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Iraq [r]: Country in the Middle East, currently transitioning from rule by the US. ^[e]
UNSCOM [r]: A United Nations agency, created in April 1991, to inspect Iraq for weapons of mass destruction and long-range guided missiles, and to supervise destruction of weapons and production facilities ^[e]
Bill Clinton [r]: US Democratic politician (1946– ); Governor of Arkansas 1983–1992; President of the United States 1993–2001, husband of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ^[e]
Saddam Hussein [r]: (1937–2006) Deposed and executed ruler of Iraq. ^[e]

BGM-109 Tomahawk [r]: A U.S.-designed cruise missile, launched from vertical launch systems on ships and submarines, against land targets ^[e]
AGM-86 ALCM [r]: A long-range cruise missile that can be delivered anywhere in the world from U.S. bases, employing blast or precision penetrating warheads ^[e]

B-1 Lancer [r]: A U.S. supersonic-capable heavy bomber, with reduced observability but not the full stealth of the B-2 Spirit, which is limited to non-nuclear missions by strategic arms control agreements ^[e]
USS Enterprise (CVN-65) [r]: First nuclear-propelled aircraft carrier of the United States Navy ^[e]

U.S. Navy [r]: The branch of the United States Armed Forces charged with sea operations ^[e]
U.S. Marine Corps [r]: Add brief definition or description
U.S. Air Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
Royal Air Force [r]: The British military service primarily responsible for air warfare ^[e]

Security organization of Saddam Hussein [r]: The multiple security organizations that protected the person, government, and sensitive projects of Saddam Hussein, also cross-checking one another ^[e]
- Republican Guard [r]: Well-trained, equipped, and presumably politically loyal ground troops of Saddam Hussein's military ^[e]

Weapons of mass destruction [r]: Weapons that cause death or injury not primarily through kinetic energy of projectiles or the detonation of conventional explosives, but rather produce large-scale effects greater than possible with the same weight of explosives weapons; by means heat, blast and radiation from nuclear weapon; poisoning by chemical weapon; infectious disease by biological weapons; or acute or chronic radiation syndromes from radiological weapons. ^[e]
United States Central Command [r]: Unified Combatant Command responsible for U.S. operations in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, now under the command of General James Mattis ^[e]