What is Iraq Inquiry?
[[File:Iraq Inquiry logo.gif|thumb|Iraq Inquiry [[logo]]]] The '''Iraq Inquiry''' is a [[public inquiry]] into the [[United Kingdom]]'s role in the [[Iraq War]]. It is also called the '''Chilcot Inquiry''' after its chairman, [[John Chilcot|Sir John Chilcot]].<ref name=Guardian1>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/iraq-inquiry-fourth-plinth-chilcot My alternative to another round of Iraq whitewashing] [[The Guardian]], 31 July 2009</ref><ref name=Guardian2>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/14/british-army-abuses-iraq-chilcot-inquiry Investigate UK abuses in Iraq] The Guardian, 14 August 2009</ref> The inquiry was announced on 15 June 2009 by [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Gordon Brown]]. The original announcement was that the inquiry would take place in private. This decision was later reversed after receiving criticism in the media and the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].<ref name=BBC1>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8100432.stm Iraq war inquiry to be in private] BBC News, 15 June 2009</ref><ref name=AlJ1>[http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/06/200961514301331360.html UK PM announces Iraq war inquiry] [[Al Jazeera]], 15 June 2009</ref><ref name=Guardian3>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/22/iraq-war-inquiry |title=Public Iraq war inquiry 'essential', says chairman |publisher=The Guardian |date= 22 June 2009|access-date=24 November 2009| first=Haroon | last=Siddique |location=London}}</ref> On 6 July 2016, Sir John Chilcot announced the report's publication, more than seven years after the inquiry was announced. It referred to as the Chilcot report by the news media, the document stated that [[Saddam Hussein]] was not an urgent threat and that the Iraq War was not necessary. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Iraq War}} [[Category:Politics of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:21st century in the United Kingdom]] {{multistub|politics|UK|history}}