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Chilcot report delivers damning verdict

on British role in Iraq War

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London (CNN) — A long-awaited official inquiry delivered a

devastating indictment of Britain's decision to invade Iraq

Wednesday, finding that the war was based on flawed intelligence

and had been launched before diplomatic options were

exhausted.

The findings of the 2.6 million-word Iraq Inquiry -- seven years in

the making -- were released following a statement by probe

chairman John Chilcot in London Wednesday.

The former civil servant said that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein

posed "no imminent threat" when the U.S-led invasion was

launched in March 2003, and that while military action against

him "might have been necessary at some point," the "strategy of

containment" could have continued for some time.

Chilcot said former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was warned

of the risks of regional instability and the rise of terrorism before

the invasion of Iraq, but pressed on regardless.

The UK failed to appreciate the complexity of governing Iraq, and

did not devote enough forces to the task of securing the country

in the wake of the invasion, he added.