US Involvement in Iraq- Deadly Chemical Weapons

Posted by Michelle Friedman in American History - Jonas - C on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 8:38 am

The United States troops and the Central Intelligence Agency have worked together to secretly purchase and remove all illegal and dangerous chemical weapons from Iraq. The United Nations began investigating the weapons that Iraq produced for the Gulf War during 1990-1991. When the United States took military action against Iraq, everything seemed normal until troops started coming across old, corroding, and volatile chemical weapons. In 2005 a secret operation (Operation Avarice) began and the CIA and US troops were able to purchase and remove over 400 weapons. Today, we do not know why Operation Avarice was kept secret from regular troops nor do we know many more details of the operation.

Comments (5)

Isabella Blackwell

Your topic is very interesting! Your infographic is very organized.

Shaion Denny

I think it is interesting to think that the government could go behind our backs and buy dangerous things without our knowledge.

Shaion Denny

Cool project. Great information!

Kevin Le

I liked your infographic. I learned so much about Iraq and about operation avarice. I like how the color coordination of your infographic. It was a long infographic but in the end there was a lot of information to portray so I guess it was okay.

Joie Nearn

Great topic!