Just been released.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...quiry-war-iraq
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Sir John Chilcot has delivered a devastating critique of Tony Blair’s decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003, with his long-awaited report concluding that Britain chose to join the US invasion before “peaceful options for disarmament” had been exhausted.
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Tony Blair deliberately exaggerated the threat posed by the Iraqi regime as he sought to make the case for military action to MPs and the public in the build-up to the invasion in 2002 and 2003, the Chilcot Inquiry has found.
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On 28 July 2002 Blair wrote note to Bush: "I'll be with you, whatever."
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Alastair Campbell is cleared...
https://twitter.com/ShippersUnbound/...35088858255360
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The JIC accepted ownership of the dossier...no evidence that No 10 improperly influenced the text.
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Chilcot says the inquiry does not accept Blair’s claim that it was impossible to predict post-invasion problems
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Is is disastrous for Blair & Co. Chilcot hasn't held back at all, anyone expecting a whitewash will be surprised.