Historical context: Biden’s 2002 vote on Iraq war

Congress passed a new resolution on the use of force in the Middle East; the United States retaliates against Iran-backed militias in Iraq; and an 18-year-old debate returns.
US SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL WITH SENATORS JOSEPH BIDEN AND RICHARD LUGAR AT THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARING. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, (C) shares a laugh with Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, (L) and Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) before testifying at a hearing on the Moscow Treaty and strategic offensive reductions on Capitol Hill, July 9, 2002. The committee is reviewing details of the Moscow Treaty. REUTERS/Hy
Then-US Secretary of State Colin Powell (C) shares a laugh with then-Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, (L) and then-Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) before testifying at a hearing on Capitol Hill, July 9, 2002. - REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang
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Salih: Iraq risks plunge into "chaos and violence"

On March 13, US warplanes struck targets associated with Kataib Hezbollah ("Brigades of the Party of God"), an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq, which US officials say is likely responsible for a rocket attack two days earlier on an Iraqi base that killed two US troops and a British service member, as Jack Detsch reports.

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