Former top soldier says government failing troops
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A former army chief has criticised the government for failing to recognise the changes in Iraq and Afghanistan, warning that &quot;inadequate&quot; funding was putting soldiers at risk there.
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An ex-Army officer criticises the US and UK for failing to plan properly for the aftermath of the Iraq war.
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Lack of control after invasion allowed lawlessness to take root, former head of occupation says. By Robin Wright and Thomas E. Ricks.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq&#39;s top general yesterday rejected US President George W. Bush&#39;s criticism that some Iraqi troops were unwilling to fight insurgents and have deserted the battlefield, saying the president had been misinformed.
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The Army is getting a grudging response &#151; or none at all &#151; from hundreds of former soldiers it ordered back into uniform for duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, although none has been declared AWOL.
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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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Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell says overstretched US troops are losing the conflict in Iraq.
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Britain's military is at the limit of its capacity and can barely cope with the demands placed on it, the head of Britain's army said in an interview.
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Britain's Armed Forces are under-funded and over-stretched say former military chiefs and senior politicians.
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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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The US military's outgoing top commander says he opposed plans to replace him at the end of his term.
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Paul Bremer, the former US governor of Iraq, said that the US didn&#39;t have enough ground troops in Iraq after the fall of Baghdad, contradicting comments made by the Bush administration, the Associated Press reported.
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In an interview with Time.com, Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the man in charge of combat operations in Iraq, reflects on the troubled mission
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Retired Marine Gen. Anthony C. Zinni criticized the Bush administration's run-up to war but said now that U.S. forces are in Iraq "we can't afford failure."
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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is casting doubt on a plan under consideration by President Bush that would increase troops in Iraq, calling the U.S. Army overextended and "about broken."
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WASHINGTON: The US did not have enough troops in Iraq to secure the country and paid a heavy price for the mistake, the former head of the US civilian administration in Baghdad has said.
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In an interview billed as his first since leaving the top Pentagon post, Donald Rumsfeld calls Afghanistan "a big success," but says U.S. efforts in Iraq are hampered by the failure of Iraq's government to establish a foundation for democracy.