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●英国では政府労働党の中枢部が、米国の対イラク攻撃に追従すべく、
反対派を論破できるような法律論的根拠の追究を専門家たちに命じ
ましたが、逆に「米国に追従してイラク攻撃に関与すると英国は国
際法違反を犯すことになる」というキツイ警告が出てきたようです。
●世界最大の“ならず者国家”である米国に追従して戦争のお先棒担ぎを
すれば、自分が“ならず者国家”になり、植民地支配の“悪の枢軸”
だったかつての英国の犯罪性をふたたび世界に思い出させるという
罠が待っているわけでして……。
●ブレジンスキーに言わせると日本は米国の「属領」なのだそうですが、
米国の傀儡政府に等しいニッポンが、自ら国際法違反の山賊行為に
首を突っ込むかどうかは世界が注目していることでしょうな。
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12130244&method=full&siteid=50143
The Daily Mirror
Saturday 24 August 2002
IRAQ WAR IS ILLEGAL
EXCLUSIVE: Own lawyers will warn off Blair on Iraq
By Oonagh Blackman, Deputy Political Editor
TONY Blair will be told next month that a war to topple Saddam Hussein would be illegal.
A clutch of top-level legal reports will land on the Premier's desk ahead of a showdown over Iraq at Labour's annual conference in September.
The message will be that conflict with Iraq will breach international law.
Party MPs, some ministers and union leaders are already in revolt over plans to send British troops into a US-led war.
The PM's closest advisers, concerned about public and political opposition, ordered reports from senior Government legal figures.
The aim was to arm Mr Blair with strong arguments to face his critics.
But the strategy has backfired, with leading Whitehall lawyers voicing grave doubts about the legality of an attack on Saddam.
The Daily Mirror has learned that Attorney General Lord Goldsmith and several Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence experts fear a military assault will break international law.
They will warn Mr Blair that he needs approval from the United Nations Security Council to drive out Saddam. A senior Labour source said: "There is a lot riding on this legal opinion in the next few weeks.
"It was hoped the threat posed by Saddam would be enough to warrant action without a new UN resolution.
"But the signs are that the lawyers have serious doubts.
"That is going to make things very difficult indeed for the Prime Minister when he stands up in front of the party next month."
Lord Goldsmith, a Labour peer, will report by the end of September when the party meets in Blackpool. He is a high-flying QC and holds senior positions on several international law organisations.
Mr Blair is in an increasingly uncomfortable position as President Bush's chief cheerleader over Iraq.
Military chiefs, including Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Sir Michael Boyce, have expressed reservations to Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon.
Downing Street is desperate to find concrete proof that Saddam is developing weapons of mass destruction. It has asked for a new dossier on Saddam's links with al- Qaeda and Iraq's arms programme.
Yesterday leading US adviser Richard Perle said Britain would support a Bush war.
Mr Perle, head of the Pentagon's defence Policy Board, told ABC TV: "Our European allies are just not relevant to this. And the one of some importance, the United Kingdom, is, I believe, going to be with us.
"The rest prefer to look the other way or cut deals with Saddam or buy him off in various ways."
One famous US army man - "Stormin" Norman Schwarzkopf, who defeated Saddam in the 1991 Gulf War - says today is very different.
The retired general said: "If we invade Iraq and the regime is very close to falling, I'm very concerned that the Iraqis will use weapons of mass destruction."
He warned that Iraq had 100,000 fully trained and equipped troops, adding: "It's not going to be an easy battle. And we're alone this time."
-THE Iraqi parliament yesterday backed the nomination of Saddam to seek unopposed another seven-year term in office at an October referendum. He has held power since 1979.
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