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Originally Posted by Xaccers
You only need 2 for a coalition.
With regards to the topic, I'd put a fiver on the appeal commuting the sentance to life in prison.
Perhaps because there isn't a UN resolution giving permission for action to be taken.
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More of a pairing than a coalition, then.
FYI, Re "
UN resolution giving permission for action to be taken"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3661640.stm
Questions from Owen Bennett-Jones, BBC World Service
Answers from Kofi Annan, then UN Secretary-General
"Q: I wanted to ask you that - do you think that the resolution that was passed on Iraq before the war did actually give legal authority to do what was done?
A: Well, I'm one of those who believe that there should have been a second resolution because the Security Council indicated that if Iraq did not comply there will be consequences. But then it was up to the Security Council to approve or determine what those consequences should be.
Q: So you don't think there was legal authority for the war?
A: I have stated clearly that it was not in conformity with the Security Council - with the UN Charter.
Q: It was illegal?
A: Yes, if you wish.
Q: It was illegal? A: Yes, I have indicated it is not in conformity with the UN Charter, from our point of view and from the Charter point of view it was illegal."
So the UN Secretary-General thinks the action was illegal - doesn't sound much like "UN permission for action to be taken".
