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1998: PNAC Letter to Clinton:
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Jan. 26, 1998. Open Letter to Clinton: Remove Saddam
PNAC's first public action was an open letter to Clinton stating:
Turn your Administration's attention to implementing a strategy for removing Saddam's regime from power. This will require a full complement of diplomatic, political and military efforts. ... including military steps, to protect our vital interests in the Gulf." — January, 1998.
Signed by the following members of the Bush Administration:
Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Perle, Bolton, Abrams, Armitage, and Woolsey.
PDF of the letter (31k) . It can also be found on the PNAC web site.
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July 31, 1998. Neocons Push Chalabi as Good for Israel
Wurmser (from IASPS) and Perle from both IASPS and PNAC met with members of the American Jewish community to convince them to more actively oppose Saddam and to back Chalabi and the INC (Iraqi opposition group).
The neocons' objectives here are both open and reasonable. The problem comes when these objectives are later hidden from the American public and, as Wolfowitz explained the WMD excuse was used to obscure this objective. Full story.
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Dec. 1, issue of the Weekly Standard with the cover “Saddam Must Go: A How-To Guide.” Two of the articles were written by current administration officials, including the lead one, by Zalmay M. Khalilzad, now special White House envoy to the Iraqi opposition, and Paul D. Wolfowitz, now deputy defense secretary.
"We will have to confront him sooner or later -- and sooner would be better," Khalilzad and Wolfowitz wrote. They called for "sustained attacks on the elite military units and security forces that are the main pillar of Saddam's terror-based regime."
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