Britain's war on Iraq violated international law, a former senior government legal adviser has said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1238122,00.html

The view of Elizabeth Wilmshurst, who quit on the eve of the conflict as the Foreign Office's deputy legal adviser, will alarm the government, which is desperate to soothe lingering unease about the war.

Ms Wilmshurst told BBC Radio yesterday: "There was tremendous and passionate debate about the legality of this. Most international lawyers I met were of the view that the conflict was unlawful under international law.

"I took the view that participation by the UK in the conflict in Iraq was contrary to international law."