The past few weeks have seen intense media interest in the Iraq Inquiry which began in July with private hearings, but has only recently began to publicly feature high-profile members of the Establishment, the most prominent being Tony Blair but also members of the then-British cabinet including Alastair Campbell, Jack Straw and Clare Short, with Gordon Brown to be interviewed sometime in the future. The Inquiry’s remit includes analysing the reasons the war on Iraq was undertaken in the first place, if preparations for the war were satisfactory, if British soldiers were properly equipped, and whether the British government had a workable plan for the aftermath of the invasion.
BY PADRAIC GRANT