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On September 24, Tony Blair released a document describing Britain's case for war in Iraq. Three days later, an anti-war rally in London drew a crowd of at least 150,000. [11] On September 29, roughly 5,000 anti-war protesters converged on Washington, D.C., on the day after an anti-International Monetary Fund protest. [12]
In 2002, the United States government began to argue for the necessity of invading Iraq. This formally began with a speech by US President George W. Bush to the United Nations General Assembly on 12 September 2002 which argued that the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein was violating United Nations (UN) resolutions, primarily on weapons of mass destruction, and that this necessitated action.
The Vatican also spoke out against war in Iraq. Archbishop Renato Martino, a former U.N. envoy and current prefect of the Council for Justice and Peace, told reporters that war against Iraq was a preventive war and constituted a "war of aggression", and thus did not constitute a just war. The foreign minister, Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran ...
Anti-war protesters gather in Parliament Square in London, on the afternoon of March 20, as seen from the roof of the Palace of Westminster. On the morning of March 20, 2003, school students all over Germany held spontaneous marches; in Berlin more than 120,000 marched. [7] Actions started also in Heidelberg, Frankfurt, Leipzig and Nuremberg ...
In a January 2003 CBS poll, 64% of Americans had approved of military action against Iraq; however, 63% wanted Bush to find a diplomatic solution rather than go to war, and 62% believed the threat of terrorism directed against the U.S. would increase due to war. [33]
An anti-war protester shows a peace sign to the White House. Protesters from around the country joined the march in Washington, D.C. organized by ANSWER Coalition and United for Peace and Justice to promote peace and an end to the war in Iraq. Organizers claim that around 300,000 people attended the demonstration.
The 2003 invasion of Iraq (20 March – 1 May 2003) began the Iraq War, or Operation Iraqi Freedom, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland invaded Iraq and toppled the government of Saddam Hussein within 26 days of major combat operations.
The UN Security Council and the Iraq war: Examines positions of UN Security Council members over the period 2002–2003; Opposition views. Opposition to the Iraq War: Various opinions of people against the Iraq War. Protests against the Iraq War: Protests against Iraq war across the world. Criticism of the Iraq War: Various criticisms of the ...