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To: Jane4IceCream who wrote (124032)	5/19/2008 1:20:44 PM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 173976

>Let me take you back to the beginning. We toppled the regime and the statue came down. What gives the US the right to topple regimes without a UNSC resolution expressly giving consent to do so? Iraq war 'illegal,' UN's Annan says Last Updated: Thursday, September 16, 2004 \| 1:11 PM ET CBC News The U.S. decision to go to war in Iraq without the approval of the United Nations Security Council was illegal, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a BBC interview Wednesday. "From our point of view and the UN Charter point of view, it was illegal," he said. "I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time – without UN approval and much broader support from the international community." cbc.ca

To: Jane4IceCream who wrote (124032)	5/19/2008 1:24:17 PM
From: Land Shark	Respond to of 173976

War Critics Astonished as US Hawk Admits Invasion was Illegal By Oliver Burkeman and Julian Borger Guardian November 20, 2003 International lawyers and anti-war campaigners reacted with astonishment yesterday after the influential Pentagon hawk Richard Perle conceded that the invasion of Iraq had been illegal. In a startling break with the official White House and Downing Street lines, Mr Perle told an audience in London: "I think in this case international law stood in the way of doing the right thing." President George Bush has consistently argued that the war was legal either because of existing UN security council resolutions on Iraq - also the British government's publicly stated view - or as an act of self-defence permitted by international law. globalpolicy.org