Iraq keeps counting the dead
By Mustafa Salim and Loveday Morris
July 6 at 2:27 PM
BAGHDAD -- After a seven-year inquiry, British investigators gave a damning assessment of the United Kingdom’s role in the Iraq War, concluding that planning for the aftermath was inadequate and it ended “a very long way from success." That didn’t come as news for Iraqis.
As the report from the inquiry, led by former civil servant Sir John Chilcot, was released, Iraq was still counting the dead from a devastating suicide bombing Sunday. At least 250 were killed, Iraq’s ministry of health said Wednesday, making it the most deadly suicide bombing the Iraqi capital has seen since 2003. Around 150 bodies were so badly burned in the ensuing fire that they have not been identified. Their families have been asked to submit DNA samples ...
Thirteen years after the invasion, the United States is still struggling to help rebuild Iraq’s army after deciding to dismantle it. The chaos that ensued gave space for groups such as al-Qaeda to thrive in Iraq, later reemerging as the Islamic State.
Following the publication of Wednesday’s report, former president George W. Bush defended his decision to invade Iraq ...
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