<![CDATA[Memo: Bush Set On Iraq Invasion In Jan. 2003...Predicted Violence Between Religious And Ethnic Groups Was Unlikely...]]>

1.0 link 17934 <![CDATA[Memo: Bush Set On Iraq Invasion In Jan. 2003...Predicted Violence Between Religious And Ethnic Groups Was Unlikely...]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/03/26/memo-bush-set-on-iraq-inv_n_17934.html In the weeks before the United States-led invasion of Iraq, as the United States and Britain pressed for a second United Nations resolution condemning Iraq, President Bush's public ultimatum to Saddam Hussein was blunt: Disarm or face war.

But behind closed doors, the president was certain that war was inevitable. During a private two-hour meeting in the Oval Office on Jan. 31, 2003, he made clear to Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain that he was determined to invade Iraq without...

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