The Rationale Given for Attacking and Invading the Country of Iraq

question 25

Multiple Choice

The rationale given for attacking and invading the country of Iraq in 2003 was that

• A) the country possessed weapons of mass destruction, of various kinds, that could be used against the United States.
• B) Saddam Hussein had tried to have George W. Bush's father, the former president, assassinated.
• C) Iraq had been aiding al Qaeda since before the attacks in America.
• D) Iraq was one of the members of the "axis of evil" that was trying to take over the world.
• E) Iraq posed an imminent danger to the sovereignty of the state of Israel.

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