Iraq Inquiry
On 15 June 2009, Gordon Brown announced the establishment of "an independent Privy Councillor committee of inquiry which will consider the period from summer 2001, before military operations began in March 2003, and our subsequent involvement in Iraq right up to the end of July this year."[1]
The Iraq Inquiry was officially launched on 30 July 2009.[2]
Contents
Secrecy
The Iraq Inquiry has come under criticism for being held in secret. There was also anger over Brown's demand that it "try to avoid apportioning blame" for the Iraq War.[3]
Advisors
The Inquiry appointed General Sir Roger Wheeler and Dame Rosalyn Higgins QC as advisors in October 2009.[4] Wheeler's appointment was questioned because of his role as a director of Aegis Defence Services, a company which had profited from the Iraq War.[5]
People
Members
- Sir John Chilcot - Chairman
- Sir Lawrence Freedman
- Sir Martin Gilbert
- Sir Roderic Lyne
- Baroness Usha Prashar[6]
Secretariat
- Margaret Aldred - Secretary[7]
- Rae Stewart - Communications[8]
Advisors
- General Sir Roger Wheeler - Military Advisor[9]
- Dame Rosalyn Higgins QC - International Law Advisor[10]
External Resources
- Iraq Inquiry Digest - Voluntary project monitoring the inquiry edited by journalist Chris Ames
Notes
- ↑ Hansard, 15 June 2009.
- ↑ Statement by Sir John Chilcot, Chairman of the Iraq Inquiry, at a news conference on Thursday 30th July 2009, Iraq Inquiry, accessed 2 August 2009.
- ↑ Ian Dunt and Gabriel Huntley, Iraq inquiry to be held in secret, Politics.co.uk, accessed 3 August 2009
- ↑ Military and international law advisers appointed, Iraq Inquiry, 13 October 2009.
- ↑ Kevin Blowe, Iraq Inquiry Appoints Director of Private Defence Contractor As Advisor, Random Blowe, 15 October 2009.
- ↑ About the Inquiry, Iraq Inquiry, accessed 2 August 2009.
- ↑ Secretary to Sir John Chilcot’s Iraq Inquiry named Iraq Inquiry, 6 July 2009.
- ↑ Secretary to Sir John Chilcot’s Iraq Inquiry named, WhitehallPages.net, 7 July 2009.
- ↑ Military and international law advisers appointed, Iraq Inquiry, 13 October 2009.
- ↑ Military and international law advisers appointed, Iraq Inquiry, 13 October 2009.
