- "States like these (Iraq, Iran, North Korea) ...
constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.
The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous
regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons."
- President George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, Jan. 29, 2002
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- "The Iraqi regime possesses and produces chemical
and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons.... If we know Saddam
Hussein has dangerous weapons today -- and we do -- does it make any sense
for the world to wait to confront him as he grows even stronger and develops
even more dangerous weapons?" - President George W. Bush, Cincinnati,
Oct. 7, 2002
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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." - President George W. Bush, State of the Union
Address, Jan. 28, 2003
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- "The security of the world requires disarming Saddam
Hussein now." - President George W. Bush, March 17, 2003
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- "We've begun the search for hidden chemical and
biological weapons and already know of hundreds of sites that will be investigated.
No terrorist network will gain weapons of mass destruction from the Iraqi
regime because the regime is no more." - President George W. Bush,
May 1, 2003
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- "We'll find them. It'll be a matter of time to do
so." - President George W. Bush, May 3, 2003
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- "We based our decisions on good, sound intelligence,
and the - our people are going to find out the truth. And the truth will
say that this intelligence was good intelligence. There's no doubt in my
mind." - President George W. Bush, July 17, 2003
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- "Our coalition has made sure that Iraq's former
dictator will never again use weapons of mass destruction. We are interviewing
Iraqi citizens and analyzing records of the old regime to reveal the full
extent of its weapons programs and its long campaign of deception."
- President George W. Bush Sept. 23, 2003
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- "He (Saddam) had a weapons program." - President
George W. Bush, Oct. 29, 2003
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- "Already the Kay report identified dozens of weapons
of mass destruction-related program activities and significant amounts
of equipment that Iraq concealed from the United Nations." - President
George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, Jan. 20, 2004
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- "We know from years of intelligence - not only our
own intelligence services, but other intelligence-gathering organizations
- that [Saddam] had weapons." - President George W. Bush, Jan. 27,
2004
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- David Kay, top Iraq weapons inspector for the Bush administration,
testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Jan. 28, 2004: "We
were almost all wrong."
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