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AP Government Reaction Paper: The Invasion of Iraq When it comes to which sets of facts that I think sparked the invasion of Iraq, it would have to be the conclusion that I derived from the Frontline film. Throughout the movie, it’s constantly reiterated that the war’s most crucial information came from the leader of the INS or Iraqi National Congress. This man’s name was Mr. Chalabi. He was a long time exile of Iraq and was highly used to gather the current and best information on Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. It’s been noted that Chalabi was known to visit the U.S.’s intelligence committee once every other month! Although this information was easily accessible, an attack on Iraq wasn’t very feasible until the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001. Legislation then used this as an opportunity to show America that we can wait too long before taking up matters of Terrorist issues. But once this tragic event did occur, the State Department launched the “Future of Iraq” project in 2002. Meanwhile, the Pentagon was hard at work trying to build a war case against Iraq. Long before the 9/11, huge debates were argued of whether or not Saddam Hussein was harboring chemical and biological weapons or agents and producing weapons of mass destruction. That fact was also tied into the reason for liberating the country of Iraq.
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