"It is inherently dangerous to allow a country, such as Iraq, to retain weapons of mass destruction, particularly in light of its past aggressive behaviour. If the world community fails to disarm Iraq we fear that other rogue states will be encouraged to believe that they too can have these most deadly of weapons to systematically defy international resolutions and that the world will do nothing to stop them."

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Source: Stephen Harper addresses Canadian Parliament House of Commons, www.ourcommons.ca. March 20, 2003.

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Stephen Harper is a Canadian politician who served as Prime Minister from 2006 to 2015, known for his conservative policies and focus on economic growth.

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