War In Iraq Facts

Iraq is a Muslim Arab country. Iraq is the third largest producer of the oil. Due to the energy needs of the world the importance of the Iraq is obvious. In 20, March 2003 the Iraq was invaded by the allied forces or multinational forces. This military campaign was led by the United States of America. This war is also called as the second gulf war or the operation Iraqi freedom.

The war in Iraq facts is that the United States and United Kingdom deceived the world with the false allegation that the Iraq is preparing weapons of mass destruction and these weapons are dangerous to them and for their regional allies’ security. Before the war the United Nation Security Council passed a resolution 1441 in which UN urged the Iraqi government to fully co-operate with the UN weapon inspectors to verify their statement that they do not have weapons of mass destruction.  The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission nullified the allegations of the United States and the United Kingdom. After the invasion the US led Iraq survey group summarized that the Iraq ended his weapon of mass destruction program in 1991 and has no active such kind of program at the time of the invasion and but assumed with the assumption that he might want to start this program as the sanction on the Iraq lifted. This was the main reason of the invasion and along with this they also accused that the Iraqi government is supporting al-Qaeda, without giving any solid proof. And another reason of the invasion was that the Iraqi government is supporting the so called Palestinian militants and that the human rights abuses and they want democracy in the country.

The war in Iraq facts is that more than 650,000 people were killed and more than 1 million people were injured due to this war. And another war in Iraq fact is that the Iraq is the third major producer of the oil and there are long queues on the petrol. There is electricity load shedding and there is no basic health facilities for the Iraqi people and more than 30 % of Iraqi are living below the poverty line. Before the war the situation was not that much grief and there was a strong belt of the middle class which is now shrinking. Iraq is now in the civil war and there is the problem of sectarianism. Due to this war US economy also suffers a great deal of the burden. The estimated cost of this war is about 3 trillion.