Prelude to the Iraq War
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title:
Prelude to the Iraq War
text:
Prior to the Iraq War, the United States accused Iraq of developing weapons of mass destruction and having links with al-Qaeda. In 1991, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 was adopted and subsequent UN weapons inspectors were inside Iraq. This period also saw low-level hostilities between Iraq and the United States-led coalition from 1991–2003. In the aftermath of the Gulf War, the dominant U.S. foreign policy view towards Iraq was one of containment. However, during the 1990s, t
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1991–2003 overview of the events leading to the Iraq War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_to_the_Iraq_War
date created:
2009-03-10T00:29:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T02:03:25Z
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