Sir Michael Wood, who was senior legal adviser at the Foreign Office, said he had considered resigning on the eve of the invasion in March 2003 in protest at the decision to join the US-led attack.
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Straw ignored advice that Iraq invasion had ‘no basis’ in law
Jack Straw brushed aside warnings that the invasion of Iraq had no basis in international law, the inquiry into the conflict has been told.
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