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[Raw Story] US scuttled efforts at building consensus for Iraq war: ambassador ...: It was no coincidence that Bush and Blair started the Iraq invasion on the first day of Spring 2003. Nor was it a coincidence that the Bushite neo-cons, like Wolfowitz, were talking-up that hostilities in Iraq would cost, at the most, a few tens of billions of dollars and after a few short months (before the hot Iraqi summer hit) most "coalitiion" troops would be out of Iraq, leaving at most about 50,000 (basically troops left in Iraq post-invasion to keep an eye on seized Iraqi oil facilities and resources...that is, until the Western oil companies could divvy them up).

[Centurean2's Weblog] Iraq inquiry: war 'not legitimate', Sir Jeremy Greenstock tells ...: Sir Jeremy told the inquiry panel: “I regarded our invasion of Iraq as legal but of questionable legitimacy, in that it didn’t have the democratically observable backing of the great majority of member states or even, perhaps, of a majority of people inside the UK.

[Army Times - News] U.K. official: U.S. determined to invade Iraq - Army News, news ...: approval for the war had seriously undermined the legitimacy of the conflict. He said, in his opinion, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was legal ”” a view rejected by .

[Iran News] Iraq invasion of 'questionable legitimacy': British diplomat (AFP ...: Then British prime minister Tony Blair is .This meant the invasion was “legal but of questionable legitimacy, in that it didn't have the democratically observable backing of the great majority of member states,” Greenstock said in spoken evidence to the Chilcot inquiry.

[Dr Nasir Khan] US imperialism, 9/11 and the Iraq war « Dr Nasir Khan: While the American corporate media has given little attention to it, an official British inquiry into the war with Iraq has brought to light damning testimony about the Bush administration’s deliberate launching of an invasion to overthrow the regime of Saddam Hussein and subjugate Iraq to American domination.

[News | The Independent UK] News | The Independent UK - I threatened to resign over Iraq, says ...: There were also repeated warnings to ministers that the intelligence coming from Iraq was "sporadic and patchy". A suggestion that aluminium tubes, which can be used in nuclear weapons, had been found in Iraq was included at the last moment in the September 2002 dossier making the case for war after comments made by Dick Cheney, the former US vice-president, on television.

[standard.co.uk - Paul Waugh] Paul Waugh | Blogs | Evening Standard: * Greenstock felt the war was legal, but lacked 'legitimacy'. "I regard our participation in the military action in Iraq in March 2003 as legal but of questionable legitimacy in that it did not have the democratically observable backing of the great majority of member states, or even perhaps of the majority of people inside the UK"

[Robin Shepherd Online] Robin Shepherd Online » Post Archive » Appeasement mentality at ...: Jonathan Freedland in JC yesterday: “But, as Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell, has testified, Israel consistently warned the Bush administration that it was Iran, not Iraq, that posed the real threat: “The Israelis tried their best to persuade us that we were focused on the wrong enemy,” Wilkerson has said.

[TheSun.co.uk/Football] Iraq war 'not legitimate' | The Sun |News: He said: "I regard our participation in the military action in Iraq in March 2003 as legal but of questionable legitimacy in that it did not have the democratically observable backing of the great majority of member states, or even perhaps of the majority of people inside the UK."

[Marine Corps Times - News] U.K. official: U.S. determined to invade Iraq - MarineCorpsTimes.com: approval for the war had seriously undermined the legitimacy of the conflict. He said, in his opinion, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was legal ”” a view rejected by .

[NIGERIA GENERAL DISCUSSION BLOG WEBSITE] NIGERIA DEBATE, FREE TALK, SHOW, PEOPLE, GROUP, CHAT, VOICE, IRAQ ...: “I regarded our participation in the military action against Iraq in March 2003 as legal but of questionable legitimacy in that it did not have the democratically observable backing of a great majority of member states or even perhaps of a majority of people inside the UK.

[Photomaniacal] Photomaniacal » Blog Archive » Iraq invasion of questionable ...: Sir Jeremy Greenstock told the inquiry, being held in London: “I regard our participation in the military action in Iraq in March 2003 as legal but of questionable legitimacy in that it did not have the democratically observable backing of the great majority of [UN] member states, or even perhaps of the majority of people inside the UK.”

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