Shiva H. Vishnu this is huge... the UK Attorney General's advice to Blair on Iraq has been leaked... unreal...
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,1469235,00.html
The 13 pages of legal advice that Goldsmith drew up on 7 March, according to a report in today's Mail on Sunday, warned that Blair could be in breach of international law for six reasons ranging from the lack of a second United Nations resolution to UN inspector Hans Blix's continuing search for weapons.
Ten days later, he apparently changed his mind, delivering a summary to Blair declaring the war was legal - the cue for the invasion.
May this be the end of Tony Blair.
More details from the article:
The leaker is still unknown. The advice was not provided to the Cabinet, but it was reviewed by the Butler inquiry.
Among the legal risks cited in the advice:
- a strong argument that it was for the UN, not Blair, to decide whether Iraq had defied orders to disarm.
- questioned whether Britain could rely on UN resolution 1441 - warning of 'serious consequences' if Sad dam Hussein flouted the UN ruling - as grounds for invasion, and said it would be safer to proceed with a second UN resolution,
- it could be difficult to revive UN resolution 678, passed in 1990 when Saddam invaded Kuwait, as justification for the war
- UN inspector Hans Blix's continuing search for weapons.