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Lord Goldsmith, the attorney general, decided the force was justified by UN accords on Iraq dating back to 1991.
“Lord Goldsmith, attorney general at the time, decided force was justified by UN accords on Iraq dating back to 1991.”
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Lord Goldsmith believed it was safer to obtain a fresh UN resolution a month before the invasion, but in his final legal opinion he advised ministers that the combined effect of existing UN resolutions made the invasion lawful.
“Until a month before the invasion, Lord Goldsmith believed it was 'safer' to get a fresh United Nations resolution but in his final legal opinion on the eve of war, he advised ministers that the 'com…”
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