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Article: Iraq War: Prelude to War (The International Debate Over the Use
and Effectiveness of Weapons Inspections)
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Iraq War: Prelude to War (The International Debate Over the Use and Effectiveness of Weapons Inspections)
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K. LEE LERNER
In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States and the subsequent war against the Taleban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, United States leaders turned their attention to an old enemy, Iraq, and specifically its dictatorial leader, Saddam Hussein.
Although Iraq was not as powerful a military threat as during the Persian Gulf War of 1990
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1991, U.S. officials asserted that Iraq's proven development and use of weapons of mass destruction made Iraq a potential source of those weapons for terrorists who could then use ...