Situation in Iraq is 'dire', says former British foreign secretary
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Former British foreign secretary Jack Straw said the situation in Iraq was &quot;dire&quot;, adding that the United States government had made &quot;many mistakes&quot; after the 2003 invasion.
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U.S. plans for handling Iraq after the  2003 invasion were &quot;fatally flawed,&quot; a retired British general  said, adding that the U.S. administration had refused to listen  to British concerns about postwar planning.
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Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell says overstretched US troops are losing the conflict in Iraq.
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The British-Iraqi director of CARE International who is being held hostage in Iraq made a televised plea for her life today and urged the British government to withdraw its forces from the country.
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A UN official chides the US defence secretary for suggesting Iraq's elections may be limited by violence.
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U.S. plans for handling Iraq after the 2003 invasion were "fatally flawed," a retired British general said, adding that the U.S. administration had refused to listen to British concerns about postwar planning.
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Former director general of the BBC Greg Dyke has criticized the British government over the Iraq war and its treatment of the BBC.
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Failure to disband the militia of the radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr could be storing up trouble for the future, Britainâs former envoy to Iraq warned today.
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A second key British general criticises US post-war policy in Iraq, saying it was 'fatally flawed'.
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Iraq's health system is in a far worse condition than before the war, a British medical charity says.
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The killing in Iraq is now worse than civil war, outgoing UN chief Kofi Annan says in a BBC interview.
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Iraq could splinter into civil war and destabilize the whole region if the interim government, U.S. forces and United Nations fail to hold the ring among factions struggling for power, according to a British thinktank.
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Former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook today called on the Prime Minister to âreach outâ to the wider public over Iraq with the message that âit wonât happen againâ.
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LONDON, Sept. 1 -- The general who headed the British army during the 2003 Iraq invasion said that former U.S. defense secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's handling of postwar Iraq was "intellectually bankrupt" and pointed to Rumsfeld as "one of those most responsible for the current situation in Iraq."
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The U.S.-led war in Iraq hasn't made the world any safer, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a British TV interview aired Sunday.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell says the situation in Iraq is getting worse, as US forces continue to battle insurgents.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is holding talks on security in Iraq with the country&#39;s interim prime minster. On Sunday Iyad Allawi met UK Premier Tony Blair who said Iraq had become the &quot;crucible of global terrorism&quot;.