Saddam Quotes - Page 17

• I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein.

  George W. Bush

  Cutting, Hands, Brave

  "Bush Welcomes Iraqi Amputees", www.foxnews.com. May 25, 2004.

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• Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Iraq

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• Of course we're after Iraq.. eh.. Saddam Hussein.. I mean bin Laden.

  George W. Bush

  Mean, Iraq, Hussein

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• 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

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Iraq

  Second Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered January 28, 2003

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• We do know, with absolute certainty, that Saddam Hussein is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to enrich uranium to build a nuclear weapon.

  Dick Cheney

  Order, Weapons, Needs

  "Threat by Iraq Grows, U.S. Says" by Robin Wright, articles.latimes.com. September 09, 2002.

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• Another argument holds that opposing Saddam Hussein would cause even greater troubles in that part of the world, and interfere with the larger war against terror. I believe the opposite is true.

  Dick Cheney

  War, Believe, Opposites

  Address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars 103rd National Convention, delivered 26 August 2002, Nashville, Tennessee

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• We now have irrefutable evidence that [Saddam] has once again set up and reconstituted his program to take uranium, to enrich it to sufficiently high grade, so that it will function as the base material as a nuclear weapon. And there's no doubt about the fact that the level of effort has escalated in recent months.

  Dick Cheney

  Effort, Doubt, Levels

  "Dick Cheney, Benghazi, and White House Lies" by David Corn, www.motherjones.com. May 15, 2013.

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• The biggest threat we face is the possibility of terrorist groups like al Qaeda equipped with weapons of mass destruction, with nukes, bugs or gas. That was the threat after 9/11 and when we took down Saddam Hussein we eliminated Iraq as a potential source of that.

  Dick Cheney

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Hussein

  "Dick Cheney enters the 'No Spin Zone'". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. October 28, 2013.

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• I have argued in the past, and would again, if we had been able to pre-empt the attacks of 9/11 would we have done it? And I think absolutely. We have to be prepared now to take the kind of bold action that's being contemplated with respect to Iraq in order to ensure that we don't get hit with a devastating attack when the terrorists' organization gets married up with a rogue state that's willing to provide it with the kinds of deadly capabilities that Saddam Hussein has developed and used over the years.

  Dick Cheney

  Past, Thinking, Order

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• Saddam Hussein had a lengthy history of reckless and sudden aggression. He cultivated ties to terror -- hosting the Abu Nidal organization, supporting terrorists, and making payments to the families of suicide bombers. He also had an established relationship with Al Qaida -- providing training to Al Qaida members in areas of poisons, gases and conventional bombs. He built, possessed, and used weapons of mass destruction.

  Dick Cheney

  Suicide, Mass Destruction, Organization

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• When I need a little advice about Saddam Hussein, I turn to country music.

  George H. W. Bush

  Country, Advice, Needs

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• Appeasement does not work. As was the case in the 1930s, we see in Saddam Hussein an aggressive dictator threatening his neighbors.

  George H. W. Bush

  Presidential, Doe, Hussein

  George H.W. Bush (2009). “Speaking of Freedom: The Collected Speeches”, p.123, Simon and Schuster

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• I said I'm the president of Iraq... I did not say deposed.

  Saddam Hussein

  Iraq, President, Hussein

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• Saddam Hussein is not the only deranged dictator who is willing to deprive his people in order to acquire weapons of mass destruction.

  Jim Jeffords

  Wmd, Mass Destruction, Order

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• He (Saddam Hussein) has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbours.

  Colin Powell

  Mass Destruction, Hussein, Weapons

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• The torture and other sadistic abuses of prisoners in Iraq have done immense damage already to America's reputation in the world, and the worst may be yet to come. Shamefully, we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management: U.S. management.

  Edward Kennedy

  Iraq, America, Abuse

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• Saddam's existing biological and chemical weapons capabilities pose a very real threat to America, now. Saddam has used chemical weapons before, both against Iraq's enemies and against his own people. He is working to develop delivery systems like missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles that could bring these deadly weapons against U.S. forces and U.S. facilities in the Middle East.

  Jay Rockefeller

  Real, Wmd, Mass Destruction

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• Saddam Hussein... I believe is involved with this World Trade Center and Pentagon bombing. I believe that you're going to find out that money from Iraq flowed in and helped this happen.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Believe, Iraq, World

  "O'Reilly: "We Do Not Speculate Here". FAIR.org, June 10, 2005.

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• We cannot allow the defense of American lives to be held hostage by the United Nations -- which has already given Saddam Hussein a final warning, and now wants to give him another final warning. And, if he doesn't heed that, they will threaten him with yet another warning.

  Thomas Sowell

  War, Giving, Finals

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• We won when we toppled Saddam. That was the only clear goal of this war, to topple the Iraqi government. It took about 10 minutes.

  Howard Dean

  War, Clear Goals, Government

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I watched the footage of Saddam being executed, and it really made me think...is there nothing on the internet that I won't masturbate to?

  Frankie Boyle

  Funny, Humor, Thinking

  "Frankie Boyle Live". Comedy, 2008.

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• The obvious objections to the execution of Saddam Hussein are valid and well aired. His death will provoke violent strife between Sunni and Shia Muslims, and between Iraqis in general and the American occupation forces.

  Richard Dawkins

  Hussein, Occupation, Execution

  "Executing Saddam Hussein was an Act of Vandalism" by Richard Dawkins, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 3, 2007.

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• I slept in Uday Hussein's bed - that was just so strange. Went to Saddam's palace, was in a mortar attack - crazy stuff. And like three days later you're back in traffic on Sunset Boulevard. It's all kind of behind you, which is kind of perfect for a guy like me because I can take that and turn it into quite the tale.

  Henry Rollins

  Crazy, Sunset, Perfect

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• In Iraq, [American administration] said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction endangering mankind. With this pretext, the U.S. intervened militarily, and all they did is take control over oil fields, and oil wells.

  Evo Morales

  Mass Destruction, Oil, Iraq

  Source: bigthink.com

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• More than 200 ships from 13 nations conducted over 10,000 flawless intercepts, which formed a steel wall around the waters leading to Iraq. And these operations continue today. Thanks to these superb efferts not one cargo hold, not one crate, not even one pallet of seaborne contraband even touched Saddam Hussein's shores. The result: Iraq lost 90% of its imports, 100% of its exports, and had its gross national product cut in half.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Wall, War, Cutting

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