In one of these letters, dated January 24, 2003, Wood said that the "UK cannot lawfully use force in Iraq in ensuring compliance" with UN resolutions (including resolution 1441, which gave Saddam Hussein a "final opportunity" to comply with the UN's mandates on weapons of mass destruction by November 2002).
２００３年１月２４日の手紙では、ウッドは「英国は」（サダム・フセインに、２００２年１１月までに大量破壊兵器に関する国連の命令に従う「最終的な機会」を与える１４４１決議を含む）国連の決議に「従うならば、イラクで合法的に武力を行使することはできない」と言った。