Invasion in Iraq

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This paper studies and criticizes the Bush administration's current war in Iraq. The paper begins with the author's assertion that the only reason President Bush invaded Iraq was to secure U.S. interests in the region -- namely oil. The paper provides a review of literature, citing authors and opinion-makers who likewise oppose the war, to support the paper's thesis. Then the paper provides an analysis of several claims made by the administration to bolster its war, all of which this author refutes. The claims are: (1) that Iraq had a stockpile of weapons of mass destruction, (2) that Iraq had nuclear weapons, (3) that Iraq had active chemical and biological weapons and imminent plans to use them, and (4) that Iraq had mobile weapons laboratories.

Introduction
Review of Literature
The Case of Weapons of Mass Destruction
The Case of Iraqi Nuclear Weapons
The Case of Active Chemical and Biological Weapons Plans
The Case of Mobile Weapons Laboratories
Conclusion

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"The entire Bush administration had been playing the mantra that Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. David Cortright, Alistair Millar and Linda M. Gerber (2003) write, " In his January 2003 State of the Union address President Bush referred to tens of thousands of liters of anthrax and botulinum toxin and hundreds of tons of sarin, mustard gas, and VX nerve agent. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell asserted in his February presentation to the UN Security Council that Iraq was concealing efforts to redevelop weapons of mass destruction." These observations had been in contradiction with the UN investigators as they had inspected Iraq on more than 700 occasions. The UN investigators had found nothing that would support the claims being made by the Bush and Blair Administration. "Dr. Hans Blix, head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) told the Security Council on 14 February, 'So far, UNMOVIC has not found any [proscribed] weapons, only a small number of empty chemical munitions. . . .' (David Cortright, Alistair Millar and Linda M. Gerber, 2003)"

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