HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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Inspectors from America would control elections for a new president
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Inspectors from the UN would come into Iraq to look for WMDs
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Inspectors from the Ottoman Empire would partition Iraqś land
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Inspectors from OPEC would limit the amount of oil Iraq could sell
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to the peace terms that Hussein subsequently accepted, Iraq would recognize Kuwait’s sovereignty and get rid of all its weapons of mass destruction (including nuclear, biological and chemical weapons).
Detailed explanation-2: -In the early 2000s, U.S. President George W. Bush and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair both asserted that Saddam Hussein’s weapons programs were still actively building weapons and that large stockpiles of WMDs were hidden in Iraq.
Detailed explanation-3: -Authorized use of force against Iraq to “uphold and implement resolution 660 and all subsequent resolutions and to restore international peace and security in the area". Cuba and Yemen voted against the resolution while China abstained.
Detailed explanation-4: -The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems could have incalculable consequences for national, regional and global security.
Detailed explanation-5: -For Iraq, the overthrow of Saddam Hussein’s repressive regime cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, displaced and wounded millions more, and wrought widespread destruction. In the years after the invasion, codenamed Operation Iraqi Freedom, debate persisted about its purpose.