Page "History of Iraq" Paragraph 34

Iraqi cooperation with UN weapons inspection teams was questioned on several occasions during the 1990s.

UNSCOM chief weapons inspector Richard Butler withdrew his team from Iraq in November 1998 because of Iraq's lack of cooperation.

The team returned in December.

Butler prepared a report for the UN Security Council afterwards in which he expressed dissatisfaction with the level of compliance.

The same month, US President Bill Clinton authorized air strikes on government targets and military facilities.

Air strikes against military facilities and alleged WMD sites continued into 2002.