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The Chilcot Inquiry is an independent investigation looking into Britain's role in the 2003 Iraq War. The Labour government at the time, led by Prime Minister Tony Blair, agreed to British
military involvement in the US-led invasion of the country. It was controversial because Tony Blair claimed to Parliament that intelligence reports showed Iraq had weapons of mass
destruction but none of those weapons were ever found. In 2009 Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the inquiry to "learn the lessons" of the conflict in which 179 UK service personnel died.
The Inquiry covers the period running up-to the conflict, the military invasion and then the aftermath of the conflict up to 2009. Evidence began in 2009 led by a former civil servant, Sir John Chilcot and the last public hearing was held on 2 February 2011.
I filmed this in 2010 and 2011 and the Inquiry Report was finally published in July 2016.