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" We are not a court - not a judge or jury at work - but we've tried to apply the highest possible standards of rigorous analysis to the evidence where we make a criticism. "

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" We have concluded that the U.K. chose to join the invasion of Iraq before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted. Military action at that time was not a last resort. "

" We do not agree that hindsight is required. The risks of internal strife in Iraq, active Iranian pursuit of its interests, regional instability, and al-Qaeda activity in Iraq, were each explicitly identified before the invasion. "

" Despite explicit warnings, the consequences of the invasion were underestimated. "

" The scale of the U.K. effort in post-conflict Iraq never matched the scale of the challenge. "

" Planning and preparations for Iraq after Saddam Hussein were wholly inadequate. "

" The people of Iraq have suffered greatly. "

" Saddam Hussein was undoubtedly a brutal dictator who had attacked Iraq's neighbours, repressed and killed many of his own people, and was in violation of obligations imposed by the U.N. Security Council. "

" The U.K. military role in Iraq ended a very long way from success. "

" Blair overestimated his ability to influence U.S. decisions on Iraq. "

" The judgements about the severity of the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of a mass destruction - WMD - were presented with a certainty that was not justified. "

" We have found that the Ministry of Defence was slow in responding to the threat of improvised explosive devices and that delays in providing adequate medium-weight protected patrol vehicles should not have been tolerated. "

" In practice, the U.K.'s most consistent strategic objective in relation to Iraq was to reduce the level of its deployed forces. "