D_Raay
04-29-2005, 03:17 AM
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/28/nelec28.xml
I never lie, says Blair as new doubt is cast on war
By George Jones
(Filed: 28/04/2005)
Tony Blair's honesty was thrust back to the centre of the election campaign last night with the leaking of a confidential minute showing he was told less than two weeks before the Iraq war that it could be declared illegal.
As Mr Blair was telling the nation on one television channel that he had "never told a lie" another was broadcasting fresh allegations that he misled the country about the legality of the war.
Legal advice submitted by Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney General - which Mr Blair has sought to keep secret - voiced doubts about going to war without a second United Nations resolution.
It is understood that Lord Goldsmith warned that soldiers could be brought before the International Criminal Court.
He said that while he would be able to argue a "reasonable case" in favour of military action, he was far from confident a court would agree.
It might well conclude that war would be found unlawful without a further UN resolution - which Britain and America failed to secure.
The leaking of the document undermined Mr Blair's attempt to counter Conservative election posters alleging that he was prepared to "lie" about the war and to "lie" again to win the election.
It was a highly embarrassing blow to Labour a week before polling day and at a time when Mr Blair's integrity has become a central issue.
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Mr. Blair, I hate to be the one to tell you this but, your pants are literally on fire...
I never lie, says Blair as new doubt is cast on war
By George Jones
(Filed: 28/04/2005)
Tony Blair's honesty was thrust back to the centre of the election campaign last night with the leaking of a confidential minute showing he was told less than two weeks before the Iraq war that it could be declared illegal.
As Mr Blair was telling the nation on one television channel that he had "never told a lie" another was broadcasting fresh allegations that he misled the country about the legality of the war.
Legal advice submitted by Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney General - which Mr Blair has sought to keep secret - voiced doubts about going to war without a second United Nations resolution.
It is understood that Lord Goldsmith warned that soldiers could be brought before the International Criminal Court.
He said that while he would be able to argue a "reasonable case" in favour of military action, he was far from confident a court would agree.
It might well conclude that war would be found unlawful without a further UN resolution - which Britain and America failed to secure.
The leaking of the document undermined Mr Blair's attempt to counter Conservative election posters alleging that he was prepared to "lie" about the war and to "lie" again to win the election.
It was a highly embarrassing blow to Labour a week before polling day and at a time when Mr Blair's integrity has become a central issue.
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Mr. Blair, I hate to be the one to tell you this but, your pants are literally on fire...