  the iraq liberation act of 1998 is a united states congressional statement of policy calling for regime change in iraq.it was codified in a note to 22 uscs Â§ 2151. it was signed into law by president bill clinton, and states that it is the policy of the united states to support democratic movements within iraq. the act was cited in october 2002 to argue for the authorization of military force against the iraqi government. the bill was sponsored by representative benjamin a. gilman (republican, ny-20) and co-sponsored by representative christopher cox (republican, ca-47). the bill was introduced as  on september 29, 1998. the house of representatives passed the bill 360 - 38 on october 5, and the senate passed it with unanimous consent two days later. president clinton signed the iraq liberation act into law on october 31, 1998. ==findings and declaration of policy== the act found that between 1980 and 1998 iraq had: # committed various and significant violations of international law, # had failed to comply with the obligations to which it had agreed following the gulf war and #further had ignored resolutions of the united nations security council. the act declared that it was the policy of the united states to support "regime change." the act was passed 360-38 in the u.s. house of representativeshttp://clerk.house.gov/evs/1998/roll482.xml and by unanimous consent in the senate.http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d105:hr04655:@@@r us president bill clinton signed the bill into law on october 31, 1998. the law's stated purpose was: "to establish a program to support a transition to democracy in iraq." specifically, congress made findings of past iraqi military actions in violation of international law and that iraq had denied entry of united nations special commission on iraq (unscom) inspectors into its country to inspect for weapons of mass destruction. congress found: "it should be the policy of the united states to support efforts to remove the regime headed by saddam hussein from power in iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime." on december 16, 1998, president bill clinton mandated operation desert fox, a major four-day bombing campaign on iraqi targets. president clinton stated in february 1998: iraq admitted, among other things, an offensive biological warfare capability, notably, 5,000 gallons of botulinum, which c
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