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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
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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.
Map of the route of the advance by U.S. and allied forces. The first assaults on Baghdad begin shortly following the 01:00 UTC expiry of the United States' 48-hour deadline for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his sons to leave Iraq. 02:30 UTC: Explosions are reported in Baghdad, damaging civilian buildings.
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
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
The invasion of Iraq lasted from 20 March to 15 April 2003 and signaled the start of the Iraq War, which was dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom by the United States. [16] The invasion consisted of 26 days of major combat operations, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and ...