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Chilcot Inquiry: Tony Blair exaggerated need to invade Iraq; peaceful options ignored

World News // 7 years ago

Chilcot Inquiry: Tony Blair exaggerated need to invade Iraq; peaceful options ignored

Britain followed the United States into the Iraq War without exhausting all peaceful options, an official British Parliament inquiry concluded.

Britain's Tony Blair says he'd rebut Iraq War report if he's found to be in the wrong

World News // 7 years ago

Britain's Tony Blair says he'd rebut Iraq War report if he's found to be in the wrong

Tony Blair has implied he will rebut the Chilcot inquiry if he's accused of committing Britain to the invasion of Iraq before he told Parliament or the public.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

London appalled by Iraqi violence

An increase in violence in and around Baghdad shows anti-government groups in the country have "an appalling disregard" for life, the British government said.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

London report on Iraq war delayed

A London inquiry into the British government's role in the Iraq war has been delayed to mid-2013, a year later than expected, the top investigator said.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

London's Iraq war inquiry report delayed

A London inquiry examining the legality of the Iraq war said it needs another six months to release its report because of declassification issues.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Iraq war inquiry upset by secrecy

The head of the London inquiry examining the Iraq war said he was "disappointed" by the government's decision to not release notes of talks with Washington.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Tony Blair called again before Iraq panel

An inquiry investigating the British role in the Iraq war opted to recall former Prime Minister Tony Blair in for questioning, the lead investigator announced.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Iraq inquiry interviews Kurdish officials

First-hand interviews with Kurdish officials in Iraq will help an inquiry publish its findings on the Iraq war by early 2011, a British investigator said.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

London sets 2011 for Iraqi inquiry report

There are gaps remaining in a London inquiry into the Iraq war that need to be filled before findings are released in 2011, the head of the panel said.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

London war inquiry may head to Iraq

Members of an inquiry into the British role in the Iraq war aim to visit Baghdad to assess the consequences of the war, the inquiry chair said Friday.

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The Iraq inquiry was set up to identify the lessons that should be learned from (Britain's) involvement in Iraq to help future governments who may face similar situations
British involvement in Iraq under inquiry Nov 24, 2009

Who better to give evidence on what exactly was the positio
Ex-Saddam aids want to talk to London Jan 04, 2010

We cannot take formal evidence as such from foreign nationals, but we can of course have discussions with them
U.S. officials probed in Iraq war inquiry May 18, 2010

These hearings have given the inquiry valuable evidence which could have not be heard in public session without damaging national security or international relations
Weapons top concern, Iraq inquiry hears Jul 08, 2010

The Rt. Hon. Sir John Chilcot, GCB, PC (born 22 April 1939) is a privy council member and former civil servant. His appointment as chair of an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the March 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath was announced in June 2009.

He was educated at Brighton College and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he read English and languages. A career civil servant until his retirement in 1997, he served as Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office, Deputy Under-Secretary at the Home Office in charge of the Police Department, and a variety of posts in the Home Office, the Civil Service Department and the Cabinet Office, including Private Secretary appointments to Home Secretaries Roy Jenkins, Merlyn Rees, and Willie Whitelaw, and to the Head of the Civil Service, William Armstrong.

His honours include CB (1990), KCB (1994), and GCB (1998). He became a Privy Counsellor in 2004, and was a member of the Butler Review of the use of intelligence in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. He acted as "staff counsellor" to MI5 and MI6 from 1999 to 2004, "dealing with private and personal complaints from members of the intelligence services about their work and conditions."

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