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THE WAR IN IRAQ:
HOW DID WE GET THERE?
Team A: “The Pirates”
Abdul Smith
Andrea Jones
David Gowdy
Felycia Richardson
THE SLIPPERY SLOPE
While the war on terror is
necessary to protect our
country from future
terrorist attacks, the
President misled
Congress, citizens of the
United States, and the
entire WORLD to justify
the use military forces in
Iraq.
AGENDA
The September 11th attack
on America
President Bush’s
Justification for war
CIA’s official report on the
weapons of mass
destruction
The flow of oil from the
middle east and its
relationship to the war
THE DAY THAT SHOOK
AMERICA
On September 11th, the U.S.
was the victim of a terrorist
attack.
President Bush vowed to hunt
down and punish those
responsible
THE FOCUS SHIFTS TO
IRAQ
October 7, 2002, President Bush
gave a speech outlining the Iraqi
threat
The September 11th attack was
used as a springboard into the
justification of the war.
President Bush claims to know
that Iraq has weapons of mass
destruction
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION:
TRUE OR NOT TRUE?
• April 25, 2005, the CIA’s top weapons inspector in
Iraq said the hunt for weapons of mass destruction
has found nothing.
• The report states that while they do not have proof
of WMD, Iraq “probably” has various dangerous
weapons including chemical ammunitions.
• The report states that Iraq could potentially set up
remote facilities to avoid detection or upgrade
current facilities to produce the components
necessary for the production of nerve agents
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SUMMARY
• The purpose of the War in Iraq is to
remove a potential threat to the United
States and to secure the flow of foreign
oil.
REFERENCES
The Associated Press, (2008). CIA’s final report: No WMD found in
Iraq. Retrieved September 5, 2008, from http://www.msnbc.msn.co
m/id/7634313/
Defense Intelligence Agency (2002), Iraq - Key WMD Facilities - An
Operational Support Study. Retrieved September 5, 2008 from
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB80/wmd12.pdf
Bush G.W, (2002). President Bush Outlines Iraqi Threat. The White
House. Retrieved September 6, 2008, from http://www.whitehouse.g
ov/news/releases/2002/10/20021007-8.html
Socrates.berkeley.edu, (2003). BUSH'S DEEP REASONS FOR WAR
ON IRAQ: OIL, PETRODOLLARS, AND THE OPEC EURO
QUESTION. Retrieved September 6, 2008,
from http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~pdscott/iraq.html