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November 2002-March 2003: Officials Say US Ready to Invade Iraq Unilaterally

Top US officials and policy advisers make repeated statements warning that the US is ready to unilaterally invade Iraq if the UN fails to back the use of military force. [Daily Telegraph, 1/10/2003; Sun-Herald (Sydney), 1/19/2003]