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Old Sep 4th, 2004, 12:29 PM       
Resolution 1441 only says "Iraq must let inspectors have unrestricted access to everything," not "Let's go fight 'em!!!!"

You can read it here: http://www.un.int/usa/sres-iraq.htm

The U.S. and the U.K. insisted that based on that resolution alone, an invasion was legitimized. Everyone else said that a second resolution needed to be passed to authorize a war, but France stated that it would veto anything that called for an immediate attack as opposed to another waiting period. Therefore the U.S. and the U.K. moved ahead anyway without a second resolution that would have brought everyone aboard.

Either way, all of the countries that were in favour of waiting for more inspections to avoid a war or were skeptical of the "evidence" ended up being correct.
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