Republican (fascist/socialist) de facto President George W. Bush (having received an unlawful advantage of 52 ineligible Electoral votes) speaking in Cincinnati, (Federal enclave of) Ohio says,

       We’ve … discovered through intelligence that Iraq has a growing fleet of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to disperse chemical or biological weapons across broad areas.  We’re concerned that Iraq is exploring ways of using these UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) for missions targeting the United [s]tates.

       NOTE: The farthest range of any of Iraq’s planes had a range of 840 miles, which would have been more than 4,600 miles from the U.s.  Besides any attack on the U.s. would have been halted immediately by the U.s. Air Force as soon as such an armada left Iraq.

       Postscript: The next day, George J. Tenet, Director of Central Intelligence, denied that it was likely Iraq would turn over weapons of mass destruction to the al-Qaida terrorist network.

       [updated 2/10/2024]

       George J. Tenet, in testimony before the senate intelligence committee, testifies that there is no collusion between Iraq and the al-Qaida (Arabic for “the Base”) international terrorist network.

       NOTE: Four months later, under pressure from Republican de facto President George W. Bush (having received an unlawful advantage of 52 ineligible Electoral votes). Tenet reversed himself.

       [restored 11/1/2025]