The courts are starting to accept that the war against Iraq is a crime

international | anti-war / imperialism | other press Tuesday October 17, 2006 19:45 by George Monbiot

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This summer, the German federal administrative court threw out the charge of insubordination against a major in the German army. He had refused to obey an order which, he believed, would implicate him in the invasion of Iraq. The judges determined that the UN charter permits a state to go to war in only two circumstances: in self-defence, and when it has been authorised to do so by the UN security council. The states attacking Iraq, they ruled, had no such licence. Resolution 1441, which was used by the British and US governments to justify the invasion, contained no authorisation. The war could be considered an act of aggression.

In Britain and Ireland, protesters who have deliberately damaged military equipment are walking from the dock
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