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Originally Posted by Bodyhammer86
Wrong, Clinton bombed Iraq in 1998 because Saddam kicked out the UN inspectors yet again, so obviously, they didn't stop asking to enter Iraq to inspect his weapons sites.
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On 15 December 1998, Richard Butler, the Executive Chairman of UNSCOM, reported to the Security Council that Iraq had failed to grant UNSCOM full and unconditional access to (at least) four sites in Iraq. In anticipation of the airstrikes that the US and UK governments were threatening, Butler ordered weapons inspectors to be withdrawn on the following day, December 16. Airstrikes - "Operation Desert Fox" - immediately followed.
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http://www.irak.be/ned/archief/exit_...ctors_1998.htm
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Iraq initially promised to cooperate with the U.N. Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM), and the United Nations expected that disarmament would proceed smoothly and wrap up quickly. Instead, Iraq watchers say, Iraq undermined and circumvented inspections from the beginning and continued to develop weapons of mass destruction. The inspectors were withdrawn in 1998.
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http://www.cfr.org/background/backgr...nspections.php
I'm not claiming Iraq was fully cooperative: I'm claiming that saying that a withdrawl of inspectors (in anticipation of air strikes) by the UN is different than Iraq "ceasing all cooperation".
The UN withdrew all inspectors: Iraq did not 'cease all cooperation'. That's like a guy taking his dick out of a girl and leaving the room, then saying 'she ceased fucking me'.