Archive for 'Submissions' Category
Dossier Demolished
by Brian Jones
Dr Chris Williams of the University of Birmingham has provided the Digest with a copy of his submission to the Iraq Inquiry. You will find it here. It raises issues that were touched on in earlier inquiries and which Sir John Chilcot and his committee must address much more directly than [...]
New submission raises war crimes question
by Andrew Mason
As retrieved from the unobserver.com website:
UK: CHILCOT INQUIRY ASKED TO CONSIDER WAR CRIMES
2009-11-19 | PRESS RELEASE
On 18th November The Chilcot Inquiry was asked by 6 UK citizens to investigate whether grave breaches had been committed by Blair, his Ministers and “Kitchen Cabinet” between 2003 – 2009 under the Geneva and Hague Conventions, in [...]
Inquiry publishes more viewpoints
The Iraq Inquiry has posted on its website two more expert opinions following the second of a series of seminars to hear these views:
‘What were the causes and consequences of Iraq’s descent into violence after the initial invasion?’ by Dr Toby Dodge, and:
‘What were the causes and consequences of Iraq’s descent into violence [...]
Ask Blair early on
by Chris Ames
This afternoon, on Comment is Free, is a blog post I wrote following (the first part of) Thursday’s seminar, held by the Inquiry, on “The Evolution of International Policy towards Iraq 1990-2003″.
I argue that, following the seminar, the committee can be in no doubt that the purpose of the invasion, from both a [...]
Inquiry hears expert opinion
The Inquiry has published two expert viewpoints following its first seminar yesterday covering “The Evolution of International Policy towards Iraq 1990-2003″, and “Iraq and the Region on the Eve of the 2003 Invasion”. The Iraq Inquiry had asked the panellists at the event to set down their views in a series of articles. The scheduled [...]
On the alert?
The following, which should be self-explanatory, is a contribution by Clarissa Mitchell.
My colleague and myself were in the area in Southern Turkey on October 11th 2002, near where the major American Air Base, Incirlik, is situated. Our NGO, The Seven Springs Foundation, set up the first Respite Centre for disabled children in the Country. As [...]