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The Iraq disarmament crisis was claimed as one of the primary issues that led to the multinational invasion of Iraq on 20 March 2003. Since the 1980s, Iraq was widely assumed to have been producing and extensively running the programs of biological , chemical and nuclear weapons .
Iraq destroys six more Al Samoud missiles, bringing the total destroyed to 10 out of an estimated 100 missiles ordered eliminated by the UN. The White House continues to dismiss Iraq's actions as "part of its game of deception." Iraq indicates that it may halt destruction of the missiles if the U.S. indicates it will go to war anyway. 3 March 2003
The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002, [1] informally known as the Iraq Resolution, is a joint resolution passed by the United States Congress in October 2002 as Public Law No. 107-243, authorizing the use of the United States Armed Forces against Saddam Hussein's Iraq government in what would be known as ...
The US and Britain, while admitting that such a resolution was diplomatically desirable, insisted that Iraq had now been given enough time (noting also the time since the first disarmament resolutions of 1991) to disarm or provide evidence thereof, and that war was legitimized by 1441 and previous UN resolutions.
Iraq disarmament crisis 1991–2003; Arms-to-Iraq affair 1992–1996; Iraq Liberation Act 1998; September 11 attacks 2001; U.S. anthrax attacks 2001; U.S. invasion of Afghanistan 2001; Alleged Prague connection 2001; Iraq Resolution 2002; Wood Green ricin plot 2003; Colin Powell's UN presentation 2003
There have been three major events in Iraq's history for which the UN has passed numerous resolutions: the Iran–Iraq War, the Persian Gulf War, and the Iraq disarmament crisis leading up to and following the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Iraq disarmament crisis; United Nations actions regarding Iraq; Support and opposition for the U.S. plan to invade Iraq; Iraq disarmament crisis timeline 1990-1996, 1997–2000, 2001–2003; Iraqi production and use of weapons of mass destruction; Worldwide government positions on war on Iraq
Iraq disarmament crisis: Kuwaiti workers have been instructed to make 35 holes in the fence between Iraq and Kuwait, and that the Kuwaiti army is positioning tanks at these openings. [14] The Pakistan Daily Times reported that UNIKOM had found armed US Marines in the demilitarized zone along the fence last month. [15]