Given below are 4 statements. State which one is/are true?

A. On 19 March 2003, the US launched its invasion of Iraq.

B. The US lost over 6000 military personnel in the war.

C. The ostensible purpose of the invasion was to prevent Iraq from developing weapons of mass destruction

D. More than forty other countries joined in the US-led coalition of the willing after the UN refused to give its mandate to the invasion

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

A, C, D only

The correct answer is Option  - A, C, D only

Statement B-  The US lost over 6000 military personnel in the war is incorrect as US lost over 3000 military personnel not 6000.

On 19 March 2003, the US launched its invasion of Iraq under the codename ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’. More than forty other countries joined in the US-led ‘coalition of the willing’ after the UN refused to give its mandate to the invasion. The US lost over 3000 military personnel in this war. The invasion was to prevent Iraq from developing weapons of mass destruction. The ostensible purpose of the invasion was to prevent Iraq from developing weapons of mass destruction (WMD).