Saddam repeatedly obstructed the UN weapons inspectors after the cessation of hostilities in Gulf War 1. Saddam had them removed from his country at least twice. Saddam had at least 2 agents feeding the US false intell. Certain chemical munitions, pre-cursors and non-weaponized chemical agents have never been verified as being destroyed nor have they been found.
It has been noted after the cessation of hostilities with the Iraqi military in Gulf War 2 that Saddam
was trying to keep the core of his WMD programs intact by not letting key scientists leave the country.
(iirc) There are satellite photo's of a truck convoy leaving Iraq and entering Syria just prior to the US invasion, but I suppose those trucks had no cargo on board.
What that cargo was we will probably never know.
Prior to the US announcing invasion plans the majority of the world thought Iraq still had WMD. It wasnt until the invasion was announced that countries that had a vested interest in Iraq via the oil for food scandal or legitimate economic ties started screaming that Saddam's WMD had already been destroyed.
US companies that were involved in the oil for food scandal should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law imo, but most will likely get off scot-free.
The UN passed resolutions that Iraq never fully complied with. If Iraq had complied there would have been no need for UN mandated economic sanctions. If the UN had been prepared to enforce those resolutions with force, there would have been no need for the US and it's coalition of the willing to invade.
Bush declared war on terrorism, not just on Al-Qaeada, a fact most here seem to forget. Iraq
was supporting terrorists. At least 2 terrorist training camps were found in Iraq. Saddam gave medical aid to terrorists and paid the families of suicide bombers $25,000. After watching an airliner hit the WTC and seeing both towers collapse, Iraq's support of terrorism is good enough reason for me for the invasion of Iraq.
