Iraq War report reveals folly of intervention

The UK government released the report on the results of the inquiry into the Iraq War last week, which was scathing of the military intervention into Iraq by the United States and the United Kingdom in 2003.

There were a number of key findings.

In the Inquiry's view, the US-led coalition resorted to force to remove Saddam Hussein before the diplomatic options had been exhausted, in a way which undermined the authority of the United Nations Security Council. It said, the case for war was presented with "a certainty which was not justified" and was based on "flawed intelligence".