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Weapons of Mass Destruction
History of USA
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| | 1997 | Clinton, William Jefferson Bill | |
| 3rd Nov Iraq Expels US Weapons Inspectors, President Clinton denounces the action but refrains from military response
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| 14th Nov Clinton sends Carrier in Warning to Iraq, dispatches George Washington and four other ships to join the Nimitz in Persian Gulf as further sign that the US is prepared to act to prevent Iraq from developing ability to use chemical or biological weopons
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| 20th Nov Clinton welcomes Saddam Hussein's decision to back down and allow UN inspectors to resume search for weapons of mass destruction
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| 2002 | Bush, George Walker | |
| 11th Oct Authority to attack Iraq if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein does not give up his weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and abide by previous UN resolutions on human rights, POWs, and terrorism
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| 2003 | Bush, George Walker | |
| Despite the discovery of chemicals that are part of legitimate industrial use & could be possibly used as potential components of WMD, no actual weapons of mass destruction are found
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| 20th Mar Prior to the invasion, the USA.index.html title="History of USA">United States' official position was that Iraq was in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1441 regarding weapons of mass destruction and had to be disarmed by force
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