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kiwitt
05-20-2005, 00:50
Considering the actions by the US and the legal position outlined in this thread. (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=47757)

Has the US broken the UN Charter in by resuming hostilities with Iraq?

Papewaio
05-20-2005, 00:53
No the US has not broken the treaty as the Iraq conflict was under ceasefire.

Iraq broke several of the conditions that bound the ceasefire. WMD was not required in a legal sense to resume hostilities, they where needed to drum up pub(l)ic opinion.