Chair of Senate Intelligence Committee says US should slow down plans to attack Iraq
cited in USA Today
May 14 2002

 

 

The Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL) was cited in USA Today (May 14, 2002, p. 8-A) as saying that the US should should slow down its plans to attack Iraq:
 
    "Based on the intelligence briefings he has received, Graham said Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is not on the verge of developing weapons of mass destruction.  For that reason, he said, the administration can afford to give United Nations diplomacy another chance to work."
 
    "If it doesn't, he said, 'at least we'll be able to say to the world that we took every possible step' before resorting to force.  A premature strike could fracture the international coalition against terrorism and prompt an anti-American backlash, Graham warned."