Saddam Hussein has openly praised the attacks of September 11th.
He has ordered the use of chemical weapons against his own people.
His regime has invaded two of its neighbors and threatened others.
His regime has launched ballistic missiles at four of their neighbors.
His regime plays host to terrorist networks and has directly ordered acts of terror on foreign soil.
His regime assassinates its opponents, both in Iraq and abroad.
His regime has committed genocide and ethnic cleansing in Northern Iraq, ordering the extermination of between 50,000 and 100,000 people and the destruction of over 4,000 villages.
His attacks on the Kurds drove 2 million refugees into Turkey, Syria and Iran.
His regime is responsible for catastrophic environmental damage, setting fire to over 1,100 Kuwaiti oil wells.
His regime beat and tortured American POWs during the 1991 Persian Gulf War and used them as "human shields."
His regime has still failed to account for hundreds of POWs.
His regime on almost a daily basis continues to fire missiles and artillery at U.S. and coalition aircraft patrolling the no-fly zones in Northern and Southern Iraq. It is the only place in the world where U.S. forces are shot at with impunity.
His regime has subjected tens of thousands of political prisoners and ordinary Iraqis to arbitrary arrest and imprisonment, summary execution, torture, beatings, burnings, electric shocks, starvation and mutilation.
He has ordered doctors to surgically remove the ears of military deserters and the gang rape of Iraqi women.
His regime is actively pursuing weapons of mass destruction.
His regime has amassed large, clandestine stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons.
His regime has an active program to acquire and develop nuclear weapons.
His regime has dozens of ballistic missiles and is working to extend their range.
His regime is pursuing pilotless aircraft as a means of delivering chemical and biological weapons.
His regime has in place an elaborate, organized system of denial and deception to frustrate both inspectors and outside intelligence efforts.
His regime has violated UN economic sanctions, using illicit oil revenues to fuel their WMD aspirations.
His regime has diverted funds from the UN’s "oil for food" program—funds intended to help feed starving Iraqi civilians—to fund WMD programs.
