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I was away from the tv. What was/is said?
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Cnn.com has some good information.
Also check on:
http://www.foxnews.com
http://www.upi.com
wire.ap.org
http://www.msnbc.com
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Also check on:
http://www.foxnews.com
http://www.upi.com
wire.ap.org
http://www.msnbc.com
Garrett :o
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Thursday, February 06, 2003
WASHINGTON — Saddam Hussein continues to defy the world, and now the world must take action immediately to stop him, President Bush said at the White House Thursday.
"The game is over. The danger Saddam Hussein poses reaches across the world," Bush said, with Secretary of State Colin Powell standing at his side.
"Saddam Hussein will be stopped," he said.
The president said he would be open to a second U.N. resolution on disarmament, following up one approved last November, but only if it led to prompt action.
"The Security Council must not back down when those demands are defied and mocked by a dictator," Bush said. If the U.N. fails to act, "The United States, along with a growing coalition of nations, is resolved to take whatever action is necessary to defend ourselves and disarm the Iraqi regime," he said.
Aides said the next few days would be dedicated to turning up pressure on reluctant allies such as France and Germany as well as other U.N. members.
Bush was silent on a timetable.
Earlier in the day, Powell stuck to the phrase the administration has been using concerning a final decision on possible war -- "weeks, not months" -- but White House officials noted that Bush was no longer saying consultations would last that long.
"Saddam Hussein was given a final chance, he is throwing that chance away. The dictator of Iraq is making his choice," Bush said.
He spoke after meeting with privately with Powell to discuss efforts to win U.N. approval of a resolution specifically authorizing use of force. Powell, who laid out the U.S. case to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, told lawmakers Thursday that the Iraqi situation would be brought to a conclusion "one way or another" in a matter of weeks.
Sticking largely to the case outlined by Powell on Wednesday, Bush said there is no doubt Saddam is not complying with the earlier U.N. order to disarm.
"Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons, the very weapons the dictator tells the world he does not have," Bush said.
"Saddam Hussein has the motive and the means and the recklessness and the hatred to threaten the American people. Saddam Hussein has to be stopped," Bush said.
He suggested anew that there is a link between Saddam and the terrorist group Al Qaeda.
"The same terrorist network operating out of Iraq is responsible for the murder -- the recent murder -- of an American diplomat, Lawrence Foley," Bush said. Foley, a U.S. Agency for International Development official, was killed last November outside his home in Amman, Jordan.
Foreign ministers responded mostly with calls for more weapons inspections after Powell's U.N. presentation, in which he asserted that Iraq was shifting and hiding weapons and missile programs from the current inspectors.
Powell told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that most of the statements read by foreign ministers after his speech had been prepared beforehand. He said he detected a shift in attitude when he talked to 13 of the ministers in private afterward.
Still, President Jacques Chirac said Thursday France's position on war with Iraq was unchanged by Powell's presentation.
"We refuse to think that war is inevitable," Chirac said.
Powell told the senators Bush would welcome a second resolution and "many members of the Council would not only welcome it, some of them would say we require one for participation in whatever might come."
A resolution approved unanimously by the Council in November authorized a new round of U.N. weapons inspections and warned Iraq of serious consequences if it defied earlier resolutions requiring it to get rid of weapons of mass destruction.
The Bush administration has taken the position that the November resolution was sufficient backing for the use of force. But France, among other nations, does not agree.
Bush spoke to reporters without taking questions.
The president said Saddam has not accounted for a "vast arsenal" of weapons of mass destruction. "This deception is directed from the highest levels of the Iraqi regime, including Saddam Hussein, his son, the vice president and the very official responsible for cooperating with inspectors," Bush said.
Powell told the senators he had told Council members at the time of the November resolution that Iraq would be subjected to military action if it failed to comply. In fact, he said, he told ministers they should not vote for the resolution if they would not support a second resolution "when serious consequences are called for."
"Don't play that double game," he said he told the ministers.
Powell said Thursday a key to winning Security Council support would be a two-day visit to Baghdad this weekend by chief weapon inspectors Mohamed ElBaradei and Hans Blix.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
WASHINGTON — Saddam Hussein continues to defy the world, and now the world must take action immediately to stop him, President Bush said at the White House Thursday.
"The game is over. The danger Saddam Hussein poses reaches across the world," Bush said, with Secretary of State Colin Powell standing at his side.
"Saddam Hussein will be stopped," he said.
The president said he would be open to a second U.N. resolution on disarmament, following up one approved last November, but only if it led to prompt action.
"The Security Council must not back down when those demands are defied and mocked by a dictator," Bush said. If the U.N. fails to act, "The United States, along with a growing coalition of nations, is resolved to take whatever action is necessary to defend ourselves and disarm the Iraqi regime," he said.
Aides said the next few days would be dedicated to turning up pressure on reluctant allies such as France and Germany as well as other U.N. members.
Bush was silent on a timetable.
Earlier in the day, Powell stuck to the phrase the administration has been using concerning a final decision on possible war -- "weeks, not months" -- but White House officials noted that Bush was no longer saying consultations would last that long.
"Saddam Hussein was given a final chance, he is throwing that chance away. The dictator of Iraq is making his choice," Bush said.
He spoke after meeting with privately with Powell to discuss efforts to win U.N. approval of a resolution specifically authorizing use of force. Powell, who laid out the U.S. case to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, told lawmakers Thursday that the Iraqi situation would be brought to a conclusion "one way or another" in a matter of weeks.
Sticking largely to the case outlined by Powell on Wednesday, Bush said there is no doubt Saddam is not complying with the earlier U.N. order to disarm.
"Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons, the very weapons the dictator tells the world he does not have," Bush said.
"Saddam Hussein has the motive and the means and the recklessness and the hatred to threaten the American people. Saddam Hussein has to be stopped," Bush said.
He suggested anew that there is a link between Saddam and the terrorist group Al Qaeda.
"The same terrorist network operating out of Iraq is responsible for the murder -- the recent murder -- of an American diplomat, Lawrence Foley," Bush said. Foley, a U.S. Agency for International Development official, was killed last November outside his home in Amman, Jordan.
Foreign ministers responded mostly with calls for more weapons inspections after Powell's U.N. presentation, in which he asserted that Iraq was shifting and hiding weapons and missile programs from the current inspectors.
Powell told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that most of the statements read by foreign ministers after his speech had been prepared beforehand. He said he detected a shift in attitude when he talked to 13 of the ministers in private afterward.
Still, President Jacques Chirac said Thursday France's position on war with Iraq was unchanged by Powell's presentation.
"We refuse to think that war is inevitable," Chirac said.
Powell told the senators Bush would welcome a second resolution and "many members of the Council would not only welcome it, some of them would say we require one for participation in whatever might come."
A resolution approved unanimously by the Council in November authorized a new round of U.N. weapons inspections and warned Iraq of serious consequences if it defied earlier resolutions requiring it to get rid of weapons of mass destruction.
The Bush administration has taken the position that the November resolution was sufficient backing for the use of force. But France, among other nations, does not agree.
Bush spoke to reporters without taking questions.
The president said Saddam has not accounted for a "vast arsenal" of weapons of mass destruction. "This deception is directed from the highest levels of the Iraqi regime, including Saddam Hussein, his son, the vice president and the very official responsible for cooperating with inspectors," Bush said.
Powell told the senators he had told Council members at the time of the November resolution that Iraq would be subjected to military action if it failed to comply. In fact, he said, he told ministers they should not vote for the resolution if they would not support a second resolution "when serious consequences are called for."
"Don't play that double game," he said he told the ministers.
Powell said Thursday a key to winning Security Council support would be a two-day visit to Baghdad this weekend by chief weapon inspectors Mohamed ElBaradei and Hans Blix.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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President Bush's exact remarks Thursday on Iraq, after meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell, as transcribed by eMediaMillWorks Inc.:
Transcript of speech
The secretary of state has now briefed the United Nations Security Council on Iraq's illegal weapons programs, its attempts to hide those weapons, and its links to terrorist groups.
I want to thank Secretary Powell for his careful and powerful presentation of the facts. The information in the secretary's briefing and other information in our possession, was obtained through great skill and often at personal risk.
Uncovering secret information in a totalitarian society is one of the most difficult intelligence challenges.
Those who accept that challenge, both in our intelligence services and those of our friends and allies, perform a great service to all free nations. And I'm grateful for their good work.
The Iraqi regime's violations of Security Council resolutions are evident and they continue to this hour. The regime has never accounted for a vast arsenal of deadly biological and chemical weapons. To the contrary, the regime is pursuing an elaborate campaign to conceal its weapons materials and to hide or intimidate key experts and scientists, all in direct defiance of Security Council (Resolution) 1441.
This deception is directed from the highest levels of the Iraqi regime, including Saddam Hussein, his son, the vice president and the very official responsible for cooperating with inspectors. In intercepted conversations, we have heard orders to conceal materials from the U.N. inspectors.
And we have seen, through satellite images, concealment activity at close to 30 sites, including movement of equipment before inspectors arrive.
The Iraqi regime has actively and secretly attempted to obtain equipment needed to produce chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
Firsthand witnesses have informed us that Iraq has at least seven mobile factories for the production of biological agents, equipment mounted on trucks and rails to evade discovery. Using these factories, Iraq could produce within just months hundreds of pounds of biological poisons.
The Iraqi regime has acquired and tested the means to deliver weapons of mass destruction.
All the world has now seen the footage of an Iraqi Mirage aircraft with a fuel tank modified to spray biological agents over wide areas.
Iraq has developed spray devices that could be used on unmanned aerial vehicles with ranges far beyond what is permitted by the Security Council. A UAV launched from a vessel off the American coast could reach hundreds of miles inland.
Iraq has never accounted for thousands of bombs and shells capable of delivering chemical weapons. The regime is actively pursuing components for prohibited ballistic missiles.
And we have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons, the very weapons the dictator tells the world he does not have.
One of the greatest dangers we face is that weapons of mass destruction might be passed to terrorists who would not hesitate to use those weapons. Saddam Hussein has long-standing, direct and continuing ties to terrorist networks.
Senior members of Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaida have met at least eight times since the early 1990s. Iraq has sent bomb-making and document forgery experts to work with al-Qaida. Iraq has also provided al-Qaida with chemical and biological weapons training.
We also know that Iraq is harboring a terrorist network, headed by a senior al-Qaida terrorist planner. The network runs a poison and explosive training center in northeast Iraq and many of its leaders are known to be in Baghdad.
The head of this network traveled to Baghdad for medical treatment and stayed for months. Nearly two dozen associates joined him there, and have been operating in Baghdad for more than eight months.
The same terrorist network operating out of Iraq is responsible for the murder -- the recent murder of an American citizen, an American diplomat, Lawrence Foley. The same network has plotted terrorism against France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Republic of Georgia and Russia, and was caught producing poisons in London.
The danger Saddam Hussein poses reaches across the world. This is the situation as we find it.
Twelve years after Saddam Hussein agreed to disarm, and 90 days after the Security Council passed Resolution 1441 by a unanimous vote, Saddam Hussein was required to make a full declaration of its weapons programs; he has not done so. Saddam Hussein was required to fully cooperate in the disarmament of his regime; he has not done so.
Saddam Hussein was given a final chance; he is throwing that chance away.
The dictator of Iraq is making his choice. Now, the nations of the Security Council must make their own.
On Nov. 8, by demanding the immediate disarmament of Iraq, the United Nations Security Council spoke with clarity and authority. Now, the Security Council will show whether its words have any meaning. Having made its demands, the Security Council must not back down when those demands are defied and mocked by a dictator.
The United States would welcome and support a new resolution which makes clear that the Security Council stands behind its previous demands.
Yet resolutions mean little without resolve. And the United States, along with a growing coalition of nations, is resolved to take whatever action is necessary to defend ourselves and disarm the Iraqi regime.
September the 11th, 2001, the American people saw what terrorists could do by turning four airplanes into weapons. We will not wait to see what terrorists or terrorist states could do with chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons.
Saddam Hussein can now be expected to begin another round of empty concessions and transparently false denials. No doubt he will play a last minute game of deception.
The game is over. All the world can rise to this moment. The community of free nations can show that it is strong and confident and determined to keep the peace. The United Nations can renew its purpose and be a source of stability and security in the world. The Security Council can affirm that it is able and prepared to meet future challenges and other dangers.
And we can give the Iraqi people their chance to live in freedom and choose their own government.
Saddam Hussein has made Iraq into a prison, poison factory and a torture chamber for patriots and dissidents. Saddam Hussein has the motive and the means and the recklessness and the hatred to threaten the American people. Saddam Hussein will be stopped.
Thank you.
Transcript of speech
The secretary of state has now briefed the United Nations Security Council on Iraq's illegal weapons programs, its attempts to hide those weapons, and its links to terrorist groups.
I want to thank Secretary Powell for his careful and powerful presentation of the facts. The information in the secretary's briefing and other information in our possession, was obtained through great skill and often at personal risk.
Uncovering secret information in a totalitarian society is one of the most difficult intelligence challenges.
Those who accept that challenge, both in our intelligence services and those of our friends and allies, perform a great service to all free nations. And I'm grateful for their good work.
The Iraqi regime's violations of Security Council resolutions are evident and they continue to this hour. The regime has never accounted for a vast arsenal of deadly biological and chemical weapons. To the contrary, the regime is pursuing an elaborate campaign to conceal its weapons materials and to hide or intimidate key experts and scientists, all in direct defiance of Security Council (Resolution) 1441.
This deception is directed from the highest levels of the Iraqi regime, including Saddam Hussein, his son, the vice president and the very official responsible for cooperating with inspectors. In intercepted conversations, we have heard orders to conceal materials from the U.N. inspectors.
And we have seen, through satellite images, concealment activity at close to 30 sites, including movement of equipment before inspectors arrive.
The Iraqi regime has actively and secretly attempted to obtain equipment needed to produce chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
Firsthand witnesses have informed us that Iraq has at least seven mobile factories for the production of biological agents, equipment mounted on trucks and rails to evade discovery. Using these factories, Iraq could produce within just months hundreds of pounds of biological poisons.
The Iraqi regime has acquired and tested the means to deliver weapons of mass destruction.
All the world has now seen the footage of an Iraqi Mirage aircraft with a fuel tank modified to spray biological agents over wide areas.
Iraq has developed spray devices that could be used on unmanned aerial vehicles with ranges far beyond what is permitted by the Security Council. A UAV launched from a vessel off the American coast could reach hundreds of miles inland.
Iraq has never accounted for thousands of bombs and shells capable of delivering chemical weapons. The regime is actively pursuing components for prohibited ballistic missiles.
And we have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons, the very weapons the dictator tells the world he does not have.
One of the greatest dangers we face is that weapons of mass destruction might be passed to terrorists who would not hesitate to use those weapons. Saddam Hussein has long-standing, direct and continuing ties to terrorist networks.
Senior members of Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaida have met at least eight times since the early 1990s. Iraq has sent bomb-making and document forgery experts to work with al-Qaida. Iraq has also provided al-Qaida with chemical and biological weapons training.
We also know that Iraq is harboring a terrorist network, headed by a senior al-Qaida terrorist planner. The network runs a poison and explosive training center in northeast Iraq and many of its leaders are known to be in Baghdad.
The head of this network traveled to Baghdad for medical treatment and stayed for months. Nearly two dozen associates joined him there, and have been operating in Baghdad for more than eight months.
The same terrorist network operating out of Iraq is responsible for the murder -- the recent murder of an American citizen, an American diplomat, Lawrence Foley. The same network has plotted terrorism against France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Republic of Georgia and Russia, and was caught producing poisons in London.
The danger Saddam Hussein poses reaches across the world. This is the situation as we find it.
Twelve years after Saddam Hussein agreed to disarm, and 90 days after the Security Council passed Resolution 1441 by a unanimous vote, Saddam Hussein was required to make a full declaration of its weapons programs; he has not done so. Saddam Hussein was required to fully cooperate in the disarmament of his regime; he has not done so.
Saddam Hussein was given a final chance; he is throwing that chance away.
The dictator of Iraq is making his choice. Now, the nations of the Security Council must make their own.
On Nov. 8, by demanding the immediate disarmament of Iraq, the United Nations Security Council spoke with clarity and authority. Now, the Security Council will show whether its words have any meaning. Having made its demands, the Security Council must not back down when those demands are defied and mocked by a dictator.
The United States would welcome and support a new resolution which makes clear that the Security Council stands behind its previous demands.
Yet resolutions mean little without resolve. And the United States, along with a growing coalition of nations, is resolved to take whatever action is necessary to defend ourselves and disarm the Iraqi regime.
September the 11th, 2001, the American people saw what terrorists could do by turning four airplanes into weapons. We will not wait to see what terrorists or terrorist states could do with chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons.
Saddam Hussein can now be expected to begin another round of empty concessions and transparently false denials. No doubt he will play a last minute game of deception.
The game is over. All the world can rise to this moment. The community of free nations can show that it is strong and confident and determined to keep the peace. The United Nations can renew its purpose and be a source of stability and security in the world. The Security Council can affirm that it is able and prepared to meet future challenges and other dangers.
And we can give the Iraqi people their chance to live in freedom and choose their own government.
Saddam Hussein has made Iraq into a prison, poison factory and a torture chamber for patriots and dissidents. Saddam Hussein has the motive and the means and the recklessness and the hatred to threaten the American people. Saddam Hussein will be stopped.
Thank you.
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