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Wed 11 Nov 2009British saw no legal basis for toppling Saddam
SENIOR BRITISH officials believed there was no basis under international law for getting rid of Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein before the 9/11 attacks, the opening day of the Iraq Inquiry was told.
Opening the inquiry’s first day of public hearings, its chairman, Sir John Chilcot, said he expected witnesses to give “truthful, fair and accurate” evidence, though the inquiry did not have powers to find anyone guilty: “We are not a court,” he said.
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