1/12/2010

“An exhaustive enquiry carried out by an independent enquiry in the Netherlands has determined that there was no basis whatsoever in international law for the war in Iraq, meaning that those who carried it out, who were behind the wanton destruction of the State of Iraq and the numerous massacres and human rights violations carried out during the campaign since 2003 are war criminals. The Davids Report, a 551-page document released yesterday [January 12, 2010], is an exhaustive independent enquiry carried out in the Netherlands to examine the Dutch participation in the war in Iraq. Its conclusion is as crystal clear as it is simple to understand: There was no basis in international law for this war.”

 – Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey, “The Iraq War was Illegal,” Pravda, Jan. 13, 2010