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The UN along with many other countries of the world refused to give their mandate to ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’? Elucidate their stand. 

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On 19th March 2003, the US launched its invasion of Iraq under the codename operation Iraqi freedom. More than 40 other countries joined in the US coalition of the willing after the UN refused to give its mandate to the invasion. They did not support the invasion on the following grounds: 

a. After the invasion, no traces Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) were found in Iraq. Even after the death of Saddam Hussein, his links with Al-Qaeda have not been proved. 

b. The US wanted to establish its control over Iraqi Oil fields since Iraq was the second largest oil producing country in the world. It also wanted to establish a puppet regime in Iraq to fulfill its foreign policy objective.



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