The Death Of Colin Powell (Iraq War Criminal)

Colin Luther Powell was an American politician, diplomat and four-star general who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005 under US president, George W. Bush. He also served as as the 12th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, while he oversaw 28 crises, including the invasion of Panama in 1989 and Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf War against Iraq in 1990–1991. On October 18, 2021, Powell, who was being treated for multiple myeloma, but died at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center of complications from COVID-19 at the age of 84. Powell however will forever be remembered as the man who went before the United Nations Security Counsel on February 5th 2003 and produced misleading and outright false intelligence reports claiming Iraq had manufactured chemical and biological weapons' of mass destruction.

His reports, along with the false reports from CIA Director George Tenet, were the primary and sole reasons for the US led invasion of Iraq on March 20th 2003. However, UN Chief Inspector Hans Blix, on February 14th 2003, presented a report to the Security Council. Blix gave an update of the situation in Iraq, and he stated that the Iraqis were now more proactive in their cooperation. He also rebutted some of the arguments proposed by Powell. It obviously wasn't enough to stop the US coalition from its invasion of Iraq. It is reported from the Lancet report in it's 2006 study, it has been estimated that about 600,000 Iraqis were killed in the first 40 months of war and occupation in Iraq, along with 54,000 non-violent but still war-related deaths. Where other reports show a catastrophic estimate of 2.4 million Iraqi deaths since the 2003 invasion.