be permitted to go unobserved and unimpeded toward his horrific objective of amassing a stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.” NationsUnitedWeaponsMassConsequenceDestructionIntentionEnormousObligationObjectivesGuaranteesSaddamUnited NationsHusseinIndicationWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionGuarantees ThatHorrific Author:John F. Kerry
“There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more.” DoubtProduceWeaponsNo DoubtCapabilitySaddamHusseinBiological Weapons Author:Colin Powell
“America has shown we are serious about removing the threat of weapons of mass destruction... We now know that Saddam Hussein had the capacity to produce weapons of mass destruction.... We know he had the necessary infrastructure because we found the labs and the dual-use facilities that could be used for these chemical and biological agents. We know that he was developing the delivery systems - ballistic missiles - that had been prohibited by the United Nations.” KnowsUseAmericaUsedFoundNationsUnitedProduceSeriousWeaponsMassCapacityDestructionThreatAgentsDevelopingChemicalsSaddamUnited NationsInfrastructureHusseinFacilityMissilesWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionDeliveryLabs Author:Dick Cheney
“We believe, from everything we have been told by the intelligence community, by 12 years of history with Iraq, by the experience of the U.N. inspectors and by other intelligence agencies in other countries that Saddam Hussein had the intention to develop weapons of mass destruction and to have such weapons, and that was a sound judgment which I still believe to this day because he had had them in the past, he'd used them in the past.” YearsBelieveHas BeensStillsCountryPastUsedSoundCommunityJudgmentWeaponsMassDestructionIntentionIraqAgencyThis DayOther CountriesSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionI Still BelieveInspectorsIntelligence AgenciesIntelligence CommunitySound Judgment Author:Colin Powell
“Whether weapons exist in Iraq, Saddam Hussein or post-Saddam Hussein, it is a serious enough issue that require that we continue to go and make sure that Iraq does not have weapons.” DoeEnoughIssuesSeriousWeaponsIraqPostsSaddamHussein Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“Once it was suggested that Saddam Hussein might give his weaponry to terrorists, or might use weapons himself in the region, then it became hard for the Democrats to say, 'Well, that can't happen.'” GivingWellsHardUseMightHappensLiteratureWeaponsDemocratTerroristRegionsSaddamHusseinWeaponryMight Use Author:Chris Matthews
“Well, I think the most realistic ways to keep them [Saddam Hussien & Slobadon Milisevic] isolated in the world of public opinion and to work with our alliance is to keep them isolated. I'm just as frustrated as many Americans are that Saddam Hussein still lives. I think we ought to keep the pressure on him. I will tell you this: If we catch him developing weapons of mass destruction in any way, shape or form, I'll deal with that in a way that he won't like.” IfsThinkingWorldWayWellsStillsFormDealsOpinionOughtShapesWeaponsMassDestructionPressureDevelopingRealisticIsolatedFrustratedSaddamPublic OpinionHusseinAlliancesWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionStill Life Author:George W. Bush
“It is hard to put a price on some things. What is the value of having prevented nuclear weapons from getting into the hands of a dictator like Saddam Hussein - or of Gadhafi?” HardHandsValuesWeaponsNuclearNuclear WeaponsDictatorSaddamHussein Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“In Iraq, [American administration] said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction endangering mankind. With this pretext, the U.S. intervened militarily, and all they did is take control over oil fields, and oil wells.” WellsSaidMankindFieldsWeaponsMassDestructionIraqOilAdministrationSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionPretextTake ControlOil Field Author:Evo Morales
“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.” ThinkingYearsNumbersWeaponsMassEvidenceCapacityDestructionDemocraticDemocratIraqProductionsPossessionDevelopingCompellingSaddamHusseinLiedWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionIraq WarStorageWmdGulf WarWmds In IraqMass Production Author:Bob Graham
“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.” MayWarStatesUnitedUnited StatesDoubtWeaponsMassProgramDestructionThreatDemocraticDemocratIraqPossessionNuclearRangeNo DoubtReportsChemicalsAlliesNuclear WeaponsSaddamHusseinLiedMissilesWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionDeliveryIraq WarWmdGulf WarChemical WeaponsWmds In IraqBiological WeaponsHe LiedNuclear MissilesNuclear Destruction Author:Bob Graham
“The fact is that there is now, we know well, a proliferation of nuclear weapons, and that many weapons that Saddam Hussein had, we don't know where they are. That means terrorists have access to all of that.” KnowsWellsMeanFactsWeaponsAccessNuclearTerroristNuclear WeaponsSaddamHusseinProliferationWmd Author:Paul Martin
“Nuclear weapons are to be worried about only when they're in the hands of Ronald Reagan - not so much when they're in the hands of a Third World anti-imperialist like Saddam Hussein. Can't you see?” WorldHandsWeaponsThirdsNuclearWorriedNuclear WeaponsSaddamHusseinThird World Author:Jay Nordlinger
“[Saddam Hussein is aggressively seeking nuclear and biological weapons and ] the United States may well become the target.” WellsMayStatesUnitedUnited StatesWeaponsSeekingNuclearTargetSaddamHusseinBiological Weapons Author:Dick Cheney
“I personally think that today, Iraq without Saddam Hussein is a truly better Iraq than with Saddam Hussein. But, naturally, I also feel uncomfortable due to the fact that we were misled with the information on weapons of mass destruction.” ThinkingFeelsFactsTodayInformationWeaponsMassDestructionIraqDuesUncomfortableSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionMisled Author:Aleksander Kwasniewski
“If you allow someone like Saddam Hussein to get nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, chemical weapons, biological weapons, how many people is he going to kill with such weapons? He's already demonstrated a willingness to use these weapons. He poison-gassed his own people. He used poison gas and other weapons of mass destruction against his neighbors. This man has no compunction about killing lots and lots of people. So this is a way to save lives and to save the stability and peace of a region of the world that is important to the peace and security of the entire world.” PeopleIfsMenWorldWayImportantUseUsedSecurityWeaponsMassDestructionKillingNeighborNuclearPoisonGasRegionsWillingnessChemicalsStabilityNuclear WeaponsSaddamHusseinMissilesWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionSave A LifeChemical WeaponsPeace And SecurityBiological WeaponsCompunctionPoison Gas Author:Al Gore
“Inspectors do not have the duty or the ability to uncover terrible weapons hidden in a vast country. The responsibility of inspectors is simply to confirm evidence of voluntary and total disarmament. Saddam Hussein has the responsibility to provide that evidence, as directed, and in full” CountryAbilityResponsibilityDutyTerribleWeaponsEvidenceSaddamHusseinDisarmamentInspectors Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“The foreign policy, you have to know how to pick and choose. There's no way, if Saddam [Hussein] had not had weapons of mass destruction, I would have gone, because I don't believe that the U.S. should be involved directly in civil wars.” IfsKnowsWayShouldBelieveWarKnow HowGonePolicyInvolvedWeaponsMassPicksDestructionDon't BelieveCivil WarForeign PolicySaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass Destruction Author:John Kasich
“I think we also ought to prepare the American public, by way of informing them, that Saddam Hussein has these weapons, continues to attempt to improve their capability, and would not be reluctant to export them to other countries. So he presents a clear and present danger.” ThinkingWayCountryClearDangerOughtWeaponsCapabilityOther CountriesSaddamHusseinReluctantInforming Author:John McCain
“There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. But he still says so. There was no link between Saddam Hussein and al Qaida. But he still says so. And thus, gripping firmly these figments of his own imagination, Mr. Cheney lives on, in defiance, and spreads - around him and before him - darkness, like some contagion of fear. They are never wrong, and they never regret - admirable in a French torch singer, cataclysmic in an American leader.” StillsImaginationLeaderDarknessRegretWeaponsMassDestructionIraqSpreadSingersAlsLinksSaddamHusseinDefianceAdmirableWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionTorchesGrippingContagionNever RegretFigments Author:Keith Olbermann
“The person who will decide whether or not there will be war or peace is Saddam Hussein, and all he has to do is give up these terrible weapons that he has used to kill fellow Arabs, fellow Muslims in that part of the world, and to step away from his past behaviour which invaded neighbouring countries.” WorldGivingPersonsWarCountryPastUsedStepsTerribleGiving UpWeaponsFellowsBehaviourSaddamHussein Author:Colin Powell
“I think all of the attention of the world, to include the attention of the Arab world, should be on Saddam Hussein and whether or not he is prepared to give up the weapons of mass destruction that he has used to terrorise the region.” ThinkingWorldGivingShouldUsedAttentionGiving UpWeaponsMassDestructionPreparedRegionsSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionArab World Author:Colin Powell
“There's no doubt in my mind, though, that the Iraqi people would be better off with a different leader who did not waste their oil on weapons, as opposed to education, as opposed to healthcare, as opposed to food, as opposed to roads, as opposed to clean water. It is really sinful, a crime, what Saddam Hussein has done with the wealth of the Iraqi people over the last 30 years.” PeopleYearsMindDifferentDoneWould BeLastsWaterWealthLeaderDoubtCrimeWasteWeaponsCleanOilNo DoubtHealthcareSaddamBetter OffHusseinClean Water Author:Colin Powell
“It was President [Bill] Clinton and the United States congress in 1998 which said that the regime has to be changed because the regime would not give up its weapons of mass destruction. We came into office in 2001 and kept that policy because Saddam Hussein had not changed.” GivingSaidStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesPolicyChangedOfficeGiving UpWeaponsMassDestructionBillsClintonCongressRegimesSaddamNot Giving UpHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionPresident Bill Clinton Author:Colin Powell
“It remains our policy to change the regime until such time as the regime changes itself. So far, we cannot be sure that he is cooperating or he [Saddam Hussein] is acting in a way that could give us comfort, or should give the international community comfort, that he is giving up his weapons of mass destruction. He continues to give us statements that suggest he is not in possession of weapons of mass destruction when we know he is.” KnowsWayGivingShouldCommunityActingPolicyComfortGiving UpWeaponsMassDestructionRemainsInternationalPossessionStatementsRegimesSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionInternational CommunityCooperatingRegime Change Author:Colin Powell
“Saddam Hussein had nerve gas and used it against his own people, he had used chemical weapons against the Iranians and he almost had a nuclear bomb in 1981 and in 1991. And he had been caught with anthrax in 1995 by the UN inspections after denying that he had it.” PeopleUsedWeaponsCaughtNuclearBombsGasNervesChemicalsSaddamHusseinNuclear BombInspectionChemical WeaponsAnthrax Author:Paul Wolfowitz
“I regret the fact that Saddam [Hussein] didn't have weapons of mass destruction that we thought. I don't regret removing him from power.” FactsRegretWeaponsMassDestructionSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionI RegretDon't Regret Author:George W. Bush
“Our failure was that our intelligence community thought [Saddam Hussein ] had stockpiled weapons of mass destruction. That was a mistake. There is fallibility in human intelligence and in human decisions.” HumansCommunityDecisionMistakeWeaponsMassDestructionSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionHuman IntelligenceFallibilityIntelligence Community Author:Colin Powell
“I don't concede that Guccifer is a Russian agent. Officials also said, that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Just because the intelligence services say something, as we know from history, does not make it true.” KnowsDoeSaidWeaponsMassDestructionAgentsOfficialsSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionIntelligence Services Author:Roger Stone
“I happen to believe that the preemption school is correct, that the risks of allowing Saddam Hussein to acquire his weapons will only grow with time.” BelieveHappensSchoolGrowsRiskWeaponsAcquireAllowingSaddamHusseinPreemption Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.” Has BeensMadeCountryProcessTechnologyDevelopmentWeaponsMassDestructionThreatDemocraticDemocratIraqEngagedRegionsSaddamHusseinLiedWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionMockeryIraq WarInspectionWmdGulf WarDemocratic ProcessWmds In IraqDemocratic CountryHe Lied Author:Nancy Pelosi
“But I want to just caution, it is not incumbent on the United States to prove that Saddam Hussein is trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction. He's already demonstrated that he's trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction.” WantTryingStatesUnitedUnited StatesProveWeaponsMassDestructionAcquireSaddamCautionHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionIncumbents Author:Condoleezza Rice
“If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is making weapons of mass destruction, I cannot not support the policies of his government.” IfsBelieveFactsGovernmentI BelieveSupportInformationPolicyWeaponsMassDestructionSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass Destruction Author:Steven Spielberg
“The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real.” RealWeaponsMassDestructionThreatNuclearChemicalsCapabilityNuclear WeaponsSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionChemical Weapons Author:Tony Blair
“Don't let that weapon technology proliferate. Don't let Saddam Hussein get capability for nuclear or chemical weapons, because he's already shown a willingness to use any weapon at his disposal.” UseTechnologyWeaponsNuclearWillingnessChemicalsCapabilitySaddamHusseinChemical Weapons Author:John Sununu
“Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.” BuildingWeaponsMassDestructionDemocraticDemocratIraqChosenHusseinPalacesLiedWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionIraq WarWmdGulf WarWmds In IraqCronies Author:Madeleine Albright
“Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.” WeaponsMassDestructionDictatorSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionHomicidal Author:George W. Bush
“The Hussein regime's support for terrorism, within and outside of its borders, its appetite for the world's most dangerous weapons, and its openly declared hostility to the United States were a combination that was a gathering and growing danger to our country.” WorldCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesSupportGrowingDangerousDangerWeaponsTerrorismOur CountryCombinationBordersAppetiteRegimesGatheringHusseinHostility Author:Jim Gerlach
“There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. As this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and who guard them.” PeopleWarFoundDoubtWeaponsMassDestructionOperationsNo DoubtRegimesSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionIraq WarWmdWmds In Iraq Author:Tommy Franks