Iraq war was illegal, claims Annan
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has revealed that he believes the war on Iraq was &quot;illegal&quot;. Mr Annan said the war was &quot;not in conformity&quot; with the UN Security Council or with the UN Charter.
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The use of a single word in diplomacy can often mark a significant moment and the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan&#39;s use of the word &quot;illegal&quot; about the war in Iraq is one such moment.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Iraq was in the grip of a civil war as U.S. and Iraqi forces attacked insurgent bases in a bid to shore up the authority of a government itself riven by factional rivalries.
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United Nations Secretary, General Kofi Annan, said in an interview with the BBC, that the US led invasion of Iraq was illegal. When asked whether he thought the invasion of Iraq was illegal, Annan replied &quot;Yes, if you wish.
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The US-led invasion of Iraq was illegal because a decision to go to war should have been made by the United Nations Security Council, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said in an interview shown by the British Broadcasting Corp.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan stated for the record that the US military attack of Iraq was illegal and a violation of the UN Charter.
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Major U.S. allies on Thursday rejected a claim by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the war in Iraq was "illegal" because Washington and its coalition partners never got Security Council backing for the ...
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan questioned on Wednesday whether Iraq could hold elections in January if violence persisted and said the US-led invasion of Iraq was illegal because it violated the UN Charter.
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UNITED NATIONS, New York The decision by President George W. Bush to go to war in Iraq was &quot;illegal&quot; because it didn&#39;t have UN Security Council approval, according to Secretary General Kofi Annan.
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NEW YORK, September 16  - Eighteen months after Iraq had been invaded and occupied, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called the US-led onslaught âillegalâ and contravenes the UN charter.
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Britain, Australia and a former U.S.  official, stung by criticism from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan, insisted on Thursday that their countries' military  action in Iraq was legal.
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Britain, Australia and a former US official, stung by criticism from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, have insisted that their countries&#39; military action in Iraq was legal.
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In typical give-a-dog-a-bad-name-to-hang-it fashion, the BBC badgered UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to use the word &quot;illegal&quot; to describe the invasion of Iraq by US and British forces last year.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan's claim that the war in Iraq was illegal drew strong protest from the United States and its allies but little comment from the war's opponents, who appeared unwilling to revisit the question.
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The US rebuffs UN chief Kofi Annan's assertion that the American-led invasion of Iraq was illegal.
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SYDNEY : Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Thursday refuted claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;, saying it had been justified by UN Security Council resolutions.
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US allies Britain and Australia on Thursday rejected a claim by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the war in Iraq was &#39;&#39;illegal&#39;&#39; because