US President outlines the case against Iraq

(8 Oct 2002)
1. US President George Bush walking to the podium
2. Crowd cutaway
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, President of the United States:
"Eleven years ago, as a condition for ending the Persian Gulf War, the Iraqi regime was required to destroy its weapons of mass destruction, to cease all development of such weapons, and to stop all support for terrorist groups. The Iraqi regime has violated all of those obligations."
4. Crowd cutaway
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, President of the United States:
"While there are many dangers in the world, the threat from Iraq stands alone - because it gathers the most serious dangers of our age in one place. Iraq's weapons of mass destruction are controlled by a murderous tyrant who has already used chemical weapons to kill thousands of people. This same tyrant has tried to dominate the Middle East, has invaded and brutally occupied a small neighbour, has struck other nations without warning, and holds an unrelenting hostility toward the United States."
6. Wide shot from the side of podium and crowd
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, President of the United States:
"And we know that after September the 11th, Saddam Hussein's regime gleefully celebrated the terrorist attacks on America. Iraq could decide on any given day to provide a biological or chemical weapon to a terrorist group or individual terrorists. Alliance with terrorists could allow the Iraqi regime to attack America without leaving any fingerprints. Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary - confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.
8. Medium side pan of Bush at podium
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, President of the United States:
"America wants the U.N to be an effective organisation that helps keep the peace. And that is why we are urging the Security Council to adopt a new resolution setting out tough, immediate requirements. Among those requirements: the Iraqi regime must reveal and destroy, under U.N supervision, all existing weapons of mass destruction."
10. Crowd Cutaway
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, President of the United States:
"I hope this will not require military action, but it may. And military conflict could be difficult. An Iraqi regime faced with its own demise may attempt cruel and desperate measures. If Saddam Hussein orders such measures, his generals would be well advised to refuse those orders. If they do not refuse, they must understand that all war criminals will be pursued and punished. If we have to act, we will take every precaution that is possible. We will plan carefully; we will act with the full power of the United States military; we will act with allies at our side, and we will prevail."
12. Crowd Cutaway
STORYLINE:
President George W. Bush, seeking support for war against Iraq, called Saddam Hussein a "murderous tyrant" and said he may be plotting to attack the United States with biological and chemical weapons.
Saddam and his "nuclear holy warriors" are also building a nuclear weapons program and could have a nuclear weapon in less than a year, Bush said in a prime-time address on Monday night (local time) in Cincinnati.
His address opened a week of debate in Congress over resolutions giving the president authority to wage war against Iraq.
The House and Senate planned votes for Thursday, and the Bush-backed resolution was expected to pass by wide margins. Still, doubts lingered at home and abroad about Bush's plans.

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