Iraq - the run for money

The US launched its “shock and awe” attack on Bagdad in 2003 despite worldwide protests against it. Countless undocumented stories of Saddam's atrocities and lies about his WMD's being used

the financial benefit for the illegal invasion? Saddam Hussein decided to sell Iraqi oil using the EU currency, not the US dollar which would have weakened the US dollar and undermined the US economy