For Immediate Release
July 16, 2006
December 18, 2002
Global Message
KEY POINTS
Disarming the Iraqi regime is a central commitment of the war
on terror. We must prevent terrorist groups and outlaw regimes from
threatening the American people with catastrophic harm. As the new
inspections process proceeds, the United States will be making only one
judgment: Has Saddam Hussein changed his behavior of the last 11 years
and decided to cooperate willingly and comply completely, or has he
not? Thus far we are not seeing the fundamental shift in practice
and attitude that the world is demanding. Iraq's letters to the UN
regarding inspections show that their attitude is grudging and
conditional. And in recent days, Iraq has fired on American and British
pilots enforcing the UN's no-fly zone.