Iraq and weapons of mass destruction Miller helped persuade the American public that Iraq had WMD: in September 2002 she wrote about an intercepted shipment of aluminum tubes which the NYT said were to be used to develop nuclear material. It is now generally understood that they were not intended (or well suited) for that purpose but rather for artillery rockets. The story was followed up with television appearances by Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld and Condoleezza Rice all pointing to the story as part of the basis for taking military action against Iraq. Miller's sources were introduced to her by Ahmed Chalabi, an Iraqi exile favorable
Iran–Iraq War neither reparations nor border changes. The Iran–Iraq War was originally referred to as the "Gulf War" until the Persian Gulf War of 1990 and 1991, after which it was known as the "First Persian Gulf War". The Iraq–Kuwait conflict, which was known as the "Second Persian Gulf War," eventually became known simply as the "Gulf War". The Iraq War from 2003 to 2011 has been called the "Second Persian Gulf War". In Iran, the war is known as the "Imposed War" ( ') and the "Holy Defense" ( '). State media in Iraq dubbed the war "Saddam's Qadisiyyah" (, ""),