General 'sacrificed' to clear decks on Iraq
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Â· Chairman of joint chiefs of staff to stand down Â· Senate hearings would have been controversial
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The commander of British troops in southern Iraq has revealed Saturday details of how they would pull out of the city of Basra and leave the way clear for Iraqi units to take control.
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The top American general in Iraq said   on Wednesday he foresaw Iraqi forces assuming control of the   country's security within 12 to 18 months with "very little"   support from U.S.-led forces.
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The British commander who moved Black Watch troops from their Basra base to Camp Dogwood defends his decision.
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The top U.S. general in Iraq on Thursday ordered American commanders to conduct core values training on moral and ethical standards on the battlefield.
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(CBS) The United States didn&#39;t have enough troops in Iraq immediately following the ouster of Saddam Hussein and &quot;paid a big price&quot; for it, the former head of the US occupation there said Monday.
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The conduct of the Iraq war fueled   Islamic fundamentalism across the globe and created more   enemies for the United States, a retired U.S. Army general who   served in the conflict said on Monday.
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A former Senate Intelligence Committee chairman asserted Sunday that the general who ran the war in Afghanistan said more than a year before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that his resources were being shifted ...
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Iraq&#39;s top general on Sunday rejected President Bush&#39;s criticism that some Iraqi government troops were unwilling to fight insurgents
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A soldier testified Tuesday that his sergeant gave him orders to kill three Iraqi detainees, then cut him with a knife to make it appear there had been a struggle.
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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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LONDON-- 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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A retired British general who led his country&#39;s forces into Iraq called the Pentagon&#39;s planning after the war &quot;intellectually bankrupt,&quot; in comments to The Washington Post published Saturday.
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'Surge' may be reversed by next March, says America's leading military commander in Iraq.
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Iraqi forces will not be ready to assume full responsibility for their nation's security for years, and the U.S. military should be cautious in planning to reduce its 157,000-strong force in Iraq given past setbacks, the American general in charge of the teams that advise Iraqi forces warned...
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Gen. David H. Petraeus, who will testify before Congress today, has recommended deferring decisions on reducing the main body of troops in Iraq.
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Â· New demands on troops put pressure on projectsÂ· MoD denies combat training is being cut