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UK: Government bows to pressure and publishes Iraq war legal advice

01 April 2005

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Full-text of the Attorney General's advice on the legality of the Iraq war, dated 7 March 2003 (pdf). Ten days later the Attorney General infamously changed his advice in a one page written answer to parliament stating that the war was legal, see written answer dated 17 March 2003 (link, BBC).

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