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Blair must oppose US plans for Star Wars missile defence and war on Iraq or risk
destroying the UK's international reputation, London MEP Jean Lambert told the
CND Annual Conference on Sunday (September 15, 2002).
"The Bush administration's attitude to international law completely undermines any supposed rationale for war on Iraq. We have seen time and time again how the US uses its military and economic might to ignore or undermine any international obligations which stand in its way," said Mrs Lambert.
"Blair must back away or the UK will, like the US, find itself regarded as an international pariah by its EU partners and the wider world.
"We must ask why on earth we want to associate with a regime that has so consistently flouted and attempted to undermine the international rule of law: on the International Criminal Court, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the Kyoto Protocol and now on military intervention in Iraq."
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