Rights group: Iraq invasion not justified

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The war in Iraq ended a brutal regime but there were no ongoing human rights violations on a scale which could justify the US-led invasion, Human Rights Watch has said in its annual report.

Although Saddam Hussein had an atrocious human rights record, his worst actions occurred long before the war and there was no ongoing or imminent mass killing in Iraq when the conflict began, the advocacy group said.

US President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair cited the threat from Saddam's alleged weapons of mass destruction as their main reason for attacking Iraq.

But as US-led occupation forces have failed to find evidence of such weapons, both leaders have also highlighted the brutality of the regime when justifying military intervention.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/061E2DDF-D836-4E95-97D3-5CCD7FADD205.htm

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1. Previously discussed

In "Latest Breaking News" today

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2. Previously discussed

In "Latest Breaking News" today

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3. Many of us knew it

from the beggining ;)

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4. True...

The only real argument for the war was the humanitarian one, though, and I think some legitimate points were made in that regard.

If I didn't know that Bush cares about as much for human rights as he does for democracy, it might have more weight.