Iraqi Pre-Invasion bombings Illegal

The Times (of London) does it again.

A SHARP increase in British and American bombing raids on Iraq in the run-up to war 'to put pressure on the regime' was illegal under international law, according to leaked Foreign Office legal advice.

The advice was first provided to senior ministers in March 2002. Two months later RAF and USAF jets began 'spikes of activity' designed to goad Saddam Hussein into retaliating and giving the allies a pretext for war.

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and the most interesting part.

Although the legality of the war has been more of an issue in Britain than in America, the revelations indicate Bush may also have acted illegally, since Congress did not authorize military action until October 11 2002.

The air war had already begun six weeks earlier and the spikes of activity had been underway for five months.

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We started our Military aggression in the war on Iraq 6 month prior to congressional approval. This approval was granted after Bush had promised that this authority was to be used only as a last resort. He claim to have no intent to start this war, but needed the power to negotiate. Now it is confirmed that he had started this war 6 months prior to asking authority to do so.

Any bets if and when the US media will notice.