Which of the following is NOT true about the U.S. attacks on Iraq in 1991 and 2003?

A) Desert Storm (1991) was supported by nearly every country in the United Nations based on Iraq's unjustified invasion of Kuwait.
B) The 2003 war with Iraq was not supported by the UN membership.
C) The United States asserted Iraq had WMDs (Weapons of Mass Destruction) as well as close links with al-Qaeda as its justification to invade Iraq.
D) Kuwait's oil was a critical component to Iraq's justification for invading and the U.S. counterinvasion in 1991.
E) The hostility between the United States and Iraq dates back to the 1979 Shi'ite fundamentalist uprising which deposed the U.S.-friendly leadership.


Answer: E

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