Cairo - The issue of the
Iraq war controversy continues to echo in the UK, including ulcers books about style of U.S. troops in Iraq. Committee of the British independent investigators began on Tuesday (24ลน1) held a hearing to present witnesses who played a role in the
Iraq war.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be one of the main witnesses in front of the committee. Blair served as British Prime Minister during the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Former British Ambassador to the U.S. Sir Christopher Meyer, former head of British Intelligence (M16) Sir John Scarlett, and former UN chief Kofi Annan to witness.
Committee investigating the
war in Iraq, was formed in July 2009, began working in the increasingly strong criticism of the British participation in the
Iraq war. It is also the criticism is the tension between the British and U.S. troops in Iraq.
Chairman of the Iraq War Investigating Committee, Sir John Chilcot confirmed, the report will be issued by the committee aims to find the truth.
The Committee will investigate why British officials could be so sure Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, which was not proven.
Some analysts said that Europe broke out due to Blair's support for the U.S.
invasion of Iraq. It was allegedly the reason why Blair was not elected as president of the European Union.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown last month announced it would conduct an investigation of the controversy over the Iraq war as military families and asked the opposition.
Estimated, the committee will submit a final report at the end of 2010. The Committee is currently hearing the testimony of families of 179 British soldiers killed in the Iraq war.
Arrogance and dictating
Iraq war veterans from the British officers of late expressed intense disappointment when on duty in Iraq. The contents of a document appeared in the British newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, about the tension between the British and U.S. troops in Iraq.
The commander of British forces in Iraq, Colonel JK Tanner, calling U.S. troops in Iraq is like the population space that difficult to dialogue. Daily was able to get information from the dialogue between the British Ministry of Defense and the British soldiers who returned from Iraq in the period May 2003 to May 2004.
Tanner said that, although the U.S. and the UK have close ties, U.S. military leaders in Iraq to treat British soldiers such as Portugal.
Major General Andrew Stewart, who had served in Iraq between 2003 and 2004, revealing, often away and refused orders from U.S. officers. Stewart said the British influence on U.S. policy in Iraq was minimal.
"Hard to believe, but one fact that there is no relationship or coordination between the British military leadership in Basra (southern Iraq) and the U.S. military leadership in Baghdad," he continued.
