British lawyers warned government pre-war bombing of Iraq was illegal

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LONDON (AP) - Lawyers told the British government U.S. and British bombing of Iraq in the months before the 2003 war was illegal under international law, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Leaked minutes of a July 23, 2002, meeting between Prime Minister
Tony Blair and top government officials cite U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as saying: "The U.S. had already begun 'spikes of activity' to put pressure on the regime."
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