Executive
Summary
Advice on
the legal basis for military action, November 2002 to
March 2003 ........
119
Development
of the military options for an invasion of Iraq ....................................
120
Military
planning for the invasion, January to March 2003 ......................................
121
Military
equipment (pre‑conflict) ..............................................................................
122
Planning
for a post‑Saddam Hussein Iraq ..............................................................
122
The
invasion ...........................................................................................................
123
The
post‑conflict period ..........................................................................................
123
Reconstruction ........................................................................................................
124
De‑Ba’athification ....................................................................................................
125
Security
Sector Reform ...........................................................................................
125
Resources ...............................................................................................................
126
Military
equipment (post‑conflict) ............................................................................
126
Civilian
personnel ...................................................................................................
127
Service
Personnel ...................................................................................................
127
Civilian
casualties ...................................................................................................
128
Lessons .........................................................................................................................
129
The
decision to go to war ........................................................................................
129
Weapons of
mass destruction ................................................................................
130
The
invasion of Iraq ................................................................................................
133
The
post‑conflict period ..........................................................................................
134
Reconstruction ........................................................................................................
135
De‑Ba’athification ....................................................................................................
137
Security
Sector Reform ...........................................................................................
138
Resources ...............................................................................................................
138
Military
equipment (post‑conflict) ............................................................................
139
Civilian
personnel ...................................................................................................
140
Timeline of
events .........................................................................................................
141
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