[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 20062-20063]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, Hans Blix, former chief U.N. weapons 
inspector, cautioned the U.S. before it attacked Iraq that Iraq was not 
an imminent threat. He was right. Iraq did not

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have weapons of mass destruction. Now America is more vulnerable than 
ever because of this administration's pathological deceptions.
  Yesterday, Dr. Blix said Iran is not an imminent threat and we should 
open up direct talks with Iran, not attack Iran. He is right again.
  Last week Intelligence Committee staff reports' deliberate distortion 
of the degree of Iran's uranium enrichment was exposed by the 
International Atomic Energy Agency. Nevertheless, according to credible 
reports, the administration has had covert operations in Iran, selected 
1,500 bombing targets, and is preparing a naval blockade of the Strait 
of Hormuz, which will set the stage not only for a war against Iran, 
but also for $5 a gallon gasoline.
  Meanwhile, the State Department and the Department of Defense will 
not even appear in classified briefings to discuss the plans for a war 
against Iran.
  Wake up, America. There is another war being planned.

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