{"id":2980,"date":"2023-03-22T21:20:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T18:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sawtoroba.com\/Eng\/?p=2980"},"modified":"2023-03-22T21:20:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T18:20:22","slug":"how-the-us-and-uk-tried-to-justify-the-invasion-of-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sawtoroba.com\/Eng\/?p=2980","title":{"rendered":"How the US and UK tried to justify the invasion of Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article-header\">\n<h1>How the US and UK tried to justify the invasion of Iraq<\/h1>\n<p class=\"article__subhead css-1wt8oh6\"><em>What were the reasons given for the Iraq war, and how do they stand up today?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<figure class=\"article-featured-image\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AP03040308850.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 120px, (max-width: 270px) 270px, (max-width: 375px) 375px, (max-width: 570px) 570px, (max-width: 770px) 770px, 770px\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AP03040308850.jpg?resize=120%2C80&amp;quality=80 120w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AP03040308850.jpg?resize=270%2C180&amp;quality=80 270w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AP03040308850.jpg?resize=375%2C250&amp;quality=80 375w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AP03040308850.jpg?resize=570%2C380&amp;quality=80 570w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AP03040308850.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80 770w\" alt=\"US Marine in front of Saddam Hussein tile poster\" \/><\/div><figcaption>The US argued that establishing &#8216;democracy&#8217; in Iraq would lead to a domino effect in the region [File: AP Photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-info-block css-ti04u9\">\n<div class=\"article-b-l\">\n<div class=\"article-author-name\"><span class=\"article-by\">By\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-author-name-item\">Federica Marsi<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<div class=\"date-simple css-1yjq2zp\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 19 Mar 2023<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">19 Mar 2023<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"social-share-buttons\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content css-ibbk12\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>On March 20, 2003, the United States led a coalition that launched a fully-fledged invasion of Iraq, closely supported by the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>The case it had made for invading the Middle Eastern nation was built on three basic premises: that the regime of Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction (WMD); that it was developing more of them to the potential advantage of \u201cterrorist\u201d groups; and that creating a \u201cfriendly and democratic\u201d Iraq would set an example for the region.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">KEEP READING<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<article class=\"more-on__article css-m0f37v\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 1 of 3<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"more-on__article-heading\"><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2023\/2\/25\/iraqs-constitutional-reform-initiative-must-avoid-past-mistakes?traffic_source=KeepReading\">Iraq\u2019s constitutional reform process must avoid past mistakes<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"more-on__article css-m0f37v\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 2 of 3<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"more-on__article-heading\"><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/3\/7\/pentagon-chief-surprise-trip-says-us-troops-stay-iraq?traffic_source=KeepReading\">Pentagon chief, on surprise trip, says US troops to stay in Iraq<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"more-on__article css-m0f37v\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 3 of 3<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"more-on__article-heading\"><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/3\/13\/iraqis-haunted-by-disappearances-after-saddam-hussein-fall?traffic_source=KeepReading\">Iraqis still haunted by Saddam-era disappearances after his fall<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/article>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2131670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2131670\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-2131670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AP03030916702.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C544&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"An Iraqi man looks at his mother in a bus as others load luggage on the top of the vehicle\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2131670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Iraqi man looks at his mother in a bus being loaded to head to Syria at a bus station in Baghdad, on March 9, 2003. Buses at this station increased their trips to Syria from 4 to 20 a day, carrying people fleeing the threat of a US-led invasion and others headed to the Shia shrine of Sayeda Zeinab in the Syrian capital [David Guttenfelder\/AP Photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, 20 years after the launch of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2003\/12\/7\/a-review-of-operation-iraqi-freedom\">Operation Iraqi Freedom<\/a>, the question of whether the invasion of Iraq was the product of the wilful deception of US, UK and other voters, wrongful intelligence or a strategic calculus is still a matter of debate.<\/p>\n<p>What appears inescapable is that the Iraq war has cast a long shadow over the US\u2019s foreign policies, with repercussions to this day.<\/p>\n<h2>Weapons of mass destruction<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cLet me begin by saying, we were almost all wrong, and I certainly include myself here,\u201d David Kay, head of the Iraq Survey Group (ISG), told the US Senate on January 29, 2004.<\/p>\n<p>His team \u2013 a fact-finding mission set up by the multinational force to find and disable Iraq\u2019s purported WMDs \u2013 was ultimately unable to find substantial evidence that Hussein had an active weapons development programme.<\/p>\n<p>The Bush administration had presented that as a certainty before the invasion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_757725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-757725\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-757725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/7bea055ef12b49ceb4c1af33cb09771d_18.jpeg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C433&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Iraq War protest\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-757725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anti-war protesters mass in Hyde Park during the demonstration against war in Iraq on February 15, 2003 [Toby Melville\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a speech in Cincinnati in the US state of Ohio on October 7, 2002, the US president declared that Iraq \u201cpossesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then concluded that Hussein had to be stopped. \u201cThe Iraqi dictator must not be permitted to threaten America and the world with horrible poisons and diseases and gases and atomic weapons,\u201d Bush said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\">\n<div class=\"ads__slot\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair had said the same thing on September 24, 2002, as he presented a British intelligence dossier affirming that Hussein could activate chemical and biological weapons \u201cwithin 45 minutes, including against his own Shia population\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-newsletter-slot\">\n<div class=\"sib-newsletter-form general-style\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup Widget\">\n<div class=\"sib-form-container\">\n<div class=\"sib-container--large sib-container--horizontal\">\n<div class=\"sign-up-for-al-jazeera-container\">\n<h3 class=\"sign-up-for-al-jazeera\">Sign up for Al Jazeera<\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"newsletter-title\">Week in the Middle East<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<form id=\"sib-form-general\" method=\"POST\" data-type=\"subscription\">\n<div class=\"sib-newsletter-form-fields-container\"><span class=\"newsletter-description-line\" aria-hidden=\"false\">Catch up on our coverage of the region, all in one place.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sib-newsletter-form-fields\" aria-hidden=\"false\"><input id=\"email\" class=\"sib-newsletter-form-input\" tabindex=\"0\" autocomplete=\"email\" name=\"email\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"E-mail address\" data-required=\"true\" aria-label=\"E-mail address\" \/><button class=\"sib-form-submit \" tabindex=\"0\" form=\"sib-form-general\" type=\"submit\" aria-label=\"signup for Week in the Middle East\">Sign up<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"error-message\" role=\"alert\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-atomic=\"true\" aria-live=\"error\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"success-message\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/static\/media\/right-mark-icon.3a446adc.svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sib-newsletter-privacy-policy\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/privacy.aljazeera.net\/\" aria-label=\"By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Policy.\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When the ISG presented its findings, one of the war\u2019s main arguments crumbled. \u201cWe\u2019ve got evidence that they certainly could have produced small amounts [of WMD], but we\u2019ve not discovered evidence of the stockpiles,\u201d Kay said in his testimony.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sanam Vakil, deputy director of the Middle East North Africa programme at Chatham House, the decision to invade Iraq was a \u201chuge violation of international law\u201d and that the real objective of the Bush administration was a broader transformational effect in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that the intelligence was manufactured and that [Hussein] didn\u2019t have the weapons,\u201d Vakil told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_906822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-906822\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-906822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2012121010331369734_20.jpeg?w=680&amp;resize=680%2C450&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"killing\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-906822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Egyptian anti-war protesters carry a sign that reads \u2018Stop Killing\u2019 in reference to the US-led war against Iraq during an anti-American protest outside Al Azhar Mosque 28 March 2003 in Cairo \u2013 more than 10,000 protesters marched peacefully against the US-led war against Iraq [Mike Nelson\/EPA Photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey felt that by overthrowing Saddam Hussein and supposedly bringing democracy to Iraq then there would be a domino effect,\u201d Vakil said.<\/p>\n<p>Some observers have pointed to the fact that while the ISG did not find an active WMD program, it had gathered evidence that Hussein was planning to resume the programme as soon as international sanctions against Iraq were lifted.<\/p>\n<p>According to Melvyn Leffler, author of the book, Confronting Saddam Hussein, uncertainty was a defining factor in the months prior to the invasion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\">\n<div class=\"ads__slot\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere was an overwhelming sense of threat,\u201d Leffler told Al Jazeera. \u201cThe intelligence community in the days and weeks after 9\/11 developed what they called a \u2018threat matrix\u2019, a daily list of all incoming threats. This list of threats was presented to the president every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hussein himself had led many to believe that Iraq\u2019s WMD programme was active. In an interview by US interrogators compiling the report into the country\u2019s WMDs in 2004, he admitted to having been wilfully ambiguous over whether the country still retained biological agents in a bid to deter longtime foe, Iran.<\/p>\n<p>For years prior to the invasion, Hussein resisted inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, established in 1999 with the mandate to disarm Iraq of its WMDs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2130943\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2130943\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-2130943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-14T060037Z_323172317_RC2HTZ9RZWOW_RTRMADP_3_IRAQ-ANNIVERSARY-CONFLICTS-1.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C515&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"A man in the foreground watches as a giant statue falls in the center of Baghdad\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2130943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A US Marine watches a statue of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein topple over in 2003 [Goran Tomasevic\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>\u2018Terrorism\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>While Bush campaigned for the presidency on the promise of a \u201chumble\u201d foreign policy, the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, dragged the US on a decades-long global counterterrorism military campaign it dubbed the \u201cWar on Terror\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In his State of the Union address on January 29, 2002, Bush stated in no uncertain terms that the US would combat \u201cterrorist groups\u201d or any country deemed to be training, equipping or supporting \u201cterrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStates like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, aiming to threaten the peace of the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\">\n<div class=\"ads__slot\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-72511190329\" class=\"freestar-ads\" data-google-query-id=\"CN3S_q2S8P0CFXvsEQgdOpEB3Q\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The speech went on to identify Iraq as a pillar in the so-called \u201caxis of evil\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror,\u201d the US president said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a regime that agreed to international inspections \u2013 then kicked out the inspectors. This is a regime that has something to hide from the civilised world.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-vids\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"youtube-player-0\" class=\"youtube-player pause-controller in-content\" title=\"What is the legacy of the US-led invasion in Iraq? | The Stream\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_keMYfZcS4A?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;enablejsapi=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A year later, on January 30, 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney drew a link between Hussein\u2019s government and the group deemed to be behind 9\/11, stating that Iraq \u201caids and protects terrorists, including members of al-Qaeda\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hussein was known to have supported various groups deemed \u201cterrorist\u201d by some states, including the Iranian dissident group Mujahedin-e-Khalq, the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK) and several Palestinian splinter groups, but evidence of ties to al-Qaeda has never been found.<\/p>\n<p>According to Leffler, Bush never believed in a direct link between Hussein and al-Qaeda.<\/p>\n<p>However, he believed the sanctions regime against Iraq was breaking down, that containment was failing and that as soon as the sanctions were lifted, Hussein would restart his WMD program and \u201cblackmail the United States in the future\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\">\n<div class=\"ads__slot\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-347155484903\" class=\"freestar-ads\" data-google-query-id=\"CMKpi7CS8P0CFRbUEQgdKoEKIA\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\u2018Exporting democracy\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>In a speech on October 14, 2002, Bush said the US was \u201ca friend to the people of Iraq\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us \u2026 The long captivity of Iraq will end, and an era of new hope will begin.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-vids\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"youtube-player-1\" class=\"youtube-player pause-controller in-content\" title=\"Iraq War veteran condemns US-led invasion | Al Jazeera Newsfeed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uiuJqQXGoZo?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;enablejsapi=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A few months later, he added that \u201ca new regime in Iraq would serve as a dramatic and inspiring example of freedom for other nations in the region\u201d and \u201cbegin a new stage for Middle Eastern peace\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the attempt to turn Iraq into a \u201cbulwark for democracy\u201d largely backfired, with little evidence of a strengthening of democracy in the wider region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the war in Iraq, there has been not only a persistent threat from al-Qaeda but also the emergence of ISIS [ISIL] and the growth of the Iranian state as a regional power, which has been profoundly destabilising in the region,\u201d Vakil, of Chatham House, said.<\/p>\n<p>The far-reaching decision by the US to ban the ruling Baath Party and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2003\/5\/23\/400000-lose-jobs-in-iraq-disband-order\">disband the Iraqi Army<\/a>\u00a0were early mistakes of the Bush administration, according to the analyst.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, under US occupation and with strong input from American-supplied experts, Iraq hastily formulated a new constitution, establishing a parliamentary system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\">\n<div class=\"ads__slot\">\n<div>\n<div 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