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| Guardian picks up the pieces for BBC |
| 2004-02-29 |
| Army chiefs feared Iraq war illegal just days before start EFL Britain’s Army chiefs refused to go to war in Iraq amid fears over its legality just days before the British and American bombing campaign was launched, The Observer can today reveal. The explosive new details about military doubts over the legality of the invasion are detailed in unpublished legal documents in the case of Katharine Gun, the intelligence officer dramatically freed last week after Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney-General, dropped charges against her of breaking the Official Secrets Act. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #3 Hey! I predicted this when the legality issue first came up. But I have to admit that I was wrong. The Bush Admin just basically ignored the word play and the rest is history. Let the Brits, French and Germans amuse themselves with this for the next 10 years. Who cares?? It's all just semantics and word games for those who to justify their cries of, "yes! to blood for oil". More Vouchers please! |
| Posted by: B 2004-2-29 10:55:19 PM |
| #2 Can anyone remember the loons getting this worked up over the "legality" of Saddam invading Kuwait? Or the continuing occupation of Lebanon by Syria? And can SOMEONE please tell me when the UNSC held a vote authorizing the deposing of Aristide?! |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-2-29 10:38:36 PM |
| #1 Hire a radical lefty as your Attorney General, get radical lefty viewpoints on "international laws" that are drafted by your country's enemies. What's so surprising about that? |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-2-29 10:15:21 PM |