Iraq Enquiry: Sir Michael Wood Damns Blair, Straw and Croney Goldsmith

Sir Michael Wood confirmed today that the consistent advice from the FCO's Legal Advisers was that it was illegal in international law to invade Iraq without a second Security Council Resolution following UNSCR 1441. He also made plain that he consistently over two years advised both Blair and Straw direct that the war would be illegal.

Everything Sir Michael Wood said was 100% consistent with my contention that Straw was lying throughout his testimony on the key point of whether it was believed in the FCO that UNSCR 1441 made the war legal. As I stated, every one of the scores of telegrams of instructions to posts between UNSCR 1441 and just before the March invasion clearly was predicated on a second resolution being necessary, and we were telling security council members in asking them to vote for UNSCR 1441 that it conained "No automatic triggers". Michael Wood confirmed that too.

Yesterday I wrote this querying why a political appointee mate of Blair can overrule our foremost expert on international law:

A Politician Should Not Rule on the Legality of War

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2010/01/445220.html

Last week I published this on Straw's testimony. Michael Wood's testimony absolutely confirms that I was telling the truth and Straw was lying:

Jack Straw's Biggest Lie

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2010/01/445114.html

Craig Murray
Homepage: http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2010/01/sir_michael_woo_1.html

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Iraq Enquiry: Sir Michael Wood Damns Blair, Straw and Croney Goldsmith