Iraq Allies, Countering Annan, Insist War Was Legal
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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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COALITION allies yesterday flatly rejected the assertion by Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary general, that the war in Iraq was illegal.
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After two years, the United States and the United Nations had hoped to take the spotlight off the bitterly divisive war in Iraq. It didn't happen. At the opening of the U.N. General Assembly, President Bush and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan sparred over the war that can't escape the headlines.
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Description: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan upset the Bush Administration earlier this year when he called the Iraq War illegal and the attack on Fallujah dangerous.
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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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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: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has termed the US-led invasion of Iraq &quot;illegal&quot; as it contravened the world body&#39;s charter and said he feared &quot;credible&quot; elections in that country as planned were unlikely to take place given the present
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WASHINGTON: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan threw the diplomatic world into a tizzy on Wednesday by bluntly declaring that the US decision to invade Iraq in March 2003 was illegal.
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UN chief Kofi Annan tells the BBC the Iraq war was illegal and warns elections are at threat from ongoing unrest.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard rejected claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;, slamming the United Nations as &quot;paralysed&quot;.
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The United States and its military allies on Thursday challenged UN Secretary General Kofi Annan&#39;s statement that last year&#39;s invasion of Iraq was an illegal act that violated
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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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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Thursday rejected UN secretary-general Kofi Annan&#39;s claims that last year&#39;s Iraq war was &quot;illegal,&quot; while a British
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The United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan, declared explicitly for the first time last night that the US-led war on Iraq was illegal.
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The UN's Kofi Annan tells the BBC the US-led invasion of Iraq was illegal and contravened the UN charter.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell  disputed U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's assertion that the  U.S.-led war in Iraq was illegal and said in an interview  published on Friday the comment was "not a very useful  statement to make at this point."
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan described the war with Iraq as an âillegalâ violation of the UN Charter in a September 16 interview with the BBC, adding that âI hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time.