With protests against the Hussein regime growing in intensity all over Iraq, I am reminded of a time where America and Iraq almost went to war with each other in 2003.
After 9/11, the US invaded Afghanistan to remove the Taliban and Al-Qaeda from the country, but George W Bush always had Iraq in his sights. He perpetuated stories that Saddam Hussein was in league with Al-Qaeda and was in possession of weapons of mass destruction. His commanders were preparing for what they called Operation Enduring Freedom and the US was going around the world, calling for allies to assist them in the invasion.
However, on the eve of war, a group of hackers released a explosive cache of documents which revealed that the Bush administration was creating false evidence and taking documents out of context in order to support their plans for war. Any support that the invasion had evaporated and Bush never went ahead with it.
But what if the United States did invade Iraq in 2003?
After 9/11, the US invaded Afghanistan to remove the Taliban and Al-Qaeda from the country, but George W Bush always had Iraq in his sights. He perpetuated stories that Saddam Hussein was in league with Al-Qaeda and was in possession of weapons of mass destruction. His commanders were preparing for what they called Operation Enduring Freedom and the US was going around the world, calling for allies to assist them in the invasion.
However, on the eve of war, a group of hackers released a explosive cache of documents which revealed that the Bush administration was creating false evidence and taking documents out of context in order to support their plans for war. Any support that the invasion had evaporated and Bush never went ahead with it.
But what if the United States did invade Iraq in 2003?