The Iraq Inquiry - The Report

Published 6 July 2016

The Executive Summary

The Report of the Iraq Inquiry - Executive Summary

The Report of the Iraq Inquiry

• Volume 1
• Introduction
• 1.1  UK strategy 1990 to 2000
• 1.2  Development of UK strategy and options, September 2000 to September 2001
• 2.    Decision-making within government
• 3.1  Development of UK strategy and options, 9/11 to early January 2002
• 3.2  Development of UK strategy and options, January to April 2002 - "axis of evil" to Crawford

• Volume 2
• 3.3  Development of UK strategy and options, April to July 2002
• 3.4  Development of UK strategy and options, late July to 14 September 2002
• 3.5  Development of UK strategy and options, September to November 2002 - the negotiation of resolution 1441

• Volume 3
• 3.6  Development of UK strategy and options, November 2002 to January 2003
• 3.7  Development of UK strategy and options, 1 February to 7 March 2003
• 3.8  Development of UK strategy and options, 8 to 20 March 2003

• Volume 4
• 4.    Iraq's weapons of mass destruction
• 4.1  Iraq's WMD assessments, pre-July 2002
• 4.2  Iraq's WMD assessments, July to September 2002
• 4.3  Iraq's WMD assessments, October 2002 to March 2003
• 4.4  The search for WMD

• Volume 5
• 5.    Advice on the legal basis for military action, November 2002 to March 2003
• 6.1  Development of the military options for an invasion of Iraq
• 6.2  Military planning for the invasion, January to March 2003

• Volume 6
• 6.3  Military equipment (pre-conflict)
• 6.4  Planning and preparation for a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq, mid-2001 to January 2003
• 6.5  Planning and preparation for a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq, January to March 2003
• 7.    Conclusions: pre-conflict strategy and planning

• Volume 7
• 8.    The invasion
• 9.1  March to May 2003
• 9.2  May 2003 to June 2004
• 9.3  July 2004 to May 2005
• 9.4  June 2005 to May 2006

• Volume 8
• 9.5  June 2006 to 27 June 2007
• 9.6  28 June 2007 to April 2008
• 9.7  May 2008 to October 2009
• 9.8  Conclusions: the post-conflict period

• Volume 9
• 10.1 Reconstruction: March 2003 to July 2004
• 10.2 Reconstruction: July 2004 to July 2009
• 10.3 Reconstruction: oil, commercial issues, debt relief, asylum and stabilisation policy
• 10.4 Conclusions: Reconstruction

• Volume 10
• 11.1 De-Ba'athification
• 11.2 Conclusions: De-Ba'athification
• 12.1 Security Sector Reform
• 12.2 Conclusions: Security Sector Reform
• 13.1 Resources
• 13.2 Conclusions: Resources

• Volume 11
• 14.1 Military equipment (post-conflict)
• 14.2 Conclusions: Military equipment (post-conflict)
• 15.1 Civilian personnel
• 15.2 Conclusions: Civilian personnel

• Volume 12
• 16.1 The welfare of Service Personnel
• 16.2 Support for injured Service Personnel and veterans
• 16.3 Military fatalities and the bereaved
• 16.4 Conclusions: Service Personnel
• 17.   Civilian casualties
• Annex 1: Iraq 1583 to 1960
• Annex 2: Glossary
• Annex 3: Names and posts
• Annex 4: Maps
• Annex 5: How to read and navigate the Report