Blair 'was warned Iraq attack needed UN go-ahead'

Tony Blair was warned two months before the invasion of Iraq it would be illegal to go to war without United Nations’ authority, the inquiry into the conflict heard today.

Blair 'was warned Iraq attack needed UN go-ahead'

Tony Blair was warned two months before the invasion of Iraq it would be illegal to go to war without United Nations’ authority, the inquiry into the conflict heard today.

A slew of newly declassified UK government papers showed Lord Goldsmith, then the attorney general, was initially “pessimistic” that there was sufficient legal basis for military action.

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