According to U.S. President George W. Bush and U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair , the coalition aimed Aiming `` to disarm Removing Iraq of weapons of mass destruction , to end Process_end Saddam Hussein 's support Supporting for terrorism Terrorism , and to free Releasing the Iraqi people . ''

According to Blair , the trigger Causation was Iraq 's failure Earnings_and_losses to take Getting a `` final Process_end opportunity '' to disarm Removing itself of alleged Statement nuclear , chemical , and biological weapons that U.S. and British officials called an immediate and intolerable threat Catastrophe to world peace .

The LaRouche movement attributed Causation criticism Judgment_communication of its involvement Participation in the case to LaRouche 's political opponents , including former British prime minister Tony Blair and former U.S. vice president Dick Cheney , who they say Statement sought to discredit Judgment_communication LaRouche over his opposition to the 2003 Iraq War and his criticism Judgment_communication of the anthropogenic global-warming theory .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising Violence in United States history and one of the largest organized Arranging armed uprisings Violence since the American Civil War Military_operation .

On May 19 , 1920 , a shootout Hostile_encounter in Matewan , West Virginia , between agents of the Baldwin-Felts and local miners , who later joined Becoming_a_member the United Mine Workers of America , sparked Process_start what became Becoming known as the Battle of Blair Mountain , the largest insurrection in the United States since the American Civil War .

The resultant manhunt Scouring was described Statement by the Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Ian Blair as `` the greatest operational challenge Confronting_problem ever faced '' by the Met .

Prior to the summit Social_event , Bush had travelled Traveling to Brussels and met with Come_together several European leaders and councils of the European Union and NATO , including Tony Blair , Silvio Berlusconi , Jacques Chirac , and Javier Solana .