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Article: Iraq said disarmed, no need for war, eliminating Saddam is real goal.
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- September 1, 2002
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Iraq is said to be disarmed, with no weapons of mass destruction capability. So there is no justification now to go to war. Eliminating Saddam Hussein and his regime -- not disarming Iraq -- is said to be the U.S. objective. Excerpt from evidence presented to hearings of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, June 4, 2002.
We aren't rattling our sabres, we are preparing for war. And we will go to war if nothing is done to stop it. My Congress just passed an emergency supplemental bill for the Department of Defence that in effect rearms, re-equips our military forces in terms of the precision-guided munitions ...