Cedrik,

The UN has not passed a resolution banning an attack on Iraq, it was just extremely unlikely that one authorizing military action would have been passed. Furthermore, in the strictest technical sense (so I've heard), previous UN resolutions on the subject of iraq (older ones, perhaps from '91) still hold, and they authorize the use of force for disarming iraq. This, of course, does not mean using force is the best solution, but saying that the US and Britain (and Spain&#33 are directly violating a UN resolution is wrong.