20 years ago, the U.S. warned of Iraq's alleged 'weapons of mass destruction'
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's speech to the United Nations Security Council in February 2003 came to define and undermine the Iraq War.
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There wasn't just one moment that led to the Iraq War. But one speech, delivered 20 years ago at the United Nations, would come to define and undermine the conflict.
On Feb. 5, 2003, U.S. Secretary
