Alwaght- Iraq War inquiry report is not pursuing the Tony Blair’s accusations for breaking laws about Iraq’s invasion despite claims the intervention was illegal.
Sources close to the inquiry said the report – which will be published in six weeks’ time - was not set up to take a view on the legality of the acts of individuals or events, according The Sunday Telegraph.
It will instead focus on the decision making behind the conflict and whether any lessons can be learned. Launched by the US with strong UK backing, the war on Iraq led to the deaths of up to 600,000 Iraqis over four years.
Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, said he was convinced the Iraq War was illegal and that anyone who had committed a crime should be put on trial – including Mr Blair, who was Labour Prime Minister between 1997 and 2007.
Mr Corbyn said last August: “We went into a war that was catastrophic, that was illegal, that cost us a lot of money, that lost a lot of lives, and the consequences are still played out with migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, refugees all over the region.
Asked if Mr Blair should be charged with war crimes, Mr Corbyn replied: "If he's committed a war crime, yes. Everyone who's committed a war crime should be."
In his first six years in office Blair ordered British troops into battle five times, more than any other prime minister in British history. This included Iraq in both 1998 and 2003.He and George W. Bush had a conversation which was blocked to be disclosed due to endangering British-American relations.
The Iraq report, also referred to as the Chilcot Inquiry's 2.6 million word report, based on an evaluation of 150,000 documents, has been in production since 2009, when it was launched by Mr Blair's successor as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. It will be released on 6 July.
Families of servicemen who died in the conflict said they hoped that the report could form the evidence base for any future prosecution.
