The Iraq disarmament crisis was claimed as one of primary issues that led to the multinational invasion of Iraq on 20 March 2003.
Colin Powell holding a model vial of anthrax while giving a presentation to the United Nations Security Council
A UN weapons inspector in Iraq
Diagram of alleged Mobile Production Facility For Biological Agents, presented by Colin Powell before the United Nations.
George W. Bush addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations on 12 September 2002 to outline the complaints of the United States government against the Iraqi government
United Nations Security Council and the Iraq War
In March 2003 the United States government announced that "diplomacy has failed" and that it would proceed with a "coalition of the willing" to rid Iraq under Saddam Hussein of weapons of mass destruction the US and UK claimed it possessed. The 2003 invasion of Iraq began a few days later. Prior to this decision, there had been much diplomacy and debate amongst the members of the United Nations Security Council over how to deal with the situation. This article examines the positions of these states as they changed during 2002–2003.
Colin Powell holding a model vial of anthrax while giving a presentation to the United Nations Security Council
M1A1 Abrams pose for a photo in front of the "Hands of Victory" in Ceremony Square, Baghdad, Iraq.
