# Iraq and UN resolution 1441 **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 25, 2004, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-and-un-resolution-1441/225958 "2004-01-25T05:11:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-and-un-resolution-1441/225958/5 "2004-01-26T20:07:54Z")
Yes, I think Iraq was in violation of 1441. Along with prior resolutions, it required Iraq to document what happened to all its WMD. It never did. Now, I seriously wonder if it would ever be possible for any country to document what happened to all its WMD. (Note, for example, that there’s a neighborhood in North West Washington, DC where WWI-era chemical weapons were buried, and their contents leaking into the soil – I seriously doubt that the Army documented the burying of CW in that neighborhood!) Nonetheless, I think Saddam took it a step further by trying to screw with the UN weapons inspectors in a variety of ways. Not that any of this made it okay for the US to go off on its own and start a war, of course. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-and-un-resolution-1441/225958)._