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The official reason that the president (George Bush) gave was that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, or nuclear weapons, that were potentially harmful to the USA.

The unofficial reason was that America had had enough of Saddam Hussein and wanted him out of government.

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Q: What did the US base their invasion of Iraq in 2003 on?
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