The campaign to haul Tony Blair into court over the Iraq War has achieved its fundraising target in just two weeks.

Generous Daily Mail readers helped tip the total over the £150,000 needed.

Relatives of troops killed following the 2003 invasion said they were ‘delighted and amazed’ at the stunning speed of the public’s response.

They want the former prime minister brought to justice.

The campaign to haul Tony Blair into court over the Iraq War has achieved its fundraising target in just two weeks

The money will pay for lawyers to go through the Chilcot Report with a fine-tooth comb to find evidence of Mr Blair committing ‘misfeasance in public office’.

The report’s damning conclusions were highly critical of Mr Blair, and the families’ legal team is looking to build a civil case against him and other Whitehall officials.

Almost 5,000 members of the public dipped into their pockets to help the cause, donating tenners and £20 to push up the total.

Yesterday Roger Bacon, whose son Matthew, a 34-year-old major in the Intelligence Corps, was killed by a roadside bomb in Basra in 2005, said: ‘It is absolutely amazing that we have managed to get to the target so quickly.

‘We needed £150,000 to do the job properly. It is extraordinarily generous and we can’t thank the great British public enough for doing this.

‘It has been incredible. We launched the appeal just after midnight on Tuesday two weeks ago, and by 6pm that very day we already had £50,000.

‘Now we have the full amount, it will allow the lawyers to get on and investigate the Chilcot report properly to see what kind of offences may have been committed by Tony Blair and others.’

The money will pay for lawyers to go through the Chilcot Report with a fine-tooth comb to find evidence of Mr Blair committing ‘misfeasance in public office’

The Iraq War Families Campaign Group is fighting to ‘bring to justice those responsible for the war and the deaths of our loved ones’.

They believe Mr Blair misled Parliament to justify the war, which cost the lives of 179 UK servicemen and women.

Sir John Chilcot’s 2.6million-word report blasted the former PM for rushing into war on the basis of flawed intelligence and amid questions over its legality, and for failing to plan for the gruesome aftermath of the invasion.

Despite his criticisms of Mr Blair, Sir John said only a court could decide if he had acted illegally.

The UK authorities will not bring a criminal prosecution, and the International Criminal Court has refused to take action, so the families are pursuing a civil case.

Their lawyers, who until now have been working for free, need to undertake a ‘full and forensic’ analysis of the 12 volume report to determine if legal action can be taken.

The money has been raised on the CrowdJustice website, set up by Mr Bacon and Reg Keys, whose son Lance Corporal Tom Keys was murdered by an Iraqi mob a few weeks into the invasion.

Relatives of troops killed following the 2003 invasion said they were ‘delighted and amazed’ at the stunning speed of the public’s response. Pictured, protesters wearing Tony Blair and George Bush masks outside the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London

The grieving fathers wrote on the website: ‘Before Matthew, Tom, and so many of their fellow servicemen and women died, we knew the risks all British military personnel assume when serving Queen and country.

‘However, the long-awaited Chilcot Report has confirmed that there were serious failings in the lead-up to, planning and conduct of the war, which led to so many unnecessary deaths.

‘Our armed forces must never again be so callously sacrificed by political ambition and the irresponsibility and failings of Government and Whitehall. Those responsible should be held to account.’

Despite accruing vast wealth since leaving office, Mr Blair is indemnified for all his court costs, including possible damages, under Cabinet Office rules.