irak

«          After   the end  of the 1    st      Gulf  War      a mandate  was sent,  it was called  the “United   Nations Security Council Resolution”. This mandate stipulated that all Iraq weapons:   missiles, chemical, biological and nuclear weapons were destroyed. In 1998 the US signed  a political act where  they asked  for a change  in government   in   Iraq.

  With   the   Act   the   CIA   spent   8   million   dollars   per   year   to   try   to   remove   Saddam Hussein from power. When George W. Bush (Jr.) won the elections in 2001   there were more and more chances for a war in Iraq.

 Bush accused  Iraq of making   and   keeping   weapons   of   mass   destruction.

  Iraq   denied   this   by   saying   they   didn’t   develop any weapons of mass destruction.       After   the   attack   of   September   2001,   Georges   W.

  Bush   decided   to   go   to   War   against   Iraq,   suspecting   Hussein   to   have   close   ties   with   Al   Qaeda.

    So   the   US   provided an input to the Iraq war. The official reasons for this war were that Iraq was   supporting   the   extremist   movement:   AL   Qaeda.

  So   this   war   was   all   about   fighting   against terrorism. Georges Bush also thought, and this because of Iraqi informants,   and   intelligence   services,   that   Saddam   Hussein   was   helping   and   protecting   terrorists. In  document B  the New York Times talks about possible Iraqi connections   with terrorism (l:3) and Iraqi informants (l:18­10). But as it is said at then end of   doc   B :   “the   Times   never   followed   up   on   the   veracity   of   this   source”.

  The   other   main   motivation   for   war   was   the   will   to   suppress   all   weapons   of   mass   destruction   that   were supposed to be in Iraq, as chemical weapons and munitions.        Moreover many stakes were recalled by representatives and then by the media.

  Those were political, humanitarian, economic and anti­terrorists stakes. The   political   stakes   would   come   under   the   set   up   of   a   new   power   in   Iraq.

  The   countries   involved   in   the   war   had   to   set   up   a   transitional   government,   to   arouse   a   democracy. The humanitarian stake would be to unite and stabilize Iraq and help the   population. The suppression of weapons of mass destruction was to be the military   stake. And of course suppress every allies of Al Qaeda. Those reasons were at first enough to  convince many countries to get involved in the   Iraq war.      ( b­         Implication of UK: a special relationship)    It   was   first   said   that   the   British   government   followed   the   Americans   because   of   Blair’s convictions, furnishing a way of “paying the price” for Blair and Bush’ “special   relationship”.

  After   the   attacks   of   September   2001,   this   helped   Washington   and   London to establish and develop a threat perception of Iraq.  The   Iraq   policy   of   John   Major’s   preceding   government   became   Blair’s   inheritance.

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