Australian PM refutes Annan claims Iraq war 'illegal'
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard 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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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 US decision to go to war in Iraq without the approval of the UN Security Council was &#39;&#39;illegal,&#39;&#39; Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the BBC on Wednesday.
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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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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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Prime Minister John Howard has stood firm against withdrawing troops from Iraq after unconfirmed reports that two Australians have been taken hostage and would be killed within 24 hours unless Canberra pulls out.
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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, Sept. 17. (PTI): Nearly 18 months after the US-led war against Iraq to overthrow President Saddam Hussein, the UN Secretary General Kofi has termed the invasion as &quot;illegal&quot; that contravened the world body&#39;s charter.
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NEW YORK, September 16  - Eighteen months after Iraq had been invaded and occupied, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called the US-led onslaught âillegalâ and contravenes the UN charter.
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Prime Minister John Howard has responded to reports that he was warned by a senior defence officer shortly before Australia went to war against Iraq that Saddam Hussein did not have any banned weapons.
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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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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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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the US-British-led invasion of Iraq 18 months ago was illegal. Coinciding with this week&#39;s opening of the 59th
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CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister John Howard refused today to apologise for joining the US-led invasion of Iraq despite a new US report that said Baghdad had no weapons of mass destruction at the time of the attack.
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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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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has revealed that he believes the war on Iraq was &quot;illegal&quot;. Mr Annan said the war was &quot;not in conformity&quot; with the UN Security Council or with the UN Charter.
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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.