Britain Rejects US Request To Use UK Bases In Nuclear Standoff With Iran -- The Guardian
Secret legal advice states pre-emptive strike could be in breach of international law as Iran not yet 'clear and present threat'
Britain has rebuffed US pleas to use military bases in the UK to support the build-up of forces in the Gulf, citing secret legal advice which states that any pre-emptive strike on Iran could be in breach of international law.
The Guardian has been told that US diplomats have also lobbied for the use of British bases in Cyprus, and for permission to fly from US bases on Ascension Island in the Atlantic and Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, both of which are British territories.
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My Comment: More evidence that the great U.S. - Anglo alliance is no more .... instead .... it appears to be an arrangement dictated by lawyers.
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