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Chilcot inquiry does not ‘ambush witnesses’ on Iraq
You don’t need to look long at Sir John Chilcot’s end of session statement today to think that there are some hurt feelings around.
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The Channel 4 News Iraq Inquiry blogger sums up another day of evidence.
Today’s hearing from the Iraq inquiry focuses on the consequences of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s 2008 Operation Charge of the Knights, which targeted the militias and criminal gangs of Basra
Sir John Chilcot’s Iraq inquiry is drowned out by the snow and the Brown plotters but things could get interesting again tomorrow, writes the Iraq Inquiry Blogger.
The Iraq Inquiry Blogger makes it through the snow to report on the day’s proceedings.
Our Iraq Inquiry blogger looks upon as the Silent Assassin Roderic Lyne strikes again.
The Iraq Inquiry Blogger reveals details of the ballot for those who want to be in the chamber when Tony Blair gives evidence to Sir John Chilcot.
Channel 4 News’s Iraq inquiry blogger looks back over coverage of the inquuiry during the Christmas break and ahead to evidence this week and later in the year.
Sir John Chilcot goes on the defensive at the Iraq war inquiry, writes the Iraq Inquiry Blogger for Channel 4 News.
You don’t need to look long at Sir John Chilcot’s end of session statement today to think that there are some hurt feelings around.
Admiral Boyce claimed officials were told to “stay in their tents” rather than rebuild post-war Iraq. Lt Gen Sir Robert Fry told the inquiry its staff “could barely conceal their moral disdain” for UK government policy. Major General Tim Cross called its then-Secretary of State Clare Short “unhelpful.”
Contrary to what you might imagine life in the Chilcot pressroom is not without moments of danger. It’s not all Prue Leith coffee and scenic views of snow refusing to settle on Parliament Square. Beware, I beseech you, the “Hidden Zinger.”
Good morning from day 15 of the Iraq inquiry in a positively freezing London. Mercifully the press room is kept stocked with pretty decent coffee; otherwise we’d lose at least the first 15 minutes of live-Tweeting to finger-de-freezing. Continuing from yesterday’s evidence we hear this morning from Lt Gen Sir Robert Fry – his biog…
Iraq inquiry: the midday “blackout” was the day’s big talking point writes the Iraq Inquiry Blogger for Channel 4 News.
As Sir John Chilcot continues his inquiry into the Iraq conflict, Channel 4 News discovers pro-war voices are becoming hard to find.
Sir John Sawers’s appearance before the Iraq inquiry confimed what most British soldiers in Iraq already knew – that the Americans are no good at winning hearts and minds.