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The End Game: Removing Sanctions in Iraq

Removing Sanctions in Iraq

May 2003 – This report provides a brief overview of some of the issues associated with the lifting of UN sanctions in Iraq. It also notes that sanctions termination will be necessary in order to clarify procedures for the resumption of Iraqi oil exports and to remove trade and investment…

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Contested Case: Do the Facts Justify the Case for War in Iraq?

Do the Facts Justify the Case for War in Iraq

March 2003 – This report examines the key questions being asked by the international community regarding the justification provided for the invasion of Iraq and engaging in regime transition via war in Iraq. The report employs data from a series of earlier reports as it classifies…

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Grading Iraqi Compliance

Grading Iraqi Compliance

March 2003 – The U.S. and other governments contend that the United Nations disarmament process in Iraq is not working, and that Iraq has been in continued defiance of Security Council resolutions since the end of the war to liberate Kuwait in 1991.  This report presents an objective…

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The Progress of UN Disarmament in Iraq: An Assessment Report

The Progress of UN Disarmament in Iraq

January 2003 – This report provides an assessment of the intensive inspection activity of UN weapons monitors in Iraq, which was mandated in Security Council Resolution 1441 in 2002. Issued just after the January 27 update to the Security Council on UN inspections provided by chief…

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