http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-the-case-for-an-inquiry-is-stronger-than-ever-781045.htmlThey will not let it lie; and quite right too. Yesterday, Rose Gentle and Beverly Clarke, whose sons were killed while serving in Iraq, took their demands for an inquiry into the 2003 invasion to the highest court in the land. Over the next few days, a panel of nine Law Lords will hear the argument that the Government should be ordered to establish an independent inquiry into the decision to go to war five years ago.
Mrs Gentle and Mrs Clarke contend that the second article of the Human Rights Act, which guarantees the right to life, obliges the Government to take reasonable steps to ensure that its service personnel do not face the risk of death except in lawful military activities. They believe that Iraq was an illegal war and that the Government thus broke the military covenant. They feel that, under the circumstances, the Government should be compelled by the judiciary to establish an independent inquiry into how the decision to invade was reached.