英國伊戰調查報告公佈 出兵基於錯誤情報

Then-UK Prime Minister Tony Blair took Britain to war against Iraq in 2003 on the basis of flawed intelligence and failure to share many personal notes he sent to then-US President George W Bush with his ministers, according to a report on Britain's role in the Iraq War published last Wednesday.

上週三發佈的一份關於英國在伊拉克戰爭中扮演的角色的報告顯示，該國時任首相布萊爾基於錯誤的情報，在未向其大臣透露他與時任美國總統小布什私下溝通的諸多信息的情況下，將英國捲入了2003年的對伊戰爭中。

The seven volume report, 2.6 million words long, was ordered by Blair's successor as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown in 2009.

這一總共七卷、多達260萬字的報告，是由布萊爾的繼任者戈登·布朗首相於2009年下令安排的。

The inquiry, which was seven years in the making, concluded that Britain joined the US-led invasion "before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted." "Military action at that time was not a last resort," it said.

這項歷時7年的調查總結稱，英國“在和平解除武裝的所有嘗試都失敗前”就加入到了這場由美國主導的入侵行動中，“軍事行動在當時並非最後的手段”。

Blair's decision to invade Iraq was influenced by his interest in protecting the UK's relationship with the US, the report said.

該報告稱，布萊爾入侵伊拉克的決定是受到他志在保護英美關係的影響。

Blair reacted to the report by saying his decision was "taken in good faith and in what I believed to be the best interests of the country." The former prime minister also said he would take full responsibility for any mistakes.

布萊爾對報告做出迴應稱，他是出於"善意和他認爲符合該國最大利益的考慮"做出的決策。他還稱，自己願爲任何錯誤承擔全部責任。

Prime Minister David Cameron told the House of Commons, "Clearly, we need to learn the lessons of this report."

現任首相戴維·卡梅倫向國會下議院表示：“很明顯，我們需要從這份報告中吸取教訓。”

Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, who in the past has called for Blair to stand trial for war crimes, said the invasion had been on "false pretexts, and has long been regarded as illegal. The war fuelled and spread terrorism in the region."

在過去曾呼籲布萊爾應該爲戰爭的罪行受審的反對黨領袖傑里米·科爾賓表示，該入侵是借一個錯誤的藉口，一直也來也被認爲是非法的藉口而進行的。那次戰爭助長並蔓延了該地區的恐怖主義。”

An estimated 150,000 Iraqis, mainly civilians, were killed in the invasion and its aftermath, and over one million made homeless.

據統計，大約有15萬伊拉克人，其中大多數是平民，在戰爭及以後事件中被殺害，並且有超過100萬人無家可歸。