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An inquiry into the role of Britain in the invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003 has concluded that the US-led military campaign was based on flawed intelligence. In his report, Sir John Chilcot said that the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his government went to war against Saddam Hussain before peaceful options were exhausted and without proper planning. Ali Khedery -- who was a special assistant to five US ambassadors in Iraq-- recalls his first days as a US diplomat in post-Saddam Baghdad. (Picture: Smoke covers the presidential palace compound in Baghdad during a massive US-led air raid on the Iraqi capital in March 2003. Credit: Ramzi Haidar/AFP/Getty Images)