The Bush administration based its rationale for the war principally on the assertion that Iraq , which had been viewed Perception_active by the U.S. as a rogue state since the 1990–1991 Gulf War , supposedly possessed an active weapons of mass destruction ( WMDs ) program , and that the Iraqi government posed Causation a threat to the United States and its coalition allies .

The French squadron comprised Containing six frigates engaged Hostile_encounter on a commerce raiding Attack operation Military_operation against British trade routes passing Motion_directional through captured Conquering parts of the Dutch East Indies , and posed Causation a considerable threat to the weakened British naval forces in the region .

To eliminate Removing the threat these isolated frigates posed , Hood ordered Arranging a squadron under Rear-Admiral John Gell to investigate Research the harbour at Genoa .

The rebellion posed Causation a considerable threat Warning to British power in that region , and was contained Hindering only with the rebels ' defeat Conquering in Gwalior on 20 June 1858 .

armed Bearing_arms guards were also posted Sending outside schools in rothbury after police announced Expressing_publicly that they believed Know moat posed Causation a threat to the wider public .

NASA managers also disregarded Response warnings Warning from engineers about the dangers of launching Process_start posed Causation by the low temperatures of that morning , and failed to adequately report Reporting these technical concerns to their superiors .

although it also posed Causation a threat to the east coast of the united states , felix curved Motion_directional northward and then east-northeastward while remaining Presence offshore , thereby avoiding Preventing_or_letting landfall .

At this stage as the cyclone was moving Motion towards the southwest it posed Causation a severe threat to Vanuatu however , during that day Susan recurved Motion towards the southeast and subsequently spared Vanuatu a direct hit Attack .

For most of the Seven Years ' War Spain remained neutral , turning down both the French and British , but during the war 's latter stages , the Spanish became Becoming alarmed Warning at the threat posed Causation by the British to their colonies as French losses Earnings_and_losses mounted .

The exercise was solely intended to establish Creating preventive measures and response strategies by increasing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale governmental and public awareness of the magnitude and potential of such a threat posed Causation by biological weapons .

As a result of the northward expansion Expansion , the threat Warning that the Qin empire posed Causation to the Xiongnu ultimately led to Causation the reorganization of the many different Xiongnu tribes into a confederacy .

The internment Arrest is considered to have resulted Causation more from racism than from any security risk posed Causation by Japanese Americans .

Connie first posed Causation a threat to the Lesser Antilles , ultimately passing Motion_directional about 105 mi ( 165 km ) north of the island group .

Furthermore , the RVNAF were prevented Preventing_or_letting from undertaking reconnaissance Scrutiny and ground support Supporting missions due to the threat posed Causation by formidable anti-aircraft weapons deployed Arranging by North Vietnam .

While moving Self_motion across the Caribbean , it affected Influence several countries , and initially Ernesto posed Causation a threat to the Gulf Coast of the United States around the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina .

since dean was initially difficult to forecast Reporting , it posed Causation a possible threat to the lesser antilles , as a result , several evacuations Escaping occurred Coming_to_be , and many hurricane Catastrophe watches and warning Warning were issued Creating .

Campbell was preoccupied with the threat posed Causation by Bernardo de Gálvez , the governor of Spanish Louisiana , who captured Conquering Mobile in March 1780 ( and then also captured Conquering Pensacola in 1781 ) .

Initially the hurricane Catastrophe posed Influence a threat to the area around Corpus Christi , Texas , and the local United States Weather Bureau forecaster advised Convincing people to stay away from the Texas coastline during the busy Labor Day Weekend .

The Raid on Batavia of 27 November 1806 was an attempt by a large British naval force to destroy Destroying the Dutch squadron based on Java in the Dutch East Indies that posed Causation a threat to British shipping in the Straits of Malacca .

The raid was the third of series of actions intended to eliminate Removing the threat posed to British trade routes by the Dutch squadron : at the Action of 26 July 1806 and the Action of 18 October 1806 , British frigates sent Sending on reconnaissance missions to the region succeeded in attacking Attack and capturing Conquering two Dutch frigates and a number of other vessels .

Initially , Ma-on posed Causation a slight threat to the Mariana Islands and prompted Causation the issuance Creating of tropical storm warnings Warning .

It was the last of several attacks Attack made Action by the Home Fleet during 1944 which sought to damage Damaging or sink `` Tirpitz '' and thereby eliminate Removing the threat it posed Causation to Allied shipping .

at the same time , a smaller fire threat Warning was posed Coming_to_be near and in the limestone coast region on 2 january 2015 .

Rammasun posed a significant threat Warning to the Philippine island of Luzon , as it was expected to reach Achieve typhoon intensity before making landfall Self_motion there .