The Report
The Report of the Iraq Inquiry was published on Wednesday 6 July 2016. Sir John Chilcot's public statement can be read here.
Below you can find links to the Executive Summary and the individual Sections of the Report.
The 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
