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Iraq inquiry: action against Saddam Hussein vital for UN authority, says David Miliband

Mr Miliband told the Chilcot Inquiry he voted for the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 because Saddam's defiance of the UN posed a danger to global peace and security.

He admitted that the hugely controversial US-led war exposed ''divisions'' in the international community.

But he insisted the UN would have been damaged if the conflict had not gone ahead.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)