Iraq Quotes - Page 35

• Repressive states are developing weapons that could cause destruction on a massive scale.

  Tony Blair

  Weapons, Causes, Destruction

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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 is true about (ex-Iraq Survey Group head) David Kay's evidence, and this is something I have to accept, and is one of the reasons why I think we now need a new inquiry - it is true David Kay is saying we have not found large stockpiles of actual weapons.

  Tony Blair

  Thinking, Reason Why, Groups

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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 world is a better place with Saddam in prison not in power.

  Tony Blair

  World, Prison, Better Place

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

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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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• Since the Bush-Cheney Administration took office in January 2001, controlling the major oil and natural gas fields of the world had been the primary, though undeclared, priority of US foreign policy... Not only the invasion of Iraq, but also the toppling of the Taliban in Afghanistan, had nothing to do with 'democracy,' and everything to do with pipeline control across Central Asia and the militarization of the Middle East.

  F. William Engdahl

  Oil, Office, Priorities

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• I have no doubt we're going to find big stores of weapons of mass destruction.

  Kenneth Adelman

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Doubt

  "Letters to the Editor". thetimes-tribune.com. May 23, 2010.

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• Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find - and there will be plenty.

  Robert Kagan

  Wmds In Iraq, Mass Destruction, Administration

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• I think you have always heard, and you continue to hear from officials, a measure of high confidence that, indeed, the weapons of mass destruction will be found.

  Ari Fleischer

  Thinking, Mass Destruction, Invasion

  Press Briefing with Ari Fleischer, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. April 10, 2003.

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• I am pleased to inform you of the decision of the Government of the Republic of Iraq to allow the return of the United Nations weapons inspectors to Iraq without conditions.

  Naji Sabri

  Government, Decision, Republic

  "Iraq agrees to weapons inspections", www.cnn.com. September 17, 2002.

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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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• At no time in the past, now or in the future has or will Russia take any part in actions aimed at overthrowing the legitimate government. I'm talking about something else right now - when someone does this, the outcome is very negative. Libya's state is disintegrated, Iraq's territory is flooded with terrorists, it looks like the scenario will be the same for Syria, and you know what the situation is in Afghanistan.

  Vladimir Putin

  Past, Talking, Russia

  "Interview to American TV channel CBS and PBS". Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.

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• No terror state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  People, World, Hussein

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• A few. . . critics are the only people I ever heard use the phrase 'imminent threat.' I didn't, the president didn't.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  People, President, Phrases

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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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• A fertilizer bomb that kills hundreds in Oklahoma. Fuel-laden civil jets that kill 4000 in New York. A sanctions policy that kills one and a half million in Iraq. A trade policy that immiserates continents. You can make a bomb out of anything. The ones on paper hurt the most.

  Raj Patel

  Hurt, New York, Oklahoma

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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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• The President's speech suggested to me that were we to follow his leadership, we will be in Iraq not for months, but for years. I also hope I am wrong on this.

  Daniel Inouye

  Leadership, Years, President

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• We all know that, unfortunately, the media does not always portray the good things that are happening in Iraq and Afghanistan, and this will be a great opportunity for us to glean some information from the Iraqi women who are here for us to also take back to our constituents.

  Ginny Brown-Waite

  Opportunity, Media, Doe

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