Britain’s role in the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq has been criticized in the long-awaited Chilcot Report that was released on Wednesday. The report is a “late confession of crimes” by the United States and Britain, according to Egyptian analysts and expert Mohamed al-Orabi. Xinhua reports: WAR IN IRAQ CRIME “The war in Iraq, launched in 2003, wasn’t a mistake, it was a crime,” said Mohamed al-Orabi, former Egyptian foreign minister. The British report proved the determination of both the United States and Britain to destroy Iraq, al-Orabi told Xinhua. The report said that “policy on Iraq was made on the basis of flawed intelligence and assessments,” and that claims that Iraq posed a threat by possessing weapons of mass destruction were “presented with unjustified certainty.” It said that the turmoil unleashed in Iraq since the invasion should have come as no surprise. VERY LATE REPORT Al-Orabi, who is also the head of the foreign relations committee in the current Egyptian parliament, said that the Chilcot report was released “very late” after the impossible-to-be-tackled destruction and ruin prevailed Iraq. He added that the leaders of the Arab world, including late king Abdullah of Saudi and ousted president Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, have [...]
