THE IRAQ LIBERATION ACT OF 1998, SIGNED BY PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
- March 19, 2013
Notable & Quotable
The Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, signed into law by President Bill Clinton, committed the U.S. to removing Saddam Hussein from power.
From the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, signed into law by President Bill Clinton, Oct. 31, 1998:
Since March 1996, Iraq has systematically sought to deny weapons inspectors from the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) access to key facilities and documents, has on several occasions endangered the safe operation of UNSCOM helicopters transporting UNSCOM personnel in Iraq, and has persisted in a pattern of deception and concealment regarding the history of its weapons of mass destruction programs. . . .
On August 14, 1998, President Clinton signed Public Law 105-235, which declared that ‘the Government of Iraq is in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations’ and urged the President ‘to take appropriate action, in accordance with the Constitution and relevant laws of the United States, to bring Iraq into compliance with its international obligations.’ . . .
It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime.
