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Dick Cheney, Controversial Vice President To George W. Bush, Passes Away At 84

Cheney’s warnings about Iraq’s alleged weapons of mass destruction and supposed ties to al Qaeda played a major role in the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.

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China drone boffin loses visa appeal over weapons claim

A doctoral candidate has fought a multi-year battle to study in Australia after being accused of links to China's military and weapons of mass destruction.

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North Korean IT workers are spamming tech firms with fake résumés. One founder says he came up with 'a foolproof way' of weeding them out

Trained North Korean engineers are getting legitimate jobs in tech to fund their country’s weapons of mass destruction program.

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Australia kept quiet about early deployment of forces ahead of Iraq war, cabinet papers show

The Howard government sent military personnel to the Middle East well before officially authorising Australia’s involvement

The Guardian - AU

Howard confronts Iraq War call as documents unearthed

Previously secret documents show concerns over a wheat scandal derailing Australia's commercial interests and plans to reshape Iraq as a free-market haven.

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In Cyprus, officials from Algeria to Iraq train to keep WMD from crossing their borders

A small facility in Cyprus is hosting senior government officials from as far as Algeria, Iraq and Georgia for training by top U.S. experts to prevent the kinds of materials used to build weapons of mass destruction from crossing their borders

The Independent UK

Russian National Accused Of Making Weapons OF Mass Destruction In Philadelphia Home

Officials responding to a house fire found 50 pounds of explosives, enough to have 'leveled the entire block of homes.'

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Why not knowing what to do isn’t always a bad thing for leaders

In 2002, after a Pentagon news briefing, the then US secretary of defence Donald Rumsfeld was widely ridiculed for his thoughts about knowledge. Discussing the issue of whether Iraq was supplying weapons of mass destruction to terrorists, he said:

The Conversation

Russia vetos UN resolution to prevent nuclear arms race in space

Moscow described the security council resolution, which would have called on countries not to deploy weapons of mass destruction in outer space, a ‘dirty spectacle’

The Guardian - AU

Australia went to war in Iraq based on ‘oral reports’ to cabinet from John Howard

Cabinet papers from 2003 show there was no formal submission before decision was taken to join US-led ‘coalition of the willing’

The Guardian - AU

Mayorkas warns of dangers to the US if it loses tools to block terrorists from using drones and WMD

The U.S. government is at risk of losing key tools for preventing terrorists from using drones, chemicals or weapons of mass destruction if Congress doesn’t take action soon

The Independent UK

Iran Capable Of Producing Nuclear Weapon In Less Than Two Weeks, U.S. Defense Report Warns

U.S. Dept of Defense's 2023 Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction highlights concerns over Iran's nuclear capacity.

Zenger

Biden vows to lead by example on curbing weapons of mass destruction

President castigates Putin regime for ‘shredding longstanding arms control agreements’ and making the ‘world less safe’

The Guardian - US

Vietnam on financial grey list over weapons-proliferation risks

HANOI: Vietnam was added to the watch list of the FATF international financial crime watchdog, which said the nation has nonetheless committed to proving it effectively prevents the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

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The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson spins new conspiracy on Trump’s arrest as his new Twitter rant defies Fox threat

Former Fox News host says Trump ‘sealed his fate’ for branding DC insiders ‘liars’ over invasion

The Independent UK

Twenty years on, reflection and regret on 2002 Iraq war vote

The October 2002 votes in the House and Senate to authorize war with Iraq were grave moment in American history that would have reverberations for decades

France 24

Mohamed ElBaradei: 'The Iraq war was about regime change, not WMDs'

Mohamed ElBaradei was director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1997 until 2009. In an interview with FRANCE 24, he reflected on the US-led invasion of Iraq 20 years ago this week, which he opposed. "If I now look in hindsight, it was not really about weapons…

The Week

How the Iraq war started

“Our mission is clear,” declared president George W. Bush following the ground invasion of Iraq on 20 March 2003: “to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction [WMDs], to end Saddam Hussein’s support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people”.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Commemorating a one-day anniversary doesn't substitute for a lifetime of lessons learned

For the next eight years, America will be commemorating the 20-year anniversaries of the ill-fated decision to invade Iraq. March 20, 2003 was only the beginning of the killing and maiming of tens of thousands — American troops and Iraqis alike. The reverberations of that war, based on a Bush…

The Independent UK

So where were they, Mr Blair? How The Independent exposed the lie of Saddam’s WMD and the justification for an illegal war

The Independent titles vigorously opposed the Iraq war long before others saw the error of their support: Then-editor Tristan Davies reveals how, one month into the conflict, The Independent on Sunday became the first to highlight the failure to find weapons of mass destruction

The Independent UK

Twenty years on: The shocking numbers behind the Iraq war

Trillion-dollar war. Hundreds of thousands dead. Zero weapons of mass destruction. Maryam Zakir-Hussain reports on the numbers behind the war

Asharq Al-Awsat

Abu Al-Ragheb: King Abdullah Warned Bush against Opening Gates of Hell in Iraq

Former Jordanian Prime Minister Ali Abu Al-Ragheb revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat, and for the first time, the behind-the-scenes dealings related to the build up of the US invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Jordan had repeatedly warned decision-makers in the West that chaos would reign in Iraq should the invasion…

Daily Mirror

'I was there in Iraq 20 years ago - the invasion left behind violence and chaos'

The Mirror's Chris Hughes covered the invasion of Iraq, launched under claims that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, which were later proved to be false

The Independent UK

The road to war in Iraq: Bush, Blair, intelligence failures and the lying game

From dud intelligence to dire warnings, the failures of the infamous dossier making the case for war are examined by World Affairs Editor Kim Sengupta

The Guardian - UK

War, insurgency, IS and instability: Iraq since the 2003 US invasion

Key events in Iraq since US-led forces invaded to oust Saddam Hussein 20 years ago

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