HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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Most Iraqis wanted Saddam Hussein to stay in power.
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Iraq is a poor country because they have no oil reserves.
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The Iraqis have not tried to form a government of their own.
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There are many religious and ethnic groups in Iraq who want power
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Detailed explanation-1: -Iraq’s alleged weapons of mass destruction, and programs to develop such weapons, posed a “threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region". Iraq’s “brutal repression of its civilian population".
Detailed explanation-2: -Saddam was overthrown in April 2003 following the US-led invasion of Iraq, and executed for crimes against humanity in 2006.
Detailed explanation-3: -Under Saddam’s regime which produced uniquely brutal oppressive apparatuses, both Shi’a and Kurds, majority of them excluded from power structure, developed narratives of victimhood.
Detailed explanation-4: -Most significantly, critics have assailed the U.S. and its allies for not devoting enough troops to the mission, not adequately planning for post-invasion Iraq, and for permitting and perpetrating widespread human rights abuses.