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• The only way an Iraqi biological agent would kill you is if it landed on your head.

  Scott Ritter

  Agents, Way, Ifs

  "Ex-weapons inspector berates war plans". Interview with David Wallis, www.sfgate.com. September 14, 2002.

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• I think the danger right now is that without effective inspections, without effective monitoring, Iraq can in a very short period of time measured in months, reconstitute chemical and biological weapons, long-range ballistic missiles to deliver these weapons, and even certain aspects of their nuclear weaponization program.

  Scott Ritter

  Thinking, Iraq, Long

  "Even if Iraq managed to hide these weapons, what they are now hiding is harmless goo". Interview with William Rivers Pitt, www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2002.

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• Iraq has a tremendous amount of history.

  Scott Ritter

  Iraq, Amount

  "Ex-weapons inspector berates war plans". Interview with David Wallis, www.sfgate.com. September 14, 2002.

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• I can generate attention quickly.

  Scott Ritter

  Attention, I Can

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• I don't disagree with anything I've ever said. Why in God's name would I disagree with something I've said?

  Scott Ritter

  Names, Said, Disagree

  Interview with David Asman, www.foxnews.com. September 12, 2002.

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• It is hard as an American to support the failure of American military operations in Iraq. Such failure will bring with it the death and wounding of many American service members, and many more Iraqis.

  Scott Ritter

  Military, Iraq, Support

  "A Critic's Defeatist Rhetoric" by David Asman, www.foxnews.com. February 15, 2005.

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• [Operation] Rockingham was spinning reports and emphasizing reports that showed non-compliance (by Iraq with UN inspections) and quashing those which showed compliance. It was cherry-picking intelligence.

  Scott Ritter

  Iraq, Spinning, Cherries

  Sunday Herald, June 8, 2003.

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• The UN stopped using Chalabi's information as a basis for conducting inspections once the tenuous nature of his sources and his dubious motivations became clear. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the mainstream US media, which give prominent coverage to sources of information that, had they not been related to Hussein's Iraq, would normally be immediately dismissed.

  Scott Ritter

  Motivation, Media, Iraq

  The Christian Science Monitor, January 28, 2002.

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• I consider myself to be a true friend of the Israeli people. But I define friendship as someone who takes care of a friend, who just doesn't use or exploit a friend. And, you know, there's that old adage: 'Friends don't let friends drive drunk'.

  Scott Ritter

  True Friend, People, Drunk

  Speech at New York Ethical Culture Society, 2006.

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• Sanctions aren't about weapons of mass destruction. People need to understand that.

  Scott Ritter

  Mass Destruction, People, Needs

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• We are the ones responsible to determine whether the war that our marines, soldiers and airmen are fighting in is worth the cause.

  Scott Ritter

  Peace, War, Fighting

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• I made a movie to explain to the American public what had been achieved in regards to disarmament of Iraq and why inspectors aren't in Iraq today and detailing the very complex, murky history of interaction between Iraq, the United Nations and the United States. It is most definitely not a pro-Iraq movie. It is a pro-truth movie.

  Scott Ritter

  Iraq, United States, Today

  "Scott Ritter: Case against Iraq is speculation". Interview with Paula Zahn, www.cnn.com. September 13, 2002.

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• My goal in Baghdad was to facilitate a debate here in the United States on America's policy toward Iraq, a debate that's been sadly lacking.

  Scott Ritter

  Iraq, America, Goal

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• I was right about one of the most significant issues in modern American history. I was the only one who was right about one of the most significant issues in modern American history.

  Scott Ritter

  Issues, Modern, American History

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• Our guys working this area for a living all believe Chalabi and all those guys in their Bond Street suits are charlatans. To take them for a source of anything except a fantasy trip would be a real stretch. But it's an article of faith among those with no military experience that the Iraqi military is low-hanging fruit.

  Scott Ritter

  Military, Real, Believe

  Knight Ridder, November 1, 2002.

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• The most dangerous thing Iraq could have ever had was a nuclear weapon. The nuclear weapon Iraq was trying to build was not deliverable by bomb or ballistic missile. It was a large, bulky device that they hoped to bury and set off to let the world know they had a nuclear weapon. They never achieved that.

  Scott Ritter

  Iraq, Trying, Nuclear

  "Ex-weapons inspector berates war plans". Interview with David Wallis, www.sfgate.com. September 14, 2002.

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• My personal missteps - how many Americans have died as a result of that? None. Other than my family, how many victims were there? None. And yet, in refusing to engage in a responsible debate about Iraq, how many Americans died? Thousands. And America seems to have no problem with that.

  Scott Ritter

  Iraq, America, Problem

  "Scott Ritter's Other War". Interview with Matt Bai, www.nytimes.com. February 22, 2012.

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