Allies insist Iraq war legal
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LONDON -- Britain, Australia, and a former US official, stung by criticism from UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, insisted yesterday that their countries' military action in Iraq was legal.
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The United States and its coalition partners defended the war in Iraq Thursday after U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan asserted that it was "illegal" because it didn't have Security Council support.
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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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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 ...
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Britain says it disagrees with the assessment of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the invasion of Iraq was illegal. Fresh controversy has erupted over the legality of the US-led invasion of Iraq last year
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The war over the war is almost over. Courtesy of the large turnout in Iraq's election a week ago, the United States and key European allies are beginning to make up after two years of bitterly strained ...
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PARIS, Sept 17  - France on Friday backed UN Secretary General Kofi Annan&#39;s description of the US-led war on Iraq as &quot;illegal&quot;, with Foreign Minister Michel Barnier saying that long-held stance was why his country had opposed joining the conflict.
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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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Despite Canada's opposition to the Iraq war, the government also is opposing the U.S. deserters' refugee applications, saying the soldiers are not persecuted. It is resisting the argument that the Iraq war is illegal.
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The White House has scrapped its  list of Iraq allies known as the 45-member "coalition of the  willing," which Washington used to back its argument that the  2003 invasion was a multilateral action, an official said on  Friday.
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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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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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Iraqis are making some progress toward enacting legislative "benchmarks" the United States demands &#151; but probably not fast enough to satisfy critics of Iraq's political impasse. The bigger question: Would any laws passed by a parliament at each others' throats really lead to true unity?
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The Greens are hopeful Kofi Annan&#39;s statement that the US-led war on Iraq was illegal will help lead more people around the world to think the same.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said the US-led invasion of Iraq was illegal because it violated the UN Charter. The remarks revive one of the most heated debates surrounding last year&#39;s war.
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United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan is again making the case that, from his perspective, the US-led invasion of Iraq was illegal -- a charge Australian Prime Minister John Howard flatly rejects.
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In pushing for a bipartisan plan, they seek to avoid 'ownership' of the Iraq war.