{"id":241753,"date":"2010-01-28T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2010\/01\/28\/chilcot-inquiry-iraq-invasion-had-no-legal-basis-in-international-law.html"},"modified":"2010-01-28T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T17:00:00","slug":"chilcot-inquiry-iraq-invasion-had-no-%e2%80%98legal-basis-in-international-law%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/241753","title":{"rendered":"Chilcot Inquiry: Iraq Invasion Had No \u2018Legal Basis in International Law\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘Sir Michael, who was the
\nmost senior legal adviser at the Foreign Office at the time of the
\ninvasion, told the inquiry he disagreed with the advice of Lord
\nGoldsmith, the former attorney general, that military intervention was
\nlawful. <\/font><\/p>\n

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“I considered that the
\nuse of force against Iraq<\/a> in March 2003 was contrary to international
\nlaw,” he said in a written statement.
\n“In my opinion, that use of force had not been authorised by the
\n(United Nations) Security Council, and had no other basis in
\ninternational law”.’<\/font><\/p>\n

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