.37am: This morning the inquiry will hear from General Sir Richard Dannatt, an outspoken critic of the conduct of the Iraq war despite being the former head of the army.
Dannatt became an adviser to the Tories after stepping down as chief of the general staff last year.
Before that he was commander in chief land command and assistant chief of the general staff.
As early as October 2006 he called for British troops to be withdrawn from Iraq as he said they made security problems worse.
In an interview with the Daily Mail he said: "I think history will show that the planning for what happened after the initial successful war-fighting phase [following the invasion of Iraq] was poor, probably based more on optimism than sound planning."
"Let's face i
Sir Richard Dannatt and Sir Mike Jackson at the Iraq war inquiry - live
.37am: This morning the inquiry will hear from General Sir Richard Dannatt, an outspoken critic of the conduct of the Iraq war despite being the former head of the army.
Dannatt became an adviser to the Tories after stepping down as chief of the general staff last year.
Before that he was commander in chief land command and assistant chief of the general staff.
As early as October 2006 he called for British troops to be withdrawn from Iraq as he said they made security problems worse.
In an interview with the Daily Mail he said: "I think history will show that the planning for what happened after the initial successful war-fighting phase [following the invasion of Iraq] was poor, probably based more on optimism than sound planning."
"Let's face it, the military campaign we fought in 2003 effectively kicked the door in.
"That is a fact. I don't say that the difficulties we are experiencing around the world are caused by our presence in Iraq, but undoubtedly our presence in Iraq exacerbates them."
Later in speech to the Royal United Services Institute he took the criticism further by complaining that Britain failed to keep enough troops on the ground, failed to address the "window of consent" with the Iraqi people, and failed to link the training of local forces with actually fighting.
Following Gordon Brown's appearance before Chilcot earlier this year, Dannatt questioned the prime minister's assurances that all the army's demands for equipment had been met.
He said there had been "underlying underfunding that goes right back to the outcome of the defence review in 1997-98, when the Treasury didn't fully fund the outcome. It has gone on since then".
10.08am: Sir Roderic Lyne starts by asking Dannatt about the role of assistant chief of the general staff in the run-up to the invasion.
"He keeps the show on the road," Dannatt replies.
t, the military campaign we fought in 2003 effectively kicked the door in.
"That is a fact. I don't say that the difficulties we are experiencing around the world are caused by our presence in Iraq, but undoubtedly our presence in Iraq exacerbates them."
Later in speech to the Royal United Services Institute he took the criticism further by complaining that Britain failed to keep enough troops on the ground, failed to address the "window of consent" with the Iraqi people, and failed to link the training of local forces with actually fighting.
Following Gordon Brown's appearance before Chilcot earlier this year, Dannatt questioned the prime minister's assurances that all the army's demands for equipment had been met.
He said there had been "underlying underfunding that goes right back to the outcome of the defence review in 1997-98, when the Treasury didn't fully fund the outcome. It has gone on since then".
10.08am: Sir Roderic Lyne starts by asking Dannatt about the role of assistant chief of the general staff in the run-up to the invasion.
"He keeps the show on the road," Dannatt replies.
