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Why did President Bush list Iraq among the countries in the “axis of evil”?
He believed Iraq had directly ordered the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
He believed Iraq had helped Osama bin Laden organize the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
He believed Iraq had WMDs that Hussein might give to terrorists.
States like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred.
—President George W. Bush
State of the Union Address
March 2002
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The third option.
In the 2002 State of the Union Bush named Iraq as part of an “axis of evil” because his administration believed Saddam Hussein was pursuing weapons of mass destruction and might provide those arms to terrorists. He did not claim Iraq had directly ordered 9/11, and asserted links between Saddam and al‑Qaeda were not proven.
In the 2002 State of the Union Bush named Iraq as part of an “axis of evil” because his administration believed Saddam Hussein was pursuing weapons of mass destruction and might provide those arms to terrorists. He did not claim Iraq had directly ordered 9/11, and asserted links between Saddam and al‑Qaeda were not proven.
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