Iraq: U.S. Military Operations

Abstract

Iraq's chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons programs, together with Iraqi long-range missile development and support for terrorism, were the primary justifications put forward for military action. On March 17, 2003 President Bush issued an ultimatum demanding that Saddam Hussein and his sons depart from Iraq within 48 hours. On March 19, offensive operations began with air strikes against Iraqi leadership positions. By April 15, after 27 days of operations, coalition forces were in relative control of all major Iraqi cities and Iraqi political and military leadership had disintegrated. On May 1, President Bush declared an end to major combat operations. There was no use of chemical or biological (CB)weapons, and no CB weapons stockpiles have been found.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 02, 2003
Accession Number
ADA476244

Entities

People

  • Steve Bowman

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Combat Operations
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Operations
  • International Relations
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Law
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Persian Gulf War
  • Personnel Management
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security