This CRS report provides information and analysis with respect to the 2003 war with Iraq, If war or its aftermath leads to a spike in the price of oil,Įconomic growth could slow, but oil prices have fluctuated widely during the conflict to date.Ĭonceivably, global oil production could increase significantly after the war. Of the cost of a war in Iraq vary widely. With respect to launching a pre-emptive war against Iraq and the prospective occupation. International legal issues remain, however, The Iraq war has created concerns over the humanitarian situation, particularly in BaghdadĪnd other cities affected by the war, but large-scale refugee flows have not occurred.Ĭonstitutional issues concerning a possible war with Iraq were largely resolved by theĮnactment of P.L. Middle East, or promote instability and an intensification of anti-U.S. Overthrow of Iraq President Saddam Hussein will lead to democratization in Iraq and the wider plans for post-war governance of Iraq are just starting to be implemented,Īnd the role of the United Nations in administering Iraq, if any, is still under debate. 107-243 ).Īnalysts and officials are concerned about the risk of instability and ethnic fragmentation in national security against the threat posed by Iraq and to enforceĪll relevant U.N. In October 2002, Congress authorized the President to use the armed forces Skeptics, including many foreign critics, maintained that theĪdministration was exaggerating the Iraq threat and argued that the U.N. Resolutions requiring that it fully declare and eliminate its weapons of mass destruction (WMD).įurther delay in taking action against Iraq, they argued, would have endangered national security and The Administration and its supporters assert that Iraq was in defiance of 17 Security Council The inspections process be allowed more time. However, leaders of France, Germany, Russia, and China urged that
Prime Minister Tony Blair repeatedly indicated that Iraq had little time left to offer full cooperation militaryīuildup in the Persian Gulf intensified and President Bush, other top U.S. Obligations" or "face serious consequences." During January and February 2003, a U.S. In November 2002, the United Nations Security Council hadĪdopted Resolution 1441, giving Iraq a final opportunity to "comply with its the disarmament troops entered Iraq, all major Iraqi population centers had been brought Given Saddam an ultimatum to leave the country or face military conflict. Saddam Hussein and top lieutenants were believed to be meeting. The Iraq war was launched on March 19, 2003, with a strike against a location where Iraqi
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