I know nothing about British media...

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How reliable is this?

If I'm reading it right, it sounds like they maneuvered Sadaam into a spot where war wouldn't appear to be illegal. Which is... well, wrong, to say the least.

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[rho]

In general, the Times has pretty decent journalistic standards. It is under the same ownership as Fox et al though, so you have to keep that in mind, but normally the journalists and editors are left to their own devices without too much interference from above. I tend to consider things from the times as "probably true, but requires further research if it's something really important that I want verifying".

It's hardly news though. That Bush uniateraly decided he wanted war, and Blair unilaterally decided to support him, and then tried to find some real reason to do so. It was all grossly illegal, there just isn't a court in the world big enough to convict them.