'Weapons of Mass Destruction' Quotes

Q: Weapons of mass destruction haven't been found. So what argument will you use now to justify this war?

Bush, May 29, 2003: We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological laboratories. You remember when 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. But for those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them. (May 23, 2003--a month afte he declared victory.)
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	Cheney: No Doubt Saddam Has WMD Aug. 26, 2002 Dick Cheney, Vice President "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction." (more)


	Bush: Iraq Currently Expanding WMD Production Sep. 12, 2002 George W. Bush, Speech to UN General Assembly "Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons."


	Sep. 12, 2002 George W. Bush Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons.


	Bush: Iraq Has WMD Stockpile Oct. 5, 2002 George W. Bush, Radio Address "Iraq has stockpiled biological and chemical weapons, and is rebuilding the facilities used to make more of those weapons." (more)


	Bush: Iraq Possesses and Produces Chemical Weapons Oct. 7, 2002 George W. Bush "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." (more)


	Bush: 500 Tons of Sarin, 30,000 Munitions Jan. 28, 2003 George W. Bush "Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent" and "upwards of 30,000 munitions capable of delivering chemical agents... " (more)

May 30, 2003

Bush cites 2 trailers found as evidence of " the weapons of mass destruction" that were the United States' primary justification for going to war.
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"Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons."
George W. Bush, Speech to UN General Assembly 9/12/2002

"Iraq has stockpiled biological and chemical weapons, and is rebuilding the facilities used to make more of those weapons. 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 W. Bush, Radio Address 10/5/2002

"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, Cincinnati, Ohio Speech 10/7/2002

"We've also discovered through intelligence that Iraq has a growing fleet of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to disperse chemical or biological weapons across broad areas."
George W. Bush, Cincinnati, Ohio Speech 10/7/2002

"Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent."
George W. Bush, State of the Union Address 1/28/2003

“The best way for peace is for Mr. Saddam Hussein to disarm,” he insists. “It's up to him to make his decision.” [White House, 12/4/02]

Bush says. “He's the person who gets to decide war and peace.” [White House, 2/7/03]


	Sep. 18, 2002 Donald Rumsfeld His regime has amassed large, clandestine stockpiles of biological weapons—including anthrax and botulism toxin, and possibly smallpox. His regime has amassed large, clandestine stockpiles of chemical weapons—including VX, sarin, cyclosarin and mustard gas. His regime has an active program to acquire and develop nuclear weapons. (more)


	Republicans Limit Probe of WMD Issue "There seems to be a campaign afoot by some to criticize the intelligence community and the president for connecting the dots, for putting together a picture that seemed all too obvious," said Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, of Kansas. The Republican chairmen of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee joined Roberts in rejecting calls for an investigation. June 11, 2003.


	Fleischer: No Question of Evidence of WMD Mar. 21, 2003 White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer "Well, there is no question that we have evidence and information that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical particularly."


	Iraqis Authorized to Use Imaginary Chemical Weapons? Oct. 5, 2002 George W. Bush "Iraq has stockpiled biological and chemical weapons, and is rebuilding the facilities used to make more of those weapons. 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." (more)


	dedefensa CBS news 10 March: many interesting quotes

Mar. 22, 2003

Gen. Tommy Franks: "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."
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Jun. 4, 2003

Financial Times reports a single source, a senior Iraqi officer on active service, told British intelligence last August that Iraq could fire chemical or biological warheads within 45 minutes. - more
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	Apr. 9, 2004 Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense We still need to find and secure Iraq's weapons of mass destruction facilities and secure Iraq's borders so we can prevent the flow of weapons of mass destruction materials and senior regime officials out of the country. (more)

Mar. 21, 2004

Ari Fleischer:"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."
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Jan. 9, 2003

Ari Fleischer: "We know for a fact that there are weapons there."
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	Remarks to the United Nations Security Council


	Renewed Production of Chemcial Warfare Agents Nov. 1, 2002 John Bolton, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control "We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material -- whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability -- it could fabricate a nuclear weapon within one year. It has rebuilt its civilian chemical infrastructure and renewed production of chemical warfare agents, probably including mustard, sarin, and VX. It actively maintains all key aspects of its offensive BW [biological weapons] program. (more)


	Rice: All of the Dots Added Up Sep. 28, 2003 Dr. Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor "The premise of the war was ... all of the dots added up to a program and to weapons and a weapons program that was dangerous and getting more so."

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