UK's Iraq Inquiry to be Published Next Summer

By John Lee.

John Chilcot (pictured), chairman of a long-running British inquiry into the Iraq War, has said he expects to publish the report in June or July 2016.

In a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron he said:

"My colleagues and I estimate that we will be able to complete the text of our report in the week commencing 18 April 2016. At that point, national security checking of its contents ... can begin."

The report is expected to run to more than 2 million words.

(Source: Reuters)