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The War In Iraq A Legal Analysis 2010 eBook Naval War College

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On March 20, 2003, after a year of very dramatic public discourse concerning
the appropriate response to Iraq’s continuing violation of its international
obligations under numerous UN Security Council resolutions, the United
States, together with the United Kingdom and a coalition of “willing” partners, including Australia, Denmark and Poland, launched Operation Iraqi Freedom
(OIF). OIF commenced the military operations intended to eliminate Saddam
Hussein’s regime and the specter of his use of weapons of mass destruction. From
OIF’s inception, and continuing through the next six years of military operations
spanning invasion, occupation and restoration of Iraqi sovereignty, the meaning,
application and viability of the law of armed conflict were repeatedly tested.
Following its tradition of the in-depth study and teaching on the manner in
which the law impacts military operations, the Naval War College hosted a conference entitled “The War in Iraq A Legal Analysis.”

The conference was envisioned as a companion colloquium to the Experts Workshop hosted by the Naval War College the previous June entitled “The War in Afghanistan A Legal Analysis.”

By the time of the June 2009 conference, events in Iraq had sufficiently progressed to begin developing an objective assessment of what had transpired. The conference
brought together distinguished international law scholars and practitioners to examine international and operational law issues that arose throughout the various
phases of the Iraq conflict.