- José Bustani, founding director of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (which just won the Nobel Peace Prize), was ousted by the Bush administration in 2002 because he was a roadblock to war – since, as Bustani now explains, "everybody knew" Iraq had no chemical weapons http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/world/to-ousted-boss-arms-watchdog-was-seen-as-an-obstacle-in-iraq.html 27 comments worldnews
- Former director general of Nobel Peace Prize winner OPCW, on his ousting in 2002: "the Bush administration [feared] that chemical weapons inspections in Iraq would conflict with Washington’s rationale for invading it" http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/world/to-ousted-boss-arms-watchdog-was-seen-as-an-obstacle-in-iraq.html?pagewanted=all 53 comments worldnews
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