Chilcot Report published

Chilcot Report published; ENGLAND: London: Tony Blair (Former Prime Minister) from house and into car/ QEII Centre: INT Sir John Chilcot (Chair, Iraq Inquiry) press conference delivering statement on findings of Iraq Inquiry SOT - we have concluded that the UK chose to join the invasion of Iraq before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted, military action at that time was not a last resort/ we have also concluded that the judgements about the severity of the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction - WMD - were presented with a certainty that was not justified/ despite explicit warnings the consequences of the invasion were underestimated, planning and preparations for Iraq after Saddam Hussein were wholly inadequate/