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• There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. As this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and who guard them.

  Tommy Franks

  War, Wmds In Iraq, Mass Destruction

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• Well, there is no question that we have evidence and information that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, biological and chemical particularly . . . all this will be made clear in the course of the operation, for whatever duration it takes.

  Ari Fleischer

  Iraq, Mass Destruction, Weapons

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• The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.

  George W. Bush

  Government, Iraq, Dumb

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

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• The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons.

  Robert Byrd

  Wmds In Iraq, Mass Destruction, Warfare

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• Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.

  Madeleine Albright

  Iraq, Mass Destruction, Hussein

  Press Statement, Chicago, www.pbs.org. November 10, 1999.

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• We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Baghdad

  Donald Rumsfeld (2011). “Known and Unknown: A Memoir”, p.452, Penguin

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• He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do. He lies and cheats; he snubs the mandate and authority of international weapons inspectors; and he games the system to keep buying time against enforcement of the just and legitimate demands of the United Nations, the Security Council, the United States and our allies. Those are simply the facts.

  Henry Waxman

  Lying, Past, Iraq

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

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• No one has done what Saddam Hussein has done, or is thinking of doing. He is producing weapons of mass destruction, and he is qualitatively and quantitatively different from other dictators.

  Madeleine Albright

  Thinking, Mass Destruction, Iraq

  "U.S. policy on Iraq draws fire in Ohio". www.cnn.com. February 18, 1998.

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• If he declares he has none, then we will know that Saddam Hussein is once again misleading the world.

  Ari Fleischer

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Hussein

  "White House Awaits Iraqi Report With Skepticism". "CNN Live On Location", www.cnn.com. December 2, 2002.

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• I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just now.

  Colin Powell

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Weapons

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

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• There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Country, Wmds In Iraq, Mass Destruction

  Defense Department Briefing, www.c-span.org. April 25, 2003.

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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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• We are learning more as we interrogate or have discussions with Iraqi scientists and people within the Iraqi structure, that perhaps he destroyed some, perhaps he dispersed some... And so we will find them.

  George W. Bush

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, People

  Interview with Tom Brokaw, www.nytimes.com. April 25, 2003.

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• I'm not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam Hussein - because he had a weapons program.

  George W. Bush

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Hussein

  George W. Bush's remarks after meeting with the Secretary of Defense, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. May 6, 2003.

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• Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.

  George W. Bush

  Wmds In Iraq, Government, Mass Destruction

  Address to the Nation -- Ultimatum to Saddam Hussein, delivered 17 March 2003 from the Cross Hall at the White House

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• If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program.

  William J. Clinton

  Patriotic, Mass Destruction, Iraq

  "Text Of Clinton Statement On Iraq", www.cnn.com. February 17, 1998.

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• I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-- if necessary-- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security.

  John F. Kerry

  Real, Believe, Wmds In Iraq

  Senate debate on using military force against Iraq, October 9, 2002.

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• Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power.

  Al Gore

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Long

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• Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Country, Technology, Iraq

  "Where Bush got his marching orders" by Jack Ammann, www.cnet.com. October 16, 2004.

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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

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Nerves

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

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• Iran is actively pursuing the development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.

  Howard Berman

  Mass Destruction, Iran, Iraq

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

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Doubt

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• Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real.

  John F. Kerry

  Real, Mass Destruction, Iraq

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• They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Answers

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

  Kenneth Adelman

  Iraq, Mass Destruction, Doubt

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

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