Rumsfeld expects more violence
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told marines in Iraq&#39;s restive western provinces today to expect a spike in violence before January polls and that US forces would stay at current levels at least until next year.
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The risk in Iraq is not of civil war  but that the country will end up under the control of  extremists who "run around chopping off people's heads,"  Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in remarks broadcast on  Saturday.
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BAGHDAD - Two suicide car-bombings killed at least 17 people in Baghdad yesterday as US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld began an unannounced visit to Iraq.
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Two blasts have killed up to 18 people, including an American soldier, in Baghdad hours before US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived to gauge efforts to calm violence ahead of January elections.
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PORTOROZ, Slovenia -- It is impossible to know with any precision whether the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have created more terrorists than they've killed, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday.Comment
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Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited Iraq to gauge efforts to calm violence ahead of January elections. &quot;They know they cannot defeat us militarily.
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BAGHDAD -- US Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld told US troops in Iraq yesterday that they face a ''determined and vicious enemy" that is likely to strike again and again in the run-up to next month's elections.
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Amid allegations he fostered a climate that led to the prison abuse scandal, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Friday that the military&#39;s mistreatment of detainees was not as bad as what terrorists have done.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived   in Afghanistan on Tuesday in the midst of the most intense   phase of Taliban violence since the Islamists were ousted from   power in 2001.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld flew  into Iraq on Friday and warned it would take time to build  Iraqi security forces capable of crushing the country's bloody  insurgency.
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The U.S. military reported three more combat deaths on Wednesday after the man tapped to take over command of U.S. forces in the Middle East said Americans may have to lower their expectations for Iraq.
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Two car bombs in Baghdad killed at least 11 people, including a U.S. soldier. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise visit to troops in the field. Also, Marine was reported killed in action west of the capital.
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Violence in Iraq, as measured by casualties among troops and civilians, has edged higher despite the U.S.-led security push in Baghdad, the Pentagon told Congress on Wednesday
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell says he sees the situation in Iraq âgetting worseâ as planned elections approach. And the top US military commander for Iraq says he expects more violence in the months ahead.
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The new U.S. commander in Iraq said on Thursday military force would not end violence unless talks were held with some militant groups and warned of more "sensational attacks" during the current crackdown in Baghdad.
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WASHINGTON : US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned Wednesday that the deadly chaos in Iraq will likely continue after the January 30 elections, as the military&#39;s top general said the attack on a base in Mosul was apparently a suicide bombing.
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WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell sees the situation in Iraq "getting worse" as planned elections approach, and the top U.S. military commander for Iraq says he expects more violence ahead...