May 6th 2002, the United States has added Cuba, Libya
and Syria to its “axis of evil” – nations it claims are deliberately
seeking to obtain chemical or biological weapons. In a speech entitled
“Beyond the Axis of Evil”, US Under Secretary of State, John
Bolton said that the three nations could be grouped with other so-called
“rogue states” – Iraq, Iran and North Korea – in actively attempting
to develop weapons of mass destruction.

Source: Reuters