Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and senior officials in his government have been strongly criticized for their role in the 2003 Iraq war. The Chilcot inquiry says intelligence supporting the case for war was presented with a certainty that was not justified.
After hearing from over 100 witnesses and examining tens of thousands of documents, the report runs to 2.6 million words while the executive summary is 150 pages long.
The families of the 179 service personnel who died in the six year conflict have long campaigned for Tony Blair to apologize and admit he misled the country.
Sir John Chilcot said the UK had chosen to join the invasion of Iraq without exhausting peaceful options.
IN: "We have concluded.…
OUT: ..not justified."
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