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07-06-2016, 02:34 PM
The Chilcot Inquiry in numbers: What you need to k**w
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The much-awaited inquiry into the Iraq war, dubbed the Chilcot report, is about to be published after seven years in the making.*
With its 2.6 million words, the report will be five times the size of War and Peace.*
SEE ALSO: Baghdad car bombings leave 126 dead, including 25 children (http://mashable.com/2016/07/03/baghdad-car-bombings-isis-july-2016/)
We've broken down the report's numbers for you.*
7 years
Since the Chilcot Inquiry was launched (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090615/debtext/90615-0004.htm) by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown in order to learn lessons from the Iraq war. The investigation was chaired by Sir John Chilcot.
2.6 million*
Number of words in the report, which makes it the longest report in history. It has been calculated that it would take nine days to read it:* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/06/chilcot-inquiry-numbers-tony-blair-iraq-war/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The much-awaited inquiry into the Iraq war, dubbed the Chilcot report, is about to be published after seven years in the making.*
With its 2.6 million words, the report will be five times the size of War and Peace.*
SEE ALSO: Baghdad car bombings leave 126 dead, including 25 children (http://mashable.com/2016/07/03/baghdad-car-bombings-isis-july-2016/)
We've broken down the report's numbers for you.*
7 years
Since the Chilcot Inquiry was launched (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090615/debtext/90615-0004.htm) by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown in order to learn lessons from the Iraq war. The investigation was chaired by Sir John Chilcot.
2.6 million*
Number of words in the report, which makes it the longest report in history. It has been calculated that it would take nine days to read it:* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/06/chilcot-inquiry-numbers-tony-blair-iraq-war/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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