Via Jim O’Connell, this story first came out last month: NEWS.com.au | Journo claims proof of WMD lies (September 23, 2003)
After the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on September 11 that year, Pilger claimed Rice said the US “must move to take advantage of these new opportunities” to attack Iraq and claim control of its oil.
Pilger uncovered video footage of Powell in Cairo on February 24, 2001 saying, “He (Saddam Hussein) has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbours.”
Two months later, Rice reportedly said, “We are able to keep his arms from him. His military forces have not been rebuilt.”
Powell boasted this was because America’s policy of containment and its sanctions had effectively disarmed Saddam.
And now the video has been leaked: Download Quicktime file (1.4MB)
