The Iraq war, Tony Blair and the Chilcot report | Guardian Explainers: The Guardian

The Guardian

Published on 5 Jul 2016

Lord Chilcot’s inquiry into Britain’s involvement in the Iraq war has taken seven years and cost more than £10m. 

On Wednesday he will publish his report, which is expected to criticise former prime minister Tony Blair, the intelligence services, diplomats and the armed forces. We look back at the events that led to an invasion widely regarded to be Britain’s biggest foreign policy mistake since the 1950s Suez crisis.