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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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