UK 2002 legal advice on Iraq [UK FCO]

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UK 2002 legal advice on Iraq [UK FCO]

June 19, 2005 11:41:00 am

Foreign and Commonwealth Office legal advice on Iraq, published by the London Sunday Times on June 19, 2005 [leaked memo indicating that British Government ministers were forewarned by senior officials that the 2002 US and UK pre-war air strikes against Iraq were illegal under international law]. Read a transcript of the memo here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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