Event
Invasion of Iraq (2003)
U.S. and coalition forces began military operations in Iraq on 19 March 2003.
Connections 9
involved
- George W. Bush announced the operations Primary record 1
- Iraq Primary record 1
- Iraq Survey Group afterwards searched Iraq for weapons of mass destruction Primary record 2
- Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan estimated waste and fraud in wartime contracts Primary record 3
- George W. Bush said in October 2002 that Iraq possessed chemical and biological weapons and had trained al Qaeda members Primary record 4
- Dick Cheney said on 26 August 2002 there was "no doubt" Iraq had weapons of mass destruction Primary record 5
- Central Intelligence Agency its Intelligence Community's estimate of October 2002 According to Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Primary record 6
part of
- The post-9/11 wars Scholarship & press 7
appears in
- Duelfer Report no stockpiles found Primary record 8
Timeline 1 date
- 19 Mar 2003 Invasion of Iraq (2003)
Proof 8 sources
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President Bush Addresses the Nation, 19 March 2003, The White House (George W. Bush administration archive), 19 Mar 2003.
Primary record
American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.
We have no ambition in Iraq, except to remove a threat and restore control of that country to its own people.
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Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq’s WMD, Iraq Survey Group (U.S. Government Publishing Office), 2004.
Primary record
ISG has not found evidence that Saddam Husayn possessed WMD stocks in 2003, but the available evidence from its investigation—including detainee interviews and document exploitation—leaves open the possibility that some weapons existed in Iraq although not of a militarily significant capability.
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Transforming Wartime Contracting: Controlling costs, reducing risks, Final Report to Congress, Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, Aug 2011.
Primary record
At least $31 billion, and possibly as much as $60 billion, has been lost to contract waste and fraud in America’s contingency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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President Bush Outlines Iraqi Threat, Cincinnati, 7 October 2002, The White House (George W. Bush administration archive), 7 Oct 2002.
Primary record
It possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons.
We've learned that Iraq has trained al Qaeda members in bomb-making and poisons and deadly gases.
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Vice President Speaks at VFW 103rd National Convention (Nashville, 26 August 2002), The White House (George W. Bush administration archive), 26 Aug 2002.
Primary record
Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
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Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq (Senate Report 108-301, 9 July 2004), U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 9 Jul 2004.
Primary record
Most of the major key judgments in the Intelligence Community's October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), Iraq's Continuing Programs for Weapons of Mass Destruction, either overstated, or were not supported by, the underlying intelligence reporting.
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The U.S. Budgetary Costs of the Post-9/11 Wars, Costs of War Project, Brown University, 1 Sep 2021.
Scholarship & press
The U.S. wars in Iraq and Syria cost $2.058 trillion through FY2022.
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Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq's WMD (the Duelfer Report), Iraq Survey Group, 30 September 2004 (copy at GlobalSecurity.org), Iraq Survey Group, Central Intelligence Agency, 30 Sep 2004.
Primary record
The problem of discerning WMD in Iraq is highlighted by the prewar misapprehensions of weapons, which were not there.
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