Iraq powerpoint notes
Consequences on Iraq
- economic sanctions remained
- weapon inspectors
- no fly zone
Iraq War-2003-2011
- called Operation Iraqi Freedom by the United States military.
- Conflict that occured in Iraq from March 20, 2003 to December 18, 2011.
1.Main cause
- the US and the UK claimed that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction
- their was a threat to our security
- in 2002, the UN security council called for Iraq to completely cooperate with the UN weapon inspectors to verify that Iraq was not in possession of WMD
- UN found no evidence of WMD. Believed Hussein was trying to get WMD from Africa.
- Due to the above intelligence, we invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003.
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