War critics astonished as US hawk admits Iraq invasion was illegal

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THE GUARDIAN
London, Thursday, November 20, 2003

Oliver Burkeman and Julian Borger
in Washington

INTERNATIONAL lawyers and anti-war campaigners reacted with
astonishment yesterday after the influential Pentagon hawk Richard
Perle (right) conceded that the invasion of Iraq had been illegal. In
a startling break with the official White House and Downing Street
lines, Mr Perle told an audience in London: "I think in this case
international law stood in the way of doing the right thing."

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