Britain, other US allies defend legal basis for invasion of Iraq
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Leading allies of the United States defended the legal basis for the US-led invasion of Iraq and their involvement there after UN chief Kofi Annan reignited the debate over its legitimacy.
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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's Prince Andrew on Wednesday defended comments he made suggesting the United States might have been better off had its leaders learned from the British experience with colonialism before invading Iraq.
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Tony Blair says the Iraq war was legally justified even if Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction.
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The United States has sought to put a positive angle on its closest ally Britain&#x2019;s plan to pull its 7,100 troops out of Iraq nearly four years after the war&#x2019;s start.Comment
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LONDON Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi (EE&#39;-yahd ah-LAH&#39;-wee) is defending the Fallujah assault. He tells the British tabloid, The Sun, that the battle &quot;will help decide the future of Iraq.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 20 (IPS) - International law is seen by many to have been  shunted aside by Western powers when launching their most  significant military operations in the past decade.
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Britain&#39;s top court is considering a legal challenge to an anti-terrorism law that allows the indefinite detention of foreigners without charge or trial.
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U.S. allies Britain and Australia 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 ...
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Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi defended the Fallujah assault, saying in a British tabloid newspaper Friday that the offensive has the support of most Iraqi people and is necessary to enable elections in January.
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Key GOP senators criticize handling of war, while leaked memos put British PM on defensive. Senior coalition partners US President George W. Bush, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair found themselves facing
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The United States on Wednesday reiterated American support for the Iraqi interim government headed by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. The US supports Allawi and his government&#39;s
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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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The British Attorney General has defended the controversial decision to end a corruption inquiry into defence manufacturer BAE Systems, saying Saudi Arabia's &quot;particular constitutional position&quot; was one of the main reasons behind the choice.
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Washington, Sept. 17 (NNN): The United States and most of its allies have rejected the United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan&#39;s claim that the US-led invasion of Iraq was illegal.
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President George W. Bush joined a chorus of US-allied leaders in defending the Iraq war from UN chief Kofi Annan's charge that it was illegal.
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LONDON : The United States faced rare criticism over human rights from close ally Britain, with an official British government report taking Washington to task over concerns about Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay jail.