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Baghdad is safe, protected. There are no American infidels in Baghdad.

Mohammed al-Sahhaf

From a press briefing during the 2003 American invasion of Iraq.

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Al-Sahhaf, Mohammed. Quoted in Sunday Telegraph. 13 Apr. 2003. Originally a press conference. c. 7 Apr. 2003, Baghdad, Iraq.

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Al-Sahhaf, Mohammed. Quoted in "Baghdad is safe, the infidels are committing suicide." Written by Nicholas Watt. The Guardian, 8 Apr. 2003. Originally a briefing held in Baghdad. 7 Apr. 2003, Palestine Hotel, Baghdad, Iraq.

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Al-Sahhaf, Mohammed. Quoted in Daily Telegraph. 10 Apr. 2003.

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Bush, George W. Speech aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. 1 May 2003.

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Bush, George W. Press conference. 2 July 2003. Roosevelt Room, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

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Obama, Barack. Speech to anti-war rally. 2 Oct. 2002, Federal Plaza, Chicago, IL, USA.

I actually did vote for the $87 billion, before I voted against it.

John Kerry

On a vote to fund the 2003 Iraq War.

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Kerry, John. Remark about the $87 billion bill. 16 Mar. 2004, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA.

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Powell, Colin. Speech to United Nations Security Council. 5 Feb. 2003, New York, NY, USA.

We haven't found any smoking guns.

Hans Blix

Regarding inspections for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

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Blix, Hans. "Blix: No 'Smoking Guns' in Iraq." The Guardian, 9 Jan 2003. Originally a news conference. 9 Jan. 2003, United Nations Headquarters, New York City, NY, USA.

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Rumsfeld, Donald. News conference. 22 Jan. 2003.

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Rumsfeld, Donald. Department of Defense news briefing. 11 Apr. 2003, Pentagon, Washington, DC, USA.

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Rice, Condoleezza. "CNN Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer." Interviewed by Wolf Blitzer. CNN, 8 Sept. 2002.

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Rumsfeld, Donald. Remark about the lack of equipment in Iraq. 8 Dec. 2004, Kuwait.

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Rumsfeld, Donald. Quoted in Accountability for Killing: Moral Responsibility for Collateral Damage in America's Post-9/11 Wars, written by Neta C. Crawford. Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Rumsfeld, Donald. This Week with George Stephanopoulous. 30 Mar. 2003. ABC.

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Byrd, Robert C. Speech on the impending invasion of Iraq. 12 Feb. 2003, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Franks, Tommy. Briefing in Qatar. 22 Mar. 2003, Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar.