War in Iraq

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This paper discusses the war in Iraq. It particularly focuses on the events leading up to the United States invasion of Iraq due to Iraq's continued weapons of mass destruction (WMD) development, ties to terrorism and a need for democracy to succeed the country's former dictatorship as major reasons. The paper argues that the U.S. preemptive strike on Iraq was inevitable and overdue.

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"In addition to chemicals, Iraq possessed the capability to put legitimate vaccines and biopesticide plants to use for biological warfare. In 1995, after four years of claiming to be conducting small-scale biological research for defensive use, Iraq admitted to UN inspectors that its production of biological agents was for the purpose of weaponization. The CIA documented thirteen open-air biological weapons tests by Iraq from March 1988 to January 1991. Iraq admitted that its al-Dawrah Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine Facility was a biological warfare agent production facility. In 1996, the UN Special Commission on Iraq attempted to render the facility useless; however, the plant regained its functions in 2001 with the excuse of a Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak. This justification makes little sense given that Iraq could easily attain FMD vaccines through the UN ("Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs")."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Abu Nidal Organization(Iraq, extremists)." Oct. 2005. Council on Foreign Relations http://www.cfr.org/publication/9153/
• "Iraq Democracy Watch: Report # 1 on the Situation in Iraq." 26 Sept. 2003. The Iraq Foundation http://www.iraqfoundation.org/news/2003/isept/26_democracy_watch.html
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• "Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs." Oct. 2002. CIA https://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/iraq_wmd/Iraq_Oct_2002.htm
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