Results 1-5 of 5 for iraq speaker:Charles Clarke

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (26 Oct 2005)

Charles Clarke: Not at the moment. Al-Qaeda finds democracy in Israel abhorrent and seeks to destroy it. It finds democracy in Afghanistan abhorrent and seeks to destroy it. Now it finds the democracy in Iraq, which the United Nations is trying to support and establish, so abhorrent that it does whatever it can to try to destroy it.

London Terror Attack Update (20 Jul 2005)

Charles Clarke: ...myself simply to the remarks made by the Prime Minister during Prime Minister's questions. On the more general point, there is a serious intellectual flabbiness on the part of those who argue that Iraq was the cause of this issue. If one looks back over the past 10 years at the appalling atrocities that have taken place across the world, including 9/11 and other events, one realises that...

Prevention of Terrorism Bill (10 Mar 2005)

Mr Charles Clarke: ...did."] No, that is precisely what he sought to do. I have always acknowledged, from my statement on 26 January and throughout the various debates, that the issue of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has caused concern and has led to issues of trust that need to be addressed—

Prevention of Terrorism (22 Feb 2005)

Mr Charles Clarke: I do think that the intelligence issues to which my right hon. Friend referred initially, particularly on weapons of mass destruction and the Iraq situation, have led to concerns about the security services and the quality of their intelligence on various issues. There can be no hiding that obvious point and I have said so previously to the House and to Select Committees. That does not,...

Prevention of Terrorism (22 Feb 2005)

Mr Charles Clarke: ...is necessary to make in response to the right hon. Gentleman, I do not think—he will correct me if I am wrong—that he would argue that the issues around weapons of mass destruction in Iraq lead to the conclusion that there is no security issue here that needs to be addressed. There are security issues. If he is saying that no security assessment can be trusted, so no action...