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Advice on the legal basis for military action, November 2002 to
March 2003
956.
The advice
should have addressed the significance of the exchange of
letters
of 14 and
15 March and how, in the absence of agreement from the majority
of
members of
the Security Council, the point had been reached that Iraq had
failed
to take the
final opportunity offered by resolution 1441.
957.
The advice
should have been provided to Ministers and senior
officials
whose
responsibilities were directly engaged and should have been
made
available
to Cabinet.
169