Iraq Quotes - Page 24

• We're in fact on plan. And where we stand today is not, in my view, only acceptable but truly remarkable.

  Tommy Franks

  Views, Today, Facts

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• When it is over, if it is over, this war will have horrible consequences. Instead of having one Bin Laden, we will have 100 Bin Ladens.

  Hosni Mubarak

  War, Horrible, Bin Laden

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• Retreat might give us a moment of respite but years of repentance at our weakness would, I believe, follow.

  Tony Blair

  Believe, Years, Giving

  "Brzezinski and Mead on Tony Blair". Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 20, 2003.

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• The intelligence is clear: (Saddam) continues to believe his WMD programme is essential both for internal repression and for external aggression.

  Tony Blair

  Believe, Wmd, Essentials

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• If we don't act now, then we will go back to what has happened before and then of course the whole thing begins again and he carries on developing these weapons and these are dangerous weapons, particularly if they fall into the hands of terrorists who we know want to use these weapons if they can get them.

  Tony Blair

  Fall, Hands, Want

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• As I have said throughout, I have no doubt that they will find the clearest possible evidence of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction.

  Tony Blair

  Mass Destruction, Doubt, Weapons

  House of Commons, 6th series, vol. 406, col. 161, publications.parliament.uk. June 4, 2003.

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• The Iraq Survey Group has already found massive evidence of a huge system of clandestine laboratories.

  Tony Blair

  Long, Groups, Scientist

  "Inquiry hears Iraq no threat to UK before invasion". Interview with Emma Alberici, www.radioaustralia.net.au. January 18, 2012.

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• I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that the intelligence was genuine.

  Tony Blair

  Doubt, Mind, Genuine

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• It is absurd to say in respect of any intelligence that it is infallible, but if you ask me what I believe, I believe the intelligence was correct, and I think in the end we will have an explanation.

  Tony Blair

  Believe, Thinking, Absurd

  "Powell admits weapons may not be found" by Duncan Campbell, Richard Norton-Taylor, www.theguardian.com. January 25, 2004.

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• What we also know is we haven't found them [weapons of mass destruction] in Iraq - now let the survey group complete its work and give us the report... They will not report that there was no threat from Saddam, I don't believe.

  Tony Blair

  Believe, Mass Destruction, Giving

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• They could have been removed. They could have been hidden. They could have been destroyed.

  Tony Blair

  Could Have Been, Has Beens, Destroyed

  "Blair: Iraqi WMD May Never Be Found", www.foxnews.com. July 6, 2004.

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• The evidence about Saddam having actual biological and chemical weapons, as opposed to the capability to develop them, has turned out to be wrong. I acknowledge that and accept it. I simply point out, such evidence was agreed by the whole international community, not least because Saddam had used such weapons against his own people and neighbouring countries.

  Tony Blair

  Country, People, Community

  "Blair's speech" by Andrew Sparrow, www.telegraph.co.uk. September 29, 2004.

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• And the problem is, I can apologise for the information that turned out to be wrong, but I can't, sincerely at least, apologise for removing Saddam.

  Tony Blair

  Information, Problem, Sincerely

  Speech to the Labour Party Conference, 28 September 2004, www.independent.co.uk.

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• The view we took at the time and we take it now is that the war was justified legally because he [Saddam Hussein] remained in breach of UN resolutions.

  Tony Blair

  War, Views, Hussein

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• We need stable regimes in this part of the world [the Mideast] who will be partners and friends of ours, because the fact of the matter is we do rely on imported oil to fuel our economy and to fuel our nation.

  Colin Powell

  Oil, Needs, Fuel

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• What was said before is not important.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Important, Said

  "Meet the Press", www.nbcnews.com. May 23, 2004.

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• Today too, the most important issue in the world is Palestine. If a war breaks out in Iraq, we believe it is due to the provocation of the Zionists. If it happens in Afghanistan, it is because of their provocation. If Sudan is oppressed, it is due to Zionist seduction. We consider all the arrogant, colonialist schemes to be inspired by the Zionists.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  War, Believe, Issues

  "Iranian President Ahmadinejad Denies the Holocaust and Warns Europeans of the Zionists: They Cling Like Ticks". www.memri.org. September 18, 2009.

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• We needed to go back on the offense and offer clear leadership on Iraq.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Leadership, Clear, Needed

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• No candidate can win a presidential race advocating gay marriage and opposing the military action in Iraq.

  Dick Morris

  Military, Pride, Gay

  "Dean is a driving force in chasing faithful away". Dick Morris, The Daily Courier, July 31, 2003.

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• Our ties are deep and long-standing. We are dependent on each other. And no matter what the issue of the day, whether it be softwood lumber, whether it be a war in Iraq, we need to continue to work together.

  Paul Cellucci

  War, Issues, Ties

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• Talk about national interests: When we went in with Operation Iraqi Freedom, some of our allies, Turkey, for example, would not let us through. How much trouble did that cause us, because we were not able to go into Iraq through Turkey?

  Roger Wicker

  Turkeys, Allies, Example

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• Iraq does pose a serious threat to the stability of the Persian Gulf and we should organize an international coalition to eliminate his access to weapons of mass destruction. Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to completely deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power.

  Al Gore

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Long

  Al Gore's speech on Iraq, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2002.

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• Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region and remains in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations by, among other things, continuing to possess and develop a significant chemical and biological weapons capability, actively seeking a nuclear weapons capability, and supporting and harboring terrorist organizations.

  Hillary Clinton

  Wmd, Organization, Nuclear

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• A secret blueprint for US global domination reveals that President Bush and his cabinet were planning a premeditated attack on Iraq to secure regime change even before he took power in January 2001... It has been called a secret blueprint for US global domination. ... A small group of people with a plan to remove Saddam Hussein long before George W. Bush was elected president. ... And 9/11 provided the opportunity to set it in motion. Not since Mein Kampf has a geopolitical punch been so blatantly telegraphed years ahead of the blow.

  Ted Koppel

  Opportunity, Blow, Years

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• In Iraq, the U.S. military's whack-a-mole approach to killing Saddam Hussein may have finally paid off. The bombs destroyed the area and left behind a 60-foot crater, or as coalition forces prefer to call it: a freedom hole.

  Jon Stewart

  Military, Feet, Bombs

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