Updated:
9:55 p.m.,
March 6
Bush
answers critics, vowing to disarm Iraq, protect Americans
GNS | John Yaukey
Analysis: Bush
says costs of inaction outweigh costs of war
GNS | Chuck Raasch
Students
drop books to protest war
USATODAY.com
Pentagon
planning won't wait
USATODAY.com
U.S., France remain
divided over Iraq
GNS | John Yaukey
Terrorism alerts
have Americans on edge, searching for duct tape
GNS | Chuck Raasch
As bin Laden tape
airs, CIA, FBI warn of new attacks
GNS | John Yaukey
Experts:
Saddam trying to stall
Analysis from USATODAY.com
How close to
war?
Iraq Q & A
GNS | John Yaukey and Jon Frandsen
Web sites serve up
more about Iraq
GNS | Robert Benincasa
Dispatches
from the Gulf
The Arizona Republic
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GNS writer Greg Barrett has been traveling in Iraq with a peace group. Read his journals about the plight of Iraqis preparing for a possible war. Click to start.
Question: How important is getting the blessing of the United
Nations before invading Iraq?
Answer: Important, but not absolutely
necessary, according to the White House. A blessing from the United Nations
is about two things: logistics and deployment. A U.N. resolution authorizing
force would help in calming global tension about what some critics like
the French see as unrestrained American muscle-flexing. On the practical
level, allies would be helpful not only in combat , but in the occupation
phase as well. Don't forget: The United States occupied Japan for seven
years after World War II.
Click for more questions and answers.
INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC
The evidence against Iraq presented to the United Nations last week by Secretary of State Colin Powell.
From USATODAY.com
INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC
Learn more about the U.N. weapons inspectors and their mission to disarm Iraq.
From USATODAY.com
INTERACTIVE
TIMELINE
Saddam's rise to power
From GNS.
INTERACTIVE
GRAPHIC
Key U.S. foreign policy players
From GNS
