From the "No Shit, Sherlock" Files

As if this is a real surprise to anyone:

British officials heard the "drum beats" of war with Iraq emanating from the US government more than two years before the 2003 invasion and several months before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Sir John Chilcot's Iraq inquiry has heard.

Next: After an exhaustive and costly investigation, British officials have concluded that the Sun does not truly rise, but the Earth rotates about its axis.