Collapse Quote by Ahmed Chalabi

The ruling family in Kuwait is good at blackmail, exploitation, and destruction of their opponents. They had perpetuated a grave U.S. conspiracy against us……

— Saddam Hussein

In a way, the American side descended to Saddam's level, which happens often in these types of circumstances. That is why the people in…

— Dario Fo

The Americans invaded a country without understanding what eight years of a war with Iran had meant, how that traumatized Iraq. They didn't appreciate…

— Anthony Shadid

Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush's compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic.

— Noam Chomsky

The Iraqis had paid a terrible price for Saddam's folly (in the Gulf War). But looking at the devastation they left behind (in Kuwait),…

— Margaret Thatcher

Iraq broke our back in terms of counterterrorism. There's no doubt about it. The first thing, though, that hurt us was the fact that…

— Michael Scheuer

From 1991 till the present, Iraq sovereignty has been trampled by the United States.

— Vijay Prashad

You know the most important thing the Americans did for Iraq apart from liberating the country from Saddam was helping Iraq reduce its debt.…

— Ahmed Chalabi

Right after the tragedy, President Bush asked Americans to get on with their lives and we did.

— Jane D. Hull

How Bush and his junta succeeded in deflecting America's anger from bin Laden to Saddam Hussein is one of the great public relations conjuring…

— John le Carre

Saddam Hussein was the one person after whom the United States went, and they ruined the country.

— Sergei Lavrov