Powell was under pressure to use shaky intelligence on Iraq
US News and World Report says Colin Powell was not happy with the intelligence that he was given for his famous UN Iraq speech.According to the report, the draft contained such questionable material that Powell lost his temper, throwing several pages in the air and declaring, “I’m not reading this. This is bullshit.”
Straw, Powell had serious doubts over their Iraqi weapons claimsInfographic – Exaggerating the WMD Threat
Dubya Explains Iraq’s Missing WMD
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Wolfowitz Explains Iraq’s Missing WMD
WMD emphasis was ‘bureaucratic’
Wolfowitz says in effect that Iraq’s WMD was just BS.
Wolfowitz says in effect that Iraq’s WMD was just BS.
Rummy Explains Iraq’s Missing WMD
New York (IWR Satire) – Thus spake Rummy at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York on Tuesday. Note: you would have thought that there would still be some evidence at Taji for example. Here are the rest of Powell’s slides from his Feb. 4 UN speech.