Iraq Invasion in 2003 Was Illegitimate: Dutch Probe

[babylonsister]

Iraq Invasion in 2003 Was Illegitimate: Dutch Probe


THE HAGUE - The 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq lacked legitimacy under international law, an independent commission probing Dutch political support for the still controversial action said Tuesday.

"There was insufficient legitimacy" for the invasion for which the Netherlands gave political but no military backing, commission chairman Willibrord Davids told journalists in The Hague.

The commission's report said the wording of UN resolution 1441 "cannot reasonably be interpreted (as the Dutch government did) as authorising individual member states to use military force to compel Iraq to comply with the Security Council's resolutions."

The resolution, passed in 2002, had offered Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations".

The Dutch commission, which started its work in March last year, was set up by the government following pressure from opposition politicians and the public for a probe of claims that crucial data had been withheld from Dutch decision-makers who opted to support the US-led action.

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[Newsjock]

1. America doesn't care anymore

Didn't you hear -- Simon Cowell is leaving "American Idol"!

[babylonsister]

2. Yes, I've heard, ad nauseum. nt

[KansDem]

3. I don't believe that for a second!

Just where did you hear that about Simon Cromwell?

[Mari333]

4. shhh. thousands of our soldiers and hundreds of thousands of dead civilians

means nothing to the USA. out of sight, out of mind. and dont ask the current admin to step up to the plate. they wont. they are too busy keeping their wall street donors in the pink.

[MindPilot]

5. Yes, and...?

I suspect a majority of the population of planet Earth has known that since sometime in 2002. Now some "commission" doing some "investigation" acts like it's some great new revelation.

Please pardon my failure to jump up and down.