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I'm Ayshah with Wednesday's Newsround. | :00:10. | :00:12. | |
The Iraq War lasted for eight years and began after the US and UK | :00:13. | :00:17. | |
Thousands of soldiers and Iraqi people lost their lives, | :00:18. | :00:24. | |
and many people questioned why Britain and America got involved. | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
Today the results of a special investigation into what happened | :00:28. | :00:29. | |
In 2003, the US led an invasion of Iraq in the Middle East, | :00:30. | :00:41. | |
They targeted the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. | :00:42. | :00:47. | |
The American and British leaders at the time said he was dangerous | :00:48. | :00:50. | |
They also said that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction that | :00:51. | :00:57. | |
Saddam Hussein said he didn't have any such weapons. | :00:58. | :01:04. | |
But the American and UK leaders didn't believe him. | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
Not everyone agreed with the decision to go to war - | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
millions of people protested all over the UK. | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
But the British Prime Minister at the time, Tony Blair, | :01:20. | :01:22. | |
Iraq's army was defeated and Saddam Hussein was | :01:23. | :01:25. | |
But no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq. | :01:26. | :01:32. | |
The mission turned into a long war lasting eight years. | :01:33. | :01:42. | |
4500 American troops died and the UK lost 179 | :01:43. | :01:44. | |
No-one knows for sure how many Iraqis died, | :01:45. | :01:48. | |
It also left different groups in Iraq fighting | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
Many people questioned why the UK and US got | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
In 2009, the then British Prime Minster, Gordon Brown, | :01:58. | :02:04. | |
set up a special investigation called the Chilcot Inquiry - | :02:05. | :02:07. | |
Sir John Chilcot was asked to find out what happened in the run-up | :02:08. | :02:14. | |
to the invasion and whether the right decisions were made. | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
After nearly seven years, the results are finally being published. | :02:18. | :02:25. | |
To the Euros in France, where tonight Wales will play | :02:26. | :02:28. | |
They take on Portugal for the aid of a place in the final of Euro 2016. | :02:29. | :02:42. | |
26 days ago, Wales played their first ever game at the Euros | :02:43. | :02:44. | |
in Bordeaux where they beat Slovakia 2-1 to kick start their European | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
So far, they've played 450 minutes of football, | :02:48. | :02:50. | |
won four out of five matches and scored ten goals to reach | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
They are now just one game away from making the final of Euro 2016. | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
It's a truly incredible story of a team with unbreakable spirit | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
A small country who have taken one of the world's biggest football | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
Whatever happens tonight here in Lyon, one thing's for sure - | :03:09. | :03:15. | |
this Wales team will be national heroes in their fans' eyes. | :03:16. | :03:18. | |
And you lot have been sending in some special good luck | :03:19. | :03:20. | |
messages for the team ahead of tonight's semifinal. | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
Now, a lot of the talk in the build-up to this game has | :03:25. | :04:14. | |
been focussed on the head-to-head clash between Real Madrid team mates | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
And if you want to know more about Bale v Ronaldo - | :04:18. | :04:25. | |
two of the world's greatest players - then just head | :04:26. | :04:28. | |
I'll be back at 4:20pm with all the team news | :04:29. | :04:34. | |
Thanks, Jenny, and there's also action at Wimbledon today. | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
Britain's number one Andy Murray will take on France's | :04:41. | :04:43. | |
Murray is the second match on Centre Court and is expected | :04:44. | :04:48. |