Iraq war illegal, says Annan

On the Today Program this morningKoffi Annan said Iraq war was illegal. This has been pretty obvious for quite some time, and the dubious legality was pointed out at the time mainly by the Liberal Democrats. Perhaps this will force Tony Blair to release the advice that he was given from that convinced him that this was a legal war. If indeed he did believe that it was legal rather than simply 'right' within his moral system.

To be fair if you listen to the interview Mr Annan was being pressed quite a bit to say that it was an illegal war. There was also an interview with Colonel Tim Collins, who was accused of war crimes by an American officer and later cleared, about the planning for what was going to be put in place after the fall of Saddam. Or rather the complete absence of any planning for what was going to be put in place after the fall of Saddam. Except of course for giving vast amounts of money to Halliburton, which used to be run by the Vice President.