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We knew they had some chemical weapons because the US sold those to them. this has been declassified: http://www.storyleak.com/cia-files-us-aided-saddam-chemical-attacks/
The pretext used to scare the public was that the iraqis could launch wmd's against europe in 45 minutes. Not only would the small amount of chemicals that were found (which everyone knew were there before the war) that are mentioned in the article you posted a link to be ineffective but also the iraqis lacked the missile capability to send a chemical payload to europe
It was all lies and it was revealed to be lies
We knew he had some gas that he used against the kurds and the iranians but these were not a threat to the west
The UN is very clear. it says you cannot wage war on a country unless it attacks you first
Iraq did not attack the USA. The USA claimed it had 'WMD's' which is a vague term designed to scare the public
The UN weapons inspectors did not find anything that would be a threat to the west
This did not stop the US from waging war though
Once the US had invaded they did not find any weaponry that would have been a threat to the west and much of the revolutionary guards weaponry had been trashed in the first iraq war
When the first Gulf war ended, most people just knew we would be going back to take Saddam Hussein out.
Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz drew up plans for it.
Once they got their boy GW Bush in the presidency it was just a matter of time.