Who said they were, "considered grounds for attacking another country", CarolC? Certainly not the Government of the United States of America - their chosen means of reacting was to go to the UN, but in so doing they made it clear that they would not accept the same run around from Saddam Hussein that the UN had put up with for the previous 12 years. The outcome was UNSC Resolution 1441, that gave Saddam Hussein one last chance to co-operate and comply with ALL outstanding UNSC Resolutions relating to Iraq.