MOSCOW (Sputnik), Daria Chernyshova — The United Kingdom joined the US-led coalition in September 2014, a month after the United States launched airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq.
On Saturday, Labour Party leadership candidate and Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the United Kingdom must not pursue further military action against ISIL until the report findings are published.
"We disagree with Yvette Cooper, because we oppose all British military intervention in Syria and Iraq, regardless of the findings of the Chilcot Inquiry. British bombing will only cause further destruction and misery in a region already gutted by war," Wakefield said.
The inquiry into the UK role in the 2003 Iraq War was launched in 2009. The publication delay has sparked criticism, but Chilcot claimed publication is delayed by the need to give those named in the report time to prepare for and respond to allegations prior to release.
In March 2003, a US-led coalition initially comprising the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq, justifying the incursion by claiming Baghdad's then-leader Saddam Hussein supported terrorism and possessed weapons of mass destruction.
Following years of controversy, in 2009, then-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for an inquiry, launched by Chilcot.
The Iraq War led to the death of over 100,000 civilians between 2003-2011, according to the Iraq Body Count database.
