Security Council Resolution 687 passes setting the terms following Iraq’s defeat in the Gulf War. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush would later cite SCR 687 as a justification for bombing Iraq in 1996, 1998, and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.


Security Council Resolution 687 passes setting the terms following Iraq’s defeat in the Gulf War. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush would later cite SCR 687 as a justification for bombing Iraq in 1996, 1998, and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.