Colin Powell's presentation to the United Nations Security Council

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On February 5, 2003, the secretary of state of the United States Colin Powell gave a PowerPoint presentation to the United Nations Security Council asserting that Iraq was in violation of UN Security Resolution 1441 and was in the process of producing chemical weapons of mass destruction. Powell stated that Iraq had repeatedly refused to work with inspectors from UNMOVIC and IAEA and citing U.S. intelligence reports, was producing WMD's and was involved with terrorism, all in violation of Resolution 1441. UN secretary-general Kofi Annan called the presentation strong and thorough, urged Iraqi leadership to comply with Resolution 1441, and stated that he did not think war was inevitable. The validity of the cited intelligence reports was called into question with Powell later stating his speech was a "great intelligence failure" and calling it a "blot" on his reputation.

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