Duelfer Report
Duelfer Report
September 30th, 2004
In 2003, after the initial attack on Iraq, the Iraq Survey Group assembled for the purpose of finding WMD's to justify the United States reason for going to war. The Iraq Survey Group consisted US, British, and Australian officials who specialized in WMD's, intelligence investigations, and security details. Bush sent the United States army into Iraq because of potential nuclear weapons- no evidence given. Charles Duelfer was the leader of the Iraq Survey Group and produced a final report that contradicted the governments' reason for going into Iraq. Thus, Charles report created the Duelfer Report where the Iraq Survey Group detailed any WMD's in Iraq. The report stated that the group discovered that Iraq’s nuclear program ended in 1991 and their biological weapons program ended in 1995. The Survey Group also did not find any WMD’s, or any division of the Iraq government attempting to create WMD’s. It was concluded that Saddam Hussein had deceived the world into believing that he had WMD’s to ward off invaders, which ironically was the cause of the invasion. The group did discover that Saddam’s primary goal at the time was to lift UN sanctions on the nation and restabilize the economy, at which point he intended to re-establish the nuclear program. They collected this information in a final report, known as the “Duelfer report”, which was issued to the public. This news was met with varied responses. On one hand, it was perceived as good that the regime did not possess any WMD’s, but on the other hand, it meant that the primary purpose of the war to discover and destroy any WMD’s was pointless and an error. This angered many civilians and soldiers everywhere, who saw the entire war as a tragedy with no purpose and many consequences. Lastly, the Duelfer report revealed a devastating scandal that was overlooked until the report. Hussein developed an allied connection with other countries to illegally transport 11 billion dollars into Iraq. Hussein used the allies to locate and finance the imports of banned technology and services. In retrospect, the Duelfer report clearly stated that it was possible that Hussein planned to rebuild the nuclear programs that were discontinued, but no evidence found that possibility to be true. Finally, the report rebutted the Bush administration and government's decision and justification for invading Iraq.
September 30th, 2004
In 2003, after the initial attack on Iraq, the Iraq Survey Group assembled for the purpose of finding WMD's to justify the United States reason for going to war. The Iraq Survey Group consisted US, British, and Australian officials who specialized in WMD's, intelligence investigations, and security details. Bush sent the United States army into Iraq because of potential nuclear weapons- no evidence given. Charles Duelfer was the leader of the Iraq Survey Group and produced a final report that contradicted the governments' reason for going into Iraq. Thus, Charles report created the Duelfer Report where the Iraq Survey Group detailed any WMD's in Iraq. The report stated that the group discovered that Iraq’s nuclear program ended in 1991 and their biological weapons program ended in 1995. The Survey Group also did not find any WMD’s, or any division of the Iraq government attempting to create WMD’s. It was concluded that Saddam Hussein had deceived the world into believing that he had WMD’s to ward off invaders, which ironically was the cause of the invasion. The group did discover that Saddam’s primary goal at the time was to lift UN sanctions on the nation and restabilize the economy, at which point he intended to re-establish the nuclear program. They collected this information in a final report, known as the “Duelfer report”, which was issued to the public. This news was met with varied responses. On one hand, it was perceived as good that the regime did not possess any WMD’s, but on the other hand, it meant that the primary purpose of the war to discover and destroy any WMD’s was pointless and an error. This angered many civilians and soldiers everywhere, who saw the entire war as a tragedy with no purpose and many consequences. Lastly, the Duelfer report revealed a devastating scandal that was overlooked until the report. Hussein developed an allied connection with other countries to illegally transport 11 billion dollars into Iraq. Hussein used the allies to locate and finance the imports of banned technology and services. In retrospect, the Duelfer report clearly stated that it was possible that Hussein planned to rebuild the nuclear programs that were discontinued, but no evidence found that possibility to be true. Finally, the report rebutted the Bush administration and government's decision and justification for invading Iraq.