United Nations, Sept 16, SPA -- The U.S. decision to go to war in Iraq without the approval of the U.N. Security Council was"illegal," Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the BBC. "I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for along time _ without U.N. approval and much broader supportfrom the international community," he said in an interviewWednesday with the BBC World Service. Annan said the wave of violence engulfing Iraq puts in doubt the national elections scheduled for January. There could not be "credible elections if the securityconditions continue as they are now," he told the BBC.--SPA1123 Local Time 0823 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/202207