After the iraqi inasion it was concluded that iraq had ended its WMS program in 1991 and had no active programs at the time of the invasion
the invasion of iraq led to an occupation and the eventual capture of president Hussein
Hussein was later tried in an iraqi court of law and executed by the new iraqi government
some accused saddm Hussein of harboring and supporting al-quaeda but no evidence of a meaningful connection was ever iraqi government human rights abuses
wanted to spread democracy to the country
oil interest
president bush wanted to fix what his daddy messed up
Issues in iraq after invasion
violevce against coalition forces civil war and sectarian violevce
the emergence of al-quaeda in iraq abu ghraib torture and prisoner abuse 2004
president bush's policies
Started the war in 2003
war was supported at first but no WMD found led to war becoming very unpopular
abu ghraib
accused of not having an exit strategy
helped establish a new democratic government in iraq
the surge took place 2007. it helped got the violence under control in iraq.
started troop reduction in 2008
president obama's policies
oppsed to war at the outset as a senator after being elected president obama swiched the focus to the war in afghanistan
pulled out all US combat troops in august 2010
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