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Owens Demands Answers regarding
Downing Street Letter
President asked to explain secret agreement to attack Iraq
BROOKLYN, NY-
Congressman Major Owens, along with 88 Congressional members, signed a letter to
President George Bush requesting that he informs the American public on a
meeting held between the United States and Great Britain in regards to a secret
attack on Iraq that was planned in the summer of 2002. This meeting, held before
the invasion, and long before Bush sought Congressional approval to invade Iraq
raises many new questions regarding the real reasons for the war.
Owens said that, "It's a sad day when the leaders of the free world engage
in such deception and trickery. I voted against this unnecessary war and will
continue to argue that the best way to support our troops is to bring them
home."
This newfound document also reveals that "the case for the war was thin as
Saddam was not threatening his neighbors and his weapons of mass destruction
capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran." The document also
stated that Britain and America had to "create" conditions to justify the war.
This letter asks President Bush to answer the following questions:
1. Do you or anyone in your Administration dispute the accuracy of the leaked
document?
2. Were arrangements being made, including the recruitment of allies, before you
sought Congressional authorization to go to war? Did you or anyone in your
administration obtain Britain's commitment to invade prior to this time?
3. Was there an effort to create an ultimatum about weapons inspectors in order
to help with the justification for the war as the minutes indicate?
4. At what point did you and Prime Minister Blair first agree it was necessary
to invade Iraq?
5. Was there a coordinated effort with the U.S. intelligence community and/or
British officials to "fix" the intelligence and facts around the policy as the
leaked document states?
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