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  • U.N.'s Ban casts doubt on legality of U.S. plans to punish Syria

    09/04/2013 7:56:10 AM PDT · by opentalk · 33 replies
    Reuters ^ | September 3, 2013 | Louis Charbonneau
    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that the use of force is only legal when it is in self-defense or with Security Council authorization, remarks that appear to question the legality of U.S. plans to strike Syria without U.N. backing. He also suggested that a U.S. attack could lead to further turmoil in conflict-ravaged Syria, where the United Nations says over 100,000 people have been killed in the country's 2-1/2-year civil war. Ban was speaking to reporters after President Barack Obama won the backing of two top Republicans in Congress in his call for limited...