Canada and the Iraq War (1 jan 2003 ano – 31 dez 2003 ano)

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The Iraq War in Iraq started with the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq. The Government of Canada never formally proclaimed war against Iraq, and the level and quality of this participation, which changed over time, was doubtful. Earlier, Canada has participated in military action against Iraq in the Gulf War of 1991. However, it declined to declare war upon Iraq without United Nations permission. Indeed so, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien said on 10 October 2002 that Canada would, in fact, be part of a military coalition to invade Iraq if it were sanctioned by the United Nations. However, when the United States and the United Kingdom subsequently withdrew their diplomatic efforts to gain that UN sanction, Jean Chrétien announced in Parliament on 17 March 2003 that Canada would not cooperate in the continuing attack. Nevertheless, he offered the US and its soldiers his moral support. However, according to classified U.S. documents released by Wikileaks, a high-ranking Canadian official may have secretly promised to clandestinely support the invasion. Two days earlier, a quarter million people in Montreal had marched against the pending war. Important anti-war protests had taken place in several other Canadian cities.

Canada's relationship to the Iraq War that began in 2003 was unlike Canada's role in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan because it was far less direct. About a hundred Canadian exchange officers, on exchange to American units, participated in the invasion of Iraq. It has been reported that Canadian troops in the region numbered fewer than only three other participating countries. The War also influenced Canada in the form of demonstrations and counter-protests related to the conflict, and United States Military members who sought shelter in the country after deserting their posts to avoid deployment to Iraq—but who, unlike as with the Vietnam War, were mostly returned by Canada forthwith to the United States.

By Tahera

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