St Pete for Peace

Some of the "Reasons" We Invaded Iraq

"What I Heard About Iraq" (read)

According to the White House's website, Saddam's arsenal included:

26,000 liters of anthrax - enough to kill several million people

38,000 liters of botulinum toxin

500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent
(note: 500 tons = 1 million pounds)

"...the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."

- President Bush
Address to the Nation
3/17/03

"And we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons."

- VP Cheney
"Meet the Press"
3/16/03

"...there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.... he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us."

- Vice President Cheney
VFW Convention
8/26/02

" ... Iraq could decide on any given day to provide a biological or chemical weapon to a terrorist group or individual terrorists ... Alliance with terrorists could allow the Iraqi regime to attack America without leaving any fingerprints."

- President Bush
Cincinnati speech
10/7/02

"Our conservative estimate is that Iraq today has a stockpile of between 100 and 500 tons of chemical weapons agent. That is enough to fill 16,000 battlefield rockets."

- Sec. of State Colin Powell
UN Security Council
2/5/03

"... there are al-Qaeda terrorists inside Iraq."

- President Bush
Radio Address
9/28/02

"For those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong. We found them."

- President Bush
Remarks in Poland
5/30/03

Iraq "could launch a biological or chemical attack 45 minutes after the order is given."

- President Bush
Radio Address
9/28/02

"The evidence indicates that Iraq is reconstituting its nuclear weapons program."

- President Bush
Cincinnati speech
10/7/02

"We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons...."

- President Bush
Weekly Radio Address
2/8/03

"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 Bush
State of the Union Address
1/28/03

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

- President Bush
State of the Union Address
1/28/03

"Satellite photographs reveal that Iraq is rebuilding facilities at [past nuclear] sites."

- President Bush
Cincinnati speech
10/7/02

"[The CIA possesses] solid reporting of senior-level contacts between Iraq and al-Qaeda going back a decade."

- President Bush
Cincinnati speech
10/7/02

"... we gave [Saddam] a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in. And, therefore, after a reasonable request, we decided to remove him from power...."

- President Bush
Oval Office Remarks
7/14/03