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Iraq, after the fall of Saddam Hussein, is not considered as a threat to its neighbors and the entire region.


Mahmud Ahmadinejad

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Planning and preparations for Iraq after Saddam Hussein were wholly inadequate.
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DOUGLAS FEITH Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which i...
NANCY PELOSI We have defeated Saddam Hussein and Iraq. The good news is Iraq is ours, and the bad news is Iraq is...
DAVID LETTERMAN The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially n...
TONY BLAIR Since the ousting and capture of Saddam Hussein by U.S. forces, civil rights and personal freedoms h...
JIM GERLACH The war in Iraq can be averted and the responsibility is basically on the side of Saddam Hussein.
JAVIER SOLANA We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stabil...
CARL LEVIN If military action is required, our objective this time should be not to annoy Saddam Hussein, not t...
DAN QUAYLE Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In...
DICK CHENEY The fact is, our men and women in uniform, the bravest in the world, did everything they could to pr...
CORY GARDNER We went into Iraq because Saddam Hussein refused to account for his weapons of mass destruction, con...
PETER KING Saddam Hussein has invited members from the U.S. Congress to visit Iraq. Man how stupid is Hussein? ...
JAY LENO In liberating Iraq, we have rid the nation and the rest of the world from the danger of Saddam Husse...
ELIZABETH DOLE Saddam Hussein was a horrible man, and I am pleased he is no longer running Iraq. But the war was wr...
ED BALLS He'd like to see Saddam come clean and disarm, bring those weapons of mass destruction to a parking ...
ANDREW CARD This was an event ... that really shook Iraq to its core because the late ayatollah was a very power...
BEN WEDEMAN This was an event ... that really shook Iraq to its core because the late ayatollah was a very power...
BEN WEDEMAN Had Britain so insisted, Iraq after Saddam might have avoided the violence that may yet prove fatal ...
CHRISTOPHER MEYER It has been, after all, 11 years, more than a decade now, of defiance of U.N. resolutions by Saddam ...
CONDOLEEZZA RICE No one can plausibly argue that ridding the world of Saddam Hussein will not significantly improve t...
JOHN MCCAIN The president welcomes peaceful protests -- it is a time-honored tradition. The president agrees vio...
ARI FLEISCHER I just think everything we do has an unintended consequence. We take out Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and...
GARY JOHNSON It looks like today, and this could change, as of today it looks like women will be worse off in Ira...
HOWARD DEAN I would strongly encourage Iraq not to come to any conclusions about American credibility, and Ameri...
ARI FLEISCHER Saddam Hussein should change his mind and allow the U.N. to do its job.
JAMES RUBIN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Under Saddam Hussein, the nation of Iraq possessed and used chemical weapons against both their own ...
CHARLES B. RANGEL We are not saying that the government of Iraq is some wonderful government. We are not saying Saddam...
DAMU SMITH The president welcomes peaceful protests - it is a time-honored tradition. The president agrees viol...
ARI FLEISCHER I didn't see the weapons of mass destruction at the time, I didn't think there was an imminent threa...
BARACK OBAMA Saddam Hussein is one of the most violent mass murderers of this century or any other century. That'...
SEAN MCCORMACK That was one of the great successes of removing Saddam Hussein, as we took Iraq out of the picture o...
ZACH WAMP It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enou...
ADAM SCHIFF There was false propaganda by the administration that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq...
PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER When Americans invade Iraq, Bush says, we will be greeted as liberators by the Iraqi people, proving...
HOWARD FINEMAN I think Thomas Paine would clearly support an international coalition removing Iraq leader Saddam Hu...
HARVEY KAYE Our statements about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein were based on the aggregation of intelligenc...
STEPHEN HADLEY From the beginning, I was a strong supporter of the war in Iraq against Saddam Hussein. He was a dic...
JOSEPH LIEBERMAN But that noose is tightening as well, as is the noose in regards to Saddam Hussein,
PAT ROBERTS Day after day on television, Mr. Bush comes on and goes after [Iraqi President] Saddam Hussein,
RALPH NADER When Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, little did I realize that Saddam Hussein would dictate the ...
DAVID KELLY There have been a lot of justifications for attacking Iraq. Most of them have turned out not to be t...
HOWARD DEAN Saddam Hussein could have provided irreplaceable help to future historians of the Iran/Iraq war, of ...
RICHARD DAWKINS This is a truly historic moment for the people of Iraq and for the entire region as the newly electe...
TODD AKIN The world is a better place with Saddam Hussein gone.
KARL ROVE While our troops were at risk in Iraq, John Kerry compared the commander in chief to Saddam Hussein,...
KEN MEHLMAN In Iraq, the U.S. military's whack-a-mole approach to killing Saddam Hussein may have finally paid o...
JON STEWART days of the Saddam Hussein regime are numbered.
DONALD RUMSFELD Iraq does not pose an imminent threat to the United States of any of its neighboring nations.
DENNIS KUCINICH They clearly had a disagreement about the tactics that the international community ought to consider...
MIKE MCCURRY The United States encouraged Iraqis to rise up after Saddam Hussein's army was driven out of Kuw...
RICHARD ENGEL Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.
GEORGE W. BUSH This isn't solely a matter of United States concerns with Syria. Syria has problems with all of its ...
SEAN MCCORMACK Our leader President Saddam Hussein, may God preserve him and look after him, has won 100 percent of...
IZZAT IBRAHIM Some peaceniks clear their throats by saying that, of course, they oppose Saddam Hussein as much as ...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS We were not involved in tracking down Saddam Hussein.
ERNST UHRLAU It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
BRENT SCOWCROFT clearly Saddam Hussein is being treated within the guidelines of the Geneva Convention.
SADDAM HUSSEIN Saddam Hussein didn't kill 3,100 people on Sept. 11. Osama bin Laden did, and as far as we know ...
WILLIAM J. CLINTON I'm suggesting that [Bush] is Saddam Hussein, the evil-doer.
KAREN FINLEY If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminis...
WILLIAM J. CLINTON There are signs that the Arab states are beginning to realize that a nuclear-armed Iran would be a t...
EDGAR BRONFMAN, SR. The United States armed forces and coalition troops deserve recognition and support for their work t...
MARK KENNEDY defend the national security interests of the United States against the threat posed by Iraq, and re...
CARL LEVIN [But the United States of America invaded Iraq and removed Saddam Hussein to] bring democracy and fr...
SADDAM HUSSEIN Kim Jong-un's style is more suggestive of Saddam Hussein or his murderous son, Uday Hussein.
BARBARA DEMICK One meeting does not make a conspiracy. Saddam Hussein does not engage in these types of acts.
PETER BERGEN Saddam Hussein deserves to die 100 times.
JALAL TALABANI A civil war may well be inevitable. Such a development would have the gravest implications for the e...
NAWAF OBAID Whatever one wants to say about the conduct of the Iraq War, going to war to remove Saddam Hussein i...
ARTHUR L. HERMAN Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you...
C. JOYBELL C. The president expects Saddam Hussein to live up to his agreements.
ARI FLEISCHER If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is making weapons of...
STEVEN SPIELBERG Throughout our courtship, Kenny told me that he had proof that Saddam Hussein was a threat because h...
RENEE ZELLWEGER I was at ease in everything, to be sure, but at the same time satisfied with nothing. Each joy made ...
THE FALL "Epitaph on a Tyrant" is about Stalin, but is perfect for Saddam Hussein.
ROBERT FISK We were told by the president that we had no alternative but to go into Iraq because of the threat t...
JAY ROCKEFELLER [Also, as the Iran crisis developed in the wake of the Iraq war, it took time for the US and the EU ...
ANATOL LIEVEN Some claim we should not have acted because the threat from [deposed Iraqi President] Saddam Hussein...
DICK CHENEY There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat... Yes, he has chemical and biological weapons. ...
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK Saddam Hussein (the Iraqi president) has guranteed the safety of the passengers aboard and will trea...
JANE ARRAF They are coming to convey their concerns on the conduct of the trial of Saddam Hussein.
JOSE DIAZ Weapons of mass destruction are the greatest threat to life on earth. Biological weapons are often c...
WILLIAM SHAWCROSS After all, we want the democracy in Iraq to take hold, because it's important that the democracy in ...
ANDREW CARD Twenty-one years ago today Saddam Hussein was first elected president of Iraq and he has been re-ele...
JAY LENO Frankly I'm not holding my breath for any confessional statement from Saddam Hussein,
JACK STRAW The CIA did contact the disease agency recently after a London newspaper published a book review six...
BARBARA REYNOLDS If there is aggression, the Americans will face these people who said 'yes' to Saddam Hussein.
IZZAT IBRAHIM The first weekend after the attacks of September 11, George W. Bush had a meeting at Camp David with...
ELAINE SCIOLINO Saddam Hussein is a congenital liar, and he cheats and he steals and he cannot be allowed to defy th...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT Saddam Hussein also challenged President Bush to a debate. The Butcher of Baghdad vs. the Butcher of...
JAY LENO I met the investigator who questioned Saddam, ... He said he had extracted important confessions fro...
JALAL TALABANI There are 14 main cases against Saddam Hussein and members of his regime.
MUNIR HADAD If Saddam Hussein goes back on his word,
NEWT GINGRICH Saddam Hussein has brought this crisis on himself,
JEAN CHRETIEN To avoid a military conflict, Saddam Hussein has no other choice than to leave the country.
ARI FLEISCHER The purpose of the UN mechanism, this inspection mechanism, is not to engage in a cat and mouse game...
DOUGLAS FEITH We now have evidence that Saddam Hussein is in possession of cartoon trucks. Because (they) are cart...
NEAL POLLACK Nuclear deterrence doesn't work outside of the Russian-U.S. context; Saddam Hussein showed that.
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