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Hans Blix and Colin Powell
The U.S. believed that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction
The Bush administration believed that Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction
To remove "Weapons of Mass Destruction" from Saddam's control. It's worth noting that the phrasing in the question of "its allies" is incorrect. Iraq was not invaded in 2003 by any country that it would have considered its allies. The United States was seen as an enemy imperialist power in Iraqi political circles as was the United Kingdom.
Americans do not hate Iraq. The US Government believed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and was harboring terrorist organizations. After discovering that neither was truly the case, the US remained in Iraq to finish the job of reconstruction and protecting the new democratic government.
What are some mass destruction weapons in Iraq?
They wanted to make sure that saddam had destroyed the weapons of mass destruction
Yes, weapons, particulary WMD's (weapons of mass destruction) and germ warfare were mentioned at the time of the invasion.
Hans Blix and Colin Powell
It was alleged that Iraq was creating weapons of mass destruction and that invasion was the only way to halt production.
The controversy mostly revolved around the question of whether or not the facts implicated in the Invasion of Iraq were accurate, e.g. whether or not Saddam Hussein was developing Weapons of Mass Destruction.
There were allegations that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and considering that Iraq famously used weapons of mass destruction during the Iran-Iraq War, such an allegation was not preposterous.
no weapons of mass destruction were found evidence shows that Saddam Hussein was cooperating with al-queda long before the u.s and brittain invaded Iraq presedent George Bush declared an end to major combat less than two months after the inial invasion
The common justification is having weapons of mass destruction. Iraq was accused of having nuclear weapons that proved later to not true. Syria was accused of using chemical weapons against Syrian people although the inspection team have not yet proved whether the chemical weapons used by the government or by the opposition.
By claiming Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, making it a threat to national security
The UN Weapons Inspectors.
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.