UN chief&#39;s claim Iraq war &quot;illegal&quot; unleashes protests
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan&#39;s claim that the war in Iraq was &quot;illegal&#39;&#39; unleashed a storm of protests from the United States and its allies.
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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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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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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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St Cloud, US: Faced with UN chief Kofi Annan&#39;s charge that the war in Iraq was &#39;illegal&#39; under the world body&#39;s charter, President George W. Bush strongly implied that the invasion enjoyed UN support.
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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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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.
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A stepped-up U.S. campaign against insurgents must not be allowed to alienate the Iraqi public, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said Tuesday.
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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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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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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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A stepped-up US campaign against insurgents must not be allowed to alienate the Iraqi public, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Tuesday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard slammed the United Nations as a &quot;paralysed&quot; body as he rejected claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that last year's Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;.
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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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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan&#39;s statement that the Bush administration&#39;s decision to go to war in Iraq was illegal because it didn&#39;t have the Security Council&#39;s approval should have been made before the invasion.
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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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Thousands of anti-war campaigners took to the streets of London last night calling for an end to the &quot;illegal occupation&quot; of Iraq by US-led coalition troops.