Why was the invasion of Iraq so controversial?

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Why was Iraq so controversial?

        The Iraq context began in 2002 when the United Nations (U.N.) security council of 15 states unanimously supported Iraq’s disarmament as an obligation and required a U.N. weapons inspection of Baghdad but was not explicitly in favour of military action. The United States of America (U.S.A.) Sectary of State Colin Powell presented evidence to the U.N. supporting Iraq possessions of Weapons of Mass Destruction (W.M.D.). In the United Kingdom (U.K.), Blair’s Parliament House of Commons statement identifies the threat of Iraq as existing and potentially active within 45 minutes. Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix monitors Iraq weapons supplies January 2003, and there was no clear evidence of W.M.D. found. Blix requested more time for further inspection that was supported by Russia, France and Germany, but the U.S. indicate intention to begin military action March 2003.

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        Due to this, there was a division of attitudes internationally and nationally about Iraq, the U.N. permanent members of the Security Council known as the “P.5” were split. The U.S.A. commencement of military action, supported by the U.K. preceded a second U.N. resolution as it took place before the U.N. concluded its view on W.M.D., thus other P.5 members were unwilling to support military action prior to Blix’s assessment, and Blix’s team were unable to finish their inspection. Consequently a major split in international opinion was established by U.S.A. and U.K. with Spain at first for the invasion and ...

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