[Saddam Hussein is aggressively seeking nuclear and…

Israel has a couple of hundred nuclear weapons and also chemical and biological weapons. This stockpile is not only a threat in itself but…

— Noam Chomsky

I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in office on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,…

— Nancy Pelosi

One of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on Iraq's biological weapons is the existence of mobile…

— Colin Powell

The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological…

— Robert Byrd

If you take the biological weapons in the United States we still will have perhaps a single individual who was able to make anthrax,…

— Hans Blix

While the distance between the United States and Iraq is great, Saddam Hussein's ability to use his chemical and biological weapons against us is…

— Dianne Feinstein

There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat Yes, he has chemical and biological weapons. He's had those for a long time. But…

— Wesley Clark

I think the danger right now is that without effective inspections, without effective monitoring, Iraq can in a very short period of time measured…

— Scott Ritter

We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq.

— Tony Blair

Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the…

— Joe Lieberman

We will stand mighty for peace and freedom and maintain a strong defense against terror and destruction. Our children will sleep free from the…

— William J. Clinton

He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy…

— Henry Waxman

Although it is tempting to imagine an ancient era innocent of biochemical weaponry, in fact this Pandora's box of horrors was opened thousands of…

— Adrienne Mayor

Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.

— Donald Rumsfeld

If left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear…

— Hillary Clinton