Iraq Invasion Was Illegal, Contravened UN Charter, Annan Says
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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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TOKYO - Japan will try to confirm what UN Secretary General Kofi Annan meant by reportedly saying the US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act, top government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said Thursday.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was at pains to avoid controversy during a visit to Britain, one of the chief proponents of a war in Iraq that Annan recently described as illegal.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who recently angered the United States by calling the war in Iraq &quot;illegal,&quot; has weighed in again with a letter to President Bush, British Prime Minister
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The Iraq war has done little to increase security across the world or halt the activities of international terrorists, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says.
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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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The UN secretary general Kofi Annan considered yesterday in an interview broadcast by the BBC ( world section) that the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 &quot;was illegitimate.
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Britain on Thursday rejected a claim by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the U.S.-led Iraq war was "illegal" because Washington and its coalition allies never got Security Council backing for the invasion.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan has warned the United States, Britain and Iraq that an assault on Falluja risked further alienating the Iraqi people and undermining planned January elections.
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United Nations: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has strongly opposed US plans for a major military assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah, warning that it could further divide Iraqi people and affect the January polls in the war-ravaged country.
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LONDON: The British government said on Thursday the war in Iraq was ânot only lawful but necessary,â disagreeing with UN Secretary General Kofi Annanâs description of the US-British invasion in 2003 as illegal.
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The United States and its coalition partners on Thursday defended the war in Iraq after UN Secretary General Kofi Annan asserted it was &quot;illegal&quot; because it didn&#39;t have Security Council support.
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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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WASHINGTON -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, fending off Republican demands for his resignation over alleged corruption, said yesterday he will expand UN support for Iraqi elections if need be. He said he was not offended that President Bush did not ask to see him during this visit to Washington.
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BBC, LONDON, September 16: Key states who joined the US-led invasion of Iraq have rejected claims by the United Nations secretary general that the war was illegal.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said this week that the US war in Iraq is illegal and questioned whether the country could hold credible
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan's claim that the war in Iraq was "illegal'' unleashed a storm of protests from the United States and its allies.