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Use of Military Force to Disarm Iraq

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American Journal of International Law , Volume 97 , Issue 2 , April 2003 , pp. 419 - 432
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3 SC Res. 1441, paras. 2–3.

4 Id., para. 13.

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78 See S. Con. Res. 31 (2003); H.R. Con. Res. 118 (Mar. 27, 2003).

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103 SC Res. 1472 (Mar. 28, 2003). Beginning in 1996, the oil-for-food program permitted Iraq to export its oil and to use the proceeds to pay for food, medicine, and other humanitarian goods. Under the program, the Iraqi government operated an extensive program for distributing food and medicine. The program, which was subject to UN monitoring, fed more than half of Iraq’s population. For the initial Security Council resolution authorizing the oil-for-food program, see SC Res. 986 (Apr. 14, 1995); see also <http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/>.

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