Original sentence: The Iraqi forces presented little resistance to the invasion.The US and UK claimed that the invasion was justified because Saddam Hussein had not complied with 19 UN resolutions requiring Iraq to destroy its special weapons and programs after the previous war.. The forces opposing the coalition units were the conscript Iraqi Regular Army reinforced and strengthened by the Republican Guard and Fedayeen Saddam
Edited sentence: The forces opposing the coalition units were the conscript Iraqi Regular Army.They were reinforced and strengthened by the Republican Guard and Fedayeen Saddam, but quickly gave up.This was done because Hussein had failed to comply with 19 UN resolutions requiring a full accounting of its weapons of mass destruction and full cooperation with UN inspections