This will then give U.S oil firms access to Iraq's oil resources. ... But the main reason the Bush administration gives for going to war with Iraq was that Saddam Hussein posses weapon of mass destruction. ... Weapons of mass destruction have not been found, yet the Bush administration is adamant they do exist. ... The fact that Madeline Albright believed Saddam Hussein was no threat is concrete evidence that there was no need for war and Bush's motives are oil motivated because she was after all the Defence Sectary just three years ago and if Saddam had weapons of mass destructio...

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If we get control of his oil we would rule the oil industry for as long as the earth lets us. This is true because we haven't even begun to tap into the United States oil supply. So if we use the rest of the worlds oil supply, then we can charge however much we want to the world to use our oil. ... Iraq is a big oil supply in the world and with out Saddam in power we can get their oil for a lot less price. ... Even the threat of those weapons justified our cause to get Sadam out of power because out of all our enemies he would be the first to actually use those weapons first. ...

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So it made oil soar high in price. ... In October,1998, Saddam failed to let the United Nations weapons inspectors in to inspect. ... Iraq claimed it destroyed all its biological weapons. ... Saddam successfully kept inspectors out of his country and made weapons that could kill thousands. In 2002, Saddam allows the United Nations weapons inspectors to return to Iraq. ...

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Saddam was believed to have "weapons of mass destruction" and George W. Bush believes Saddam Hussein will use these weapons against America. ... A reason that is often not stated is the US need for oil. The oil reserves in the US are running out and Iraq has the 2nd largest sources of oil. ... In order to achieve this result the US require control of Iraqi Oil. ...

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The White House says we should invade Iraq to keep Saddam Hussein from using weapons of mass destruction. But, during the 1990s UN weapons inspectors dismantled all of Iraq's major chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons facilities and destroyed nearly all of Iraq's weapons and long-range missiles. ... We should not wage a war for oil. ... Oil. Iraq has the second largest proven reserves of petroleum, and US oil companies, which exercise immense influence over the current administration, are eager to tap into Iraqi oil, which is wrong. ...

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Opposing reasons like the greed of oil, the millions of dollars, and if the war is still about terrorism. ... Looking on these opposing ideas, I think this war has nothing to do with the war on terrorism and that its basically for the huge natural resource of oil. ... Many weapon inspectors found that Iraq is no longer a threat of weapons of mass destruction to the United States. Ever since the war in the Gulf, these weapons have been found and destroyed. ... The significance of opposing the war will answer the question whether about the oil, the billions of dollars, and if the war is still a...

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So when Iraq makes aggressive military advances or comes into possession of weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. has to decide what response to make. ... Iraqi president Saddam Hussein declared that the invasion was a response to overproduction of oil in Kuwait, which had cost Iraq over 14 million dollars when oil prices fell. Saddam Hussein also accused Kuwait of illegally pumping oil from Iraq's Rumaila oil field. ... On August 7, U.S. troops moved into Saudi Arabia to protect Saudi oil reserves. ... President Bush has had several reasons for invading Iraq, but the main issue focusin...

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Why take their oil from them? ... The U.S. has no proof of Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. ... It is about the oil, the U.S. wants oil. Iraq is a well known country for its oil. It has the second largest reserves of petroleum, and US oil companies. ...

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Bush's administration lauched this war for two altrustic reasons: Iraq has extremely vialated the human rights, and Iraq threatened the international security with weapons of mass destruction. However, the facts in post-war Iraq tell us that either is there liberation for Iraqi people, nor have the weapons of mass destruction ever been found. However the key issue is the oil. ... (nightmare) The Iraqis' misery is getting worse because the country's agriculture is on the blinks of collapse: already 60% of Iraqi's 24.5 million people are dependent upon UN's oil-f...

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Fight for peace? Please? That's the biggest oxymoron I ever heard! Do you still believe that crap? Saddam Hussein is bad; Saddam Hussein will destroy the world? Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction, that's why we must destroy him before he destroys the world. Here's a little quote for G...

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Defiant to treaties made after the "Gulf War-, Iraq has continued to stockpile weapons of mass destruction. ... Hussein's régime biological weapons have been created and even tested on his own people. ... Hussein is put to death, so he will not hesitate to put his weapons to global use. ... It is claimed that a war with Iraq is a ploy to control the world's oil supply, never has a more laughable claim been made. Not once has the President nor any of his staff made any claims about a concern over the control of oil in the middle east. ...

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Saddam has been developing weapons of mass destruction and is willing to use them if it becomes necessary. ... Even though he isn't connected to the recent terrorist attacks, he is developing weapons of mass destruction that can be used to terrorize nations. I feel that this is why the focus is on Iraq, because powerful weapons can do much more damage than someone hijacking a plane. I don't think that this is a personal issue(Saddam's attempt to assassinate his father in 1993) or a big issue over oil, this is an issue about disarming a man who uses his power to destroy the liv...

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Then in June 1, 1972 he nationalized all of the oil companies located in Iraq. ... He attacked the oil-reserves in Iran. ... In October he failed to comply with the U.N. weapons inspectors, so it led to a four-day bombing raid by the U.S. ... The U.S. began to initiate a plan to overthrow him in 2002 and he allows the U.N. weapons inspectors to return to Iraq to search for biological or chemical weapons. ... He also told him that Iraq does not have any weapons that go against UN resolutions. ...

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Insofar as "no blood for oil," it is the stated goal of the Bush administration to allow Iraq to retain control of its oil deposits, without the US being involved. ... It should be noted as well that the US had the opportunity to claim Iraqi oil fields in 1991, and chose not to. ... Also, resultant of an effort to devestate America's economy, what is preventing Hussein from supplying terrorist organizations with chemical or biological weapons? ... In a famous example, UN inspectors were alerted in 1995 to extremely high quantities of previously unsuspected weapons programs being de...

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To stress that Iraq threatened the peace and prosperity of the US, he claimed that Saddam Hussein harbored Weapons of Mass Destruction and that America had to act accordingly. ... Terry Anderson states in his book: "One reality in Iraq that everyone can agree on was that the nation had enormous proven oil reserves. Before the war, the United States bought nearly one quarter of its imported oil from the Persian Gulf, including about $10 billion annually from Saddam. ... Negligent of the clear facts, the Bush Administration refused to acknowledge that oil played as a factor in the Iraqi military...

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The entire war was started based on claims by Iraqi defectors and moles the Central Intelligence Agency had within Iraq that Iraq was in possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD's). ... The claim that Iraq possessed WMDs was based on information from a CIA informant who presented evidence to the CIA that Iraq possessed biological weapons. ... When the war had begun, the price of oil per barrel was under 25 dollars. However, by the end of the war in 2011, the oil per barrel price had increased to 140 dollars per barrel. ... Many countries consider Iraq a threat because Iraq has admit...

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It is not a war for oil, or a war against religion. ... His soldiers carried out the order using both conventional and chemical weapons. ... Although there is disagreement as to whether or not such weapons exist, Saddam has already proven his willingness to use them. During U.N. debates, the U.S. attempted to prove that Saddam was in possession of such weapons. ... Additionally, the support of other countries proves unsupportive of the idea that the United States entered the war for oil alone. ...

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Using the new technology of the steam engine in the early 19th century, and the recent use of the internal combustion engine, society has found itself able to exploit the energy locked in such fossil fuels as coal, oil and gas. ... Point sources which include chemical plants, steel mill, oil refineries, power plants, and hazardous waste incinerators literally emit tons of pollutants and toxins into the atmosphere. ... The government squanders billions of dollars in the research and development of sophisticated weaponry and in doing so puts millions of individuals at risk of becoming infected ...

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This war caused Iraq to start selling increasing quantities of oil to the United States, and at a discount. ... Stark, a navy frigate, was accidental and overlooked Saddam's use of chemical weapons against Iranian troops and against Iraqi Kurds during the Anfal. 1990s In 1990, when Iraq invaded its tiny, oil-rich neighbor, Kuwait, U.S. and Iraq relations broke down. ... As Saddam survived several containment attempts, and as the containment regime-sanctions, weapons, inspections, and no-fly zones-stayed in place for far longer than expected, Iraq figured out how to get around the...

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The UN's intentions were to prevent Iraq from acquiring dangerous weapons of mass destruction, whether it be by lack of supplies or money. ... It's scary to think about a country that has used deadly biological and nuclear weapons before having the ability to obtain such materials to make and use these types of weapons again (Williams 2). Even though the United States and the United Nations would be basically saving the people of Iraq from all starving to death, there is probably not one person in the world who wouldn't doubt that these weapons of mass destruction would be use...

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In 2003, America entered Iraq upon Saddam Hussein declaring possession of weapons of mass destruction. ... However, if America's true intentions were to secure western oil access, many would deem the cause to be unjust. ...

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The main and most famous of these planted ideas was that Iraq possessed both chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction making it necessary to disarm the country in order to maintain the world peace. However, in more than 700 inspections conducted by the UN in the country none of these 'powerful' weapons were found. ... Apparently, the only beneficiaries of the war were the world's major oil companies, which acquired the right to exploit Iraqi oil for many decades, and the U.S., which further ensured its control of one of the largest oil reserves in the world, besides...

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Not to mention the 150 billion dollars on aid and weapons. ... It also made oil prices in the U.S. skyrocket as Iraqi soldiers set fire to most of Kuwait's oil wells being that Kuwait was one of the world's biggest suppliers of oil. ...

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He also stated to his people after first day of offensive they gunned down 60 aircraft allied forces only reported 8 He also used some dirty tactics in the war dumped 200,000 barrels a day into the Persian Gulf creating the worst ever oil related ecological disaster the spill spanned 240 sq. mi. ... He has a large army again and has even threatened to use them again Oct. 1994 he mounted 64,000 troops including 2 republican guards on the Kuwaiti boarder to the UN it looked as if we were going to war again but it was just a threat UN search teams have not found all his weapons o...

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Subsequently a decision was made to go after Iraq as one country that could use its vast oil wealth to finance terrorist activities. ... Bush also claimed that Hussein was in possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), a clear violation of UN Security Council resolution 1441. Bush was threatening to impose a war on Hussein unless he surrendered these weapons. ... Many people suspected that Iraq's oil was one of the main motives of going to war and did not think it was worth the consequences. ... As of yet there have been no Weapons of Mass Destruction uncovered, confirming that there...

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