Hans Blix: Bush-Used UN Resolutions For A "CLEARLY ILLEGAL" War

[kpete]

Blair used spin to justify Iraq war, says Blix


Peter Walker
Monday March 12, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

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Mr Blix said the US used UN security council resolutions as cover for a "clearly illegal" war.

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"And the US, after all, were witch-hunters. They wanted to see anything as evidence that the Iraqis had weapons of mass destruction," he said.

"We were simply looking for the truth. We didn't assume that they had them. We didn't assume that they did not have them."

Asked whether a similar situation could ensue with Iran, Mr Blix noted "similarities which are strong" but argued that a chastened US government would be more wary of heeding calls for another war.


more at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2032009,00.html

[bdamomma]

1. how much more before we get these thugs out of office

or should I say CRIMINALS. Unbelieveable they continue to sit there, while the facts still pile up and pile up.

Throw the Bums out!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AndyA]

2. What you said is so right in so many ways.

Enough is enough! When does the legal system in this country begin to actually WORK as intended?

[bdamomma]

3. we have a very broken system, unless the American people

breathe some life into our republic again, perhaps a .......... oh, use your imagination.

[chelaque liberal]

4. Kick

I hate to see this drop to the bottom.

[blm]

5. The original UN resoultions gave Bush more cover to go into Iraq than

the IWR ever did. The IWR had Bush go BACK to the original UN res. for enforcement of its guidelines - weapon inspectors and diplomatic measures.

[omega minimo]

6. .

[LeftishBrit]

7. Important post!

Bush and Blair are criminally insane. Both of them.

[Spazito]

8. Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the UN also said

the invasion of Iraq was illegal:

Thursday, 16 September, 2004, 09:21 GMT 10:21 UK
Iraq war illegal, says Annan

The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has told the BBC the US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act that contravened the UN charter.

He said the decision to take action in Iraq should have been made by the Security Council, not unilaterally.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3661134.stm