UN chief&#39;s claim Iraq war &quot;illegal&quot; unleashes protests
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan&#39;s claim that the war in Iraq was &quot;illegal&#39;&#39; unleashed a storm of protests from the United States and its allies.
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The use of a single word in diplomacy can often mark a significant moment and the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan&#39;s use of the word &quot;illegal&quot; about the war in Iraq is one such moment.
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Britain on Thursday rejected a claim by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the U.S.-led Iraq war was "illegal" because Washington and its coalition allies never got Security Council backing for the invasion.
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STATE DEPARTMENT Secretary of State Powell is rejecting comments made by the UN secretary-general about the war in Iraq. In an interview with the BBC, Kofi Annan (KOH&#39;-fee AN&#39;-nan) called the US-led military
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Key allies in the US-led war in Iraq reject UN chief Kofi Annan's assertion that the invasion was illegal.
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President George W. Bush defended the war in Iraq in a speech to the United Nations, saying the US-led coalition had enforced &quot;the just demands of the world&quot; by ousting Saddam Hussein.
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The US decision to go to war in Iraq without the approval of the UN Security Council was &#39;&#39;illegal,&#39;&#39; Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the BBC on Wednesday.
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The U.N. secretary general recently reaffirmed that the war in Iraq was illegal in the absence of a second U.N. resolution.
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United Nations Secretary, General Kofi Annan, said in an interview with the BBC, that the US led invasion of Iraq was illegal. When asked whether he thought the invasion of Iraq was illegal, Annan replied &quot;Yes, if you wish.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard rejected claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;, slamming the United Nations as &quot;paralysed&quot;.
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United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan&#39;s declaration that the invasion of Iraq contravened the UN charter greatly annoyed the countries participating in the war, especially the US.
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The government said the war in Iraq was &quot;not only lawful but necessary,&quot; disagreeing with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's description of the US-British invasion in 2003 as illegal.
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Thousands of anti-war campaigners took to the streets of London last night calling for an end to the &quot;illegal occupation&quot; of Iraq by US-led coalition troops.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard refuted claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;, saying it had been justified by UN Security Council resolutions.
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COALITION allies yesterday flatly rejected the assertion by Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary general, that the war in Iraq was illegal.
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WASHINGTON : President George W Bush Thursday joined a chorus of US-allied leaders in defending the Iraq war from UN chief Kofi Annan&#39;s charge that it was illegal.
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Thousands of anti-war campaigners took  to the streets of London Sunday calling for an end to the  "illegal occupation" of Iraq by U.S-led coalition troops.