May i ask ...
 why is it any of your F@#$in' business who the US president is at any particular time ?
 You guys go on and on and on about the iraq war like it was some big F@#$ing deal 
1) we have found sarin, cyclosarin ( found by the polish military) , Mustard gas ( found by the danes, thank you denmark, remember you have a friend in america if you need it. ) rockets and motors that could deliver them, chemical warheads and artillery shells. and quite a bit more. 
2) the yellowcake thing ... iraq had more than 500 tonnes of the stuff, lets just say that greenpeace is pissed that the stuff got out somehow...  
 here is a snippet from the greenpeace.au site 
[snip]    Greenpeace radiation experts have found abandoned uranium 'yellowcake' and radioactive sources scattered across the community. Much of the material was looted from the facility by villagers who used it for house building and water and food storage. They did not realise the potential danger. In a week long survey, as well as the 'yellow cake' canister, Greenpeace uncovered: 
? radioactivity in a series of houses, including one source measuring 10,000 times above normal; 
? another source outside a 900 pupil primary school measuring 3,000 times above normal; 
? locals who are still storing radioactive barrels and lids in their houses; and 
? consistent and repeated stories of unusual sickness after coming into contact with material from the Tuwaitha plant. 
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http://www.greenpeace.org.au/media/pres … ws_id=1110then of course there is UNSCR 687
The F@#$ing UN wrote:
8.   Decides that Iraq shall unconditionally accept the destruction,
 removal, or rendering harmless, under international supervision, of:
      (a)  All chemical and biological weapons and all stocks of agents and all
 related subsystems and components and all research, development, support and
 manufacturing facilities;
      (b)  All ballistic missiles with a range greater than 150 kilometres and
 related major parts, and repair and production facilities;
      9.   Decides, for the implementation of paragraph 8 above, the following:
      (a)  Iraq shall submit to the Secretary-General, within fifteen days of
 the adoption of the present resolution, a declaration of the locations, amount
s
 and types of all items specified in paragraph 8 and agree to urgent, on-site
 inspection as specified below;
      (b)  The Secretary-General, in consultation with the appropriate
 Governments and, where appropriate, with the Director-General of the World
 Health Organization, within forty-five days of the passage of the present
 resolution, shall develop, and submit to the Council for approval, a plan
 calling for the completion of the following acts within forty-five days of suc
h
 approval:
      (i)  The forming of a Special Commission, which shall carry out immediate
           on-site inspection of Iraq's biological, chemical and missile
           capabilities, based on Iraq's declarations and the designation of an
y
           additional locations by the Special Commission itself;
     (ii)  The yielding by Iraq of possession to the Special Commission for
           destruction, removal or rendering harmless, taking into account the
           requirements of public safety, of all items specified under paragrap
h
           8 (a) above, including items at the additional locations designated
           by the Special Commission under paragraph 9 (b) (i) above and the
           destruction by Iraq, under the supervision of the Special Commission
,
           of all its missile capabilities, including launchers, as specified
           under paragraph 8 (b) above;
    (iii)  The provision by the Special Commission of the assistance and
           cooperation to the Director-General of the International Atomic
           Energy Agency required in paragraphs 12 and 13 below;
      10.  Decides that Iraq shall unconditionally undertake not to use,
 develop, construct or acquire any of the items specified in paragraphs 8 and 9
 above and requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Special
 Commission, to develop a plan for the future ongoing monitoring and
 verification of Iraq's compliance with this paragraph, to be submitted to the
 Security Council for approval within one hundred and twenty days of the passag
e
 of this resolution;
      11.  Invites Iraq to reaffirm unconditionally its obligations under the
 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of 1 July 1968;
      12.  Decides that Iraq shall unconditionally agree not to acquire or
 develop nuclear weapons or nuclear-weapons-usable material or any subsystems o
r
 components or any research, development, support or manufacturing facilities
 related to the above; to submit to the Secretary-General and the
 Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency within fifteen days
 of the adoption of the present resolution a declaration of the locations,
 amounts, and types of all items specified above; to place all of its
 nuclear-weapons-usable materials under the exclusive control, for custody and
 removal, of the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the assistance and
 cooperation of the Special Commission as provided for in the plan of the
 Secretary-General discussed in paragraph 9 (b) above; to accept, in accordance
 with the arrangements provided for in paragraph 13 below, urgent on-site
 inspection and the destruction, removal or rendering harmless as appropriate o
f
 all items specified above; and to accept the plan discussed in paragraph 13
 below for the future ongoing monitoring and verification of its compliance wit
h
 these undertakings;
      13.  Requests the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy
 Agency, through the Secretary-General, with the assistance and cooperation of
 the Special Commission as provided for in the plan of the Secretary-General in
 paragraph 9 (b) above, to carry out immediate on-site inspection of Iraq's
 nuclear capabilities based on Iraq's declarations and the designation of any
 additional locations by the Special Commission; to develop a plan for
 submission to the Security Council within forty-five days calling for the
 destruction, removal, or rendering harmless as appropriate of all items listed
 in paragraph 12 above; to carry out the plan within forty-five days following
 approval by the Security Council; and to develop a plan, taking into account
 the rights and obligations of Iraq under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation o
f
 Nuclear Weapons of 1 July 1968, for the future ongoing monitoring and
 verification of Iraq's compliance with paragraph 12 above, including an
 inventory of all nuclear material in Iraq subject to the Agency's verification
 and inspections to confirm that Agency safeguards cover all relevant nuclear
 activities in Iraq, to be submitted to the Security Council for approval withi
n
 one hundred and twenty days of the passage of the present resolution;
      14.  Takes note that the actions to be taken by Iraq in paragraphs 8, 9,
 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the present resolution represent steps towards the goal o
f
 establishing in the Middle East a zone free from weapons of mass destruction
 and all missiles for their delivery and the objective of a global ban on
 chemical weapons;
Iraq had 120 days we gave them 12 years because The UN was giving Hussein a $10,000,0000,000 blow job.