Iraq War
2003MajorContested
A U.S.-led invasion topples Saddam Hussein.
Contested history
Consensus: The U.S. and allies invaded Iraq in 2003, citing weapons of mass destruction.
Iraq had no active WMD stockpilesEstablished
The Iraq Survey Group (Duelfer Report, 2004) found none.
The intelligence was a genuine failureDebated by scholars
The Senate and Robb-Silberman reports found major analytic failures.
The intelligence was deliberately exaggeratedDebated by scholars
Critics point to selective use of weak sources; this remains contested.
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