Congress feared Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction
that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
Weapons of mass destruction
He had had a variety of chemical weapons including nerve gases, mustard gas, and phosgene.
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He refused to comply with U.N. weapons inspectors.
yes, along with Bush.
The United States of America, and her allies, blundered into a war in a Iraq, thinking that Saddam Hussein had "weapons of mass destruction" (for example nuclear, biological, chemical weapons), when it fact Iraq did not have "weapons of mass destruction".
Iraq's leader, Saddam Hussein, had defied attempts by UN weapons inspectors to inspect for WMD.Iraq's leader, Saddam Hussein, had defied attempts by UN weapons inspectors to inspectors for WMD
The US invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003 with the intent of overthrowing Saddam Hussein and discovering his cache of weapons of mass destruction (which were never found).
they were wrong about Iraq having mass weapons of destruction.
It was suspected that Sadam Hussein had "weapons of mass destruction" that he was hiding from the UN inspectors.