"It [Iraq] possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It
is seeking nuclear weapons... And surveillance photos reveal that the
regime is rebuilding facilities that it had used to produce chemical
and biological weapons."
President Bush on October 7, 2002 in Cincinnati
"Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used
for the production of biological weapons... Iraq has made several
attempts to buy high-strength aluminum tubes used to enrich uranium
for a nuclear weapon."
President Bush on September 12, 2002 to the UN General Assembly
"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."
President Bush on March 17, 2003 in his Address to the Nation
"We know for a fact that there are weapons there [in Iraq]."
White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer on January 9, 2003 in his
daily press briefing
"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."
White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer on March 21, 2003 in his
daily press briefing
"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has
weapons of mass destruction...What he wants is time, and more time to
husband his resources to invest in his ongoing chemical and
biological weapons program, and to gain possession of nuclear
weapons."
Vice President Cheney on August 26, 2002
"We believe he [Saddam Hussein] has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear
weapons. I think Mr. El Baradei frankly is wrong."
Vice President Cheney on March 16, 2003 on "Meet The Press"
"There is no doubt in my mind but that they currently have chemical
and biological weapons."
Secretary Rumsfeld on January 7, 2003 at a press briefing
"We have seen intelligence over many months that they have chemical
and biological weapons, and that they have dispersed them and that
they're weaponized and that, in one case at least, the command and
control arrangements have been established."
Secretary Rumsfeld on March 24, 2003 on "Face the Nation"
"We know where they [weapons of mass destruction] are, they are in
the area around Tikrit and Baghdad."
Secretary Rumsfeld on March 30, 2003 on ABC's "This Week"
