Transcription of Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results ...
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Order Code RL34387. Operation Iraqi freedom : strategies , approaches , Results , and Issues for Congress Updated March 28, 2008. Catherine Dale Specialist in International Security Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Operation Iraqi freedom : strategies , approaches , Results , and Issues for Congress Summary Operation Iraqi freedom (OIF) was launched on March 20, 2003. The immediate goal, as stated by the Bush Administration, was to remove the regime, including destroying its ability to use weapons of mass destruction or to make them available to terrorists. The broad, longer-term objective included helping Iraqis build a new Iraq that is prosperous and free. 1 In October 2002, Congress had authorized the President to use force against Iraq, to defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq, and to enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq.
in focus, the character of the war has evolved from major combat operations to a multifaceted counter-insurgency and reconstruction effort. The next major marker in the development of U.S. Iraq strategy and practice is likely to be the update reports to the Congress from U.S. Ambassador to …
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