The Report
of the Iraq Inquiry
to be
“running out of steam” on a range of issues including
Iraq.212
The US
inter-agency
review of
Iraq had not produced any conclusions.
382.
Mr Jonathan
Powell told the Inquiry: “By the time 9/11 happened, it
[containment]
really
wasn’t going to work any more, the Americans had moved off
it.”213
But there
was
no US/UK
agreement on the way ahead.
212
Public
hearing, 26 November 2009, pages 17-20.
213
Public
hearing, 18 January 2010, pages 21-22.
264