USA and allies invade Iraq

Historical Context Note

Lucas Paul Richert (University of Saskatchewan)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 6.1.3: Middle-Eastern Arabic Writing and Culture: Modern and Contemporary.
Vol. editors: Ziad Elmarsafy (King's College London), Joseph Farag (University of Minnesota), Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Nora Parr (SOAS, University of London), Rita Sakr (Maynooth University), Anastasia Valassopoulos (University of Manchester)

Domains

Invasion, conquest and annexation

Dates

Date of occurrence 2003-03-20

Places

Iraq (Location)
United Kingdom (Involved)
United States (Involved)

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George W. Bush and the United States intelligence community, amid an atmosphere of increased fear of terrorist activity, made claims that Saddam Hussein’s Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and aided and abetted certain terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda. The United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1441 on 8 November 2002. It held that Iraq must readmit weapons inspectors and comply with all previous resolutions. On 17 March, President Bush declared that Saddam was not complying with the UN resolution and called an end to diplomatic relations with Iraq. Bush ordered Saddam to leave Iraq in 48 hours or military operations would commence. Britain’s Tony Blair supported the move, while Germany’s Gerhard Schroeder and France’s Jacques Chirac suggested that Iraq…

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Citation: Richert, Lucas Paul. "USA and allies invade Iraq". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 October 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=4096, accessed 07 May 2024.]

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