Invasion of Iraq ‘lacked majority support’

THE invasion of Iraq was of “questionable legitimacy”, Britain’s ambassador to the United Nations at the time of the war said.

Jeremy Greenstock told the official inquiry into the war that although he believed the invasion was legal under international law, it lacked clear majority support both in the UN and among the population at home.

He disclosed that he had been so concerned about the pressure from the US, he had threatened to resign if there was not “at least one” new UN Security Council resolution which provided a basis for military action.