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On February 25, 1998, Wolfowitz testified before a congressional committee that he thought that " the best opportunity to overthrow Saddam was, unfortunately, lost in the month right after the war.

" Wolfowitz added that he was horrified in March as " Saddam Hussein flew helicopters that slaughtered the people in the south and in the north who were rising up against him, while American fighter pilots flew overhead, desperately eager to shoot down those helicopters, and not allowed to do so.

" During that hearing, he also stated: " Some people might say — and I think I would sympathise with this view — that perhaps if we had delayed the ceasefire by a few more days, we might have got rid of Saddam Hussein.