No Case For War Against Iraq
The following is a press release from January 27, 2003, by Kucinich's office in Congress
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Kucinich: No Case For War Against Iraq
Report To The United Nations Shows No ‘Smoking Gun'
Administration Must Stop Rush To War And Allow UN To Disarm Iraq
Today's report by United Nation's (UN) weapon inspectors to the UN Security Council failed to produce 'smoking gun' evidence against Iraq and failed to make the Administration's case for war, stated Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) today.
Kucinich, Ranking Member of the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations issued the following statement:
"While today's report to the UN Security Council demonstrated that Iraq should do more to cooperate with UN weapons inspectors, the report fell short of justifying the Administration's rush to war in Iraq.
"While the burden to disarm falls upon Iraq, the burden to prove the threat posed by Iraq falls upon the Administration. It is clear, not only to citizens of this country but also to the international community, that the Administration has failed to make a case for a preemptive attack on Iraq.
"In sixteen months since America was attacked by Al Queda terrorists, no credible evidence has been presented that Iraq perpetrated 9-11, or conspired in 9-11. Iraq was not responsible for the anthrax attack on our country. Nor does Iraq have missile strike capability against the U.S.
"Yet, despite a lack of evidence, the Administration has continued on a march to war. The massive troop build-up in the region in conjunction with the acceleration of war rhetoric, obstructs the international effort to disarm Iraq through the UN.
"The Administration, rightly so, made a commitment to work with the international community and the UN to disarm Iraq. With the most extensive and exhaustive inspections in the history of Iraq underway, now more than ever, the Administration must live up to its commitment to the world community, and work with, not obstruct, UN inspection process. If the Administration has information that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction, the right thing to do would be to share information with the UN. To withhold the information only impedes the process."
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