The late Robin Cook MP's resignation speech to Parliament (in full) , on 17 March 2003. #Chilcot

The late Robin Cook MP's resignation speech to Parliament (in full) , on 17 March 2003. #Chilcot

Lots to read and digest today.
This eleven and a half minute speech is worth watching in full.
Sometimes we don't need to use hindsight, we just need to listen to those with foresight.

Fulll text transcript here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2859431.stm

See also:
Casualties of the Iraq War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War

Various scientific surveys of Iraqi deaths resulting from the first four years of the Iraq War estimated that between 151,000 and over one million Iraqis died as a result of conflict during this time.[1] A later study, published in 2011, estimated that approximately 500,000 Iraqis had died as a result of the conflict since the invasion.[2] Counts of deaths reported in newspapers collated by projects like the Iraq Body Count project found 174,000 Iraqis reported killed between 2003 and 2013, with between 112,000-123,000 of those killed being civilian noncombatants.

Deaths of armed forces, aid workers, contractors, journalists...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War#Overview._Death_estimates_by_group


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0f8NBlmwwE

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