_______________________________________________________________ | | http://legal.lege.net/ | | | All the below became moot when Richard Perle conceded that | the invasion of Iraq had been illegal: | http://uscrisis.lege.net/othershoe/#30 | | 317 teachers of law from 87 law schools in the U.S. | denounced the plans for war with Iraq: | http://legal.lege.net/the-rule-of-law/#04 | | 2003 Iraq War; The "New World Order" in Practice, | http://www.eurolegal.org/uscivilrightspage4.htm (bad link), | local transcript: http://legal.lege.net/new_world_order/ | | 2003 Iraq War; Iraq War - Legality without a UN Mandate, | http://www.eurolegal.org/usmideast8.htm (bad link), local | transcript: http://legal.lege.net/war_legal/ | | 1991 Gulf War; One might contrive a tortured legal argument | to support U.S./UK claims, though no one really tried.  Read | how in this essay, search for "contrive a tortured":  | http://zmag.org/chomsky/articles/z9804-rogue.html | | 2003 Iraq War; The U.S. is outside the law, even it's own | law.  See http://legal.lege.net/new_world_order/ and | http://truthout.org/docs_03/072503D.shtml | | 2003 Iraq War; "Military Necessity or War Crimes?", local | transcript at http://legal.lege.net/military_necessity/ ,  | originals at #1: http://truthout.org/docs_03/071403D.shtml | ,  #2: http://truthout.org/docs_03/072503D.shtml ,  #3: | http://truthout.org/docs_03/072603D.shtml  --  This series | clearly show both that the 2003 Iraq war is and was illegal | in all respects and also that it was not justifiable by any | "Military Necessity" either.  In short, it is and was a War | Crime. | | 2003 Iraq War; An Annotated Critique of President George W. | Bush's March 17 Address Preparing the Nation for War. See | http://legal.lege.net/an_annotated_critique/ | | U.S. contempt for the Rule of Law | See http://legal.lege.net/contempt/ | | | Resources [ http://legal.lege.net/resources/ ] | |______________________________________________________________