The Iraq War Was NOT Started Over Oil or the Global War On Terrorism http://www.activistpost.com/2011/02/iraq-war-was-not-started-over-oil-or.html

The corporate media has repeatedly told the American people that we went to war with Iraq to fight terrorism, while some in the alternative community believe it was over Iraq’s extensive oil fields.This could not have been further from the truth.Multiple U.S. assets secured deals that would have brought America billions of dollars without killing anyone.This Excerpt from Susan’s book, Extreme Prejudice, The Terrifying Story of the Patriot Act and the Cover Ups of 9/11 and Iraq, and the documentation that she has provided proves without a doubt that the United States went to war with Iraq not for oil or to stop terrorism, but to nation build and essentially create a perpetual state of war.

[ when i worked for a mission to UN, I myself  came across documents suggesting that the case of iraq sanctions was to be re-debated ,as international community was considering abandoning them altogether...the most vocal opponents were of course ,the ISRAELI MISSION...