U.S. Commander in Iraq Faulted Supply Chain --Report
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The former top U.S. commander in  Iraq complained last winter to the Pentagon that a poor supply  situation was threatening the Army's ability to fight, The  Washington Post reported on its Web site on Sunday.
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Halliburton Co.&#39;s US contracts to repair Iraqi oilfields and feed and house troops in the Balkans should be investigated because they violated procurement rules, a US Army Corps of Engineers officer said.
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American commanders pointed to a variety of problems with the Iraqi forces, including a shortage of trained troops and a lack of basic supplies.
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The U.S. troop surge in Iraq has thrown al Qaeda off balance and led to a reduction in sectarian violence and bombings, the U.S. commander in Iraq was quoted on Friday by an Australian newspaper as saying.
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A US Army investigation into abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq finds they resulted from failures of leadership at the highest levels of command, the Washington Post reported on Friday.
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Washington - The senior US marine commander in Iraq said on Thursday that the US-led offensive in Fallujah has &quot;broken the back of the insurgency&quot; by seizing their main base of operations.
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Iraq has been plagued by electrical shortages since the U.S. invasion, but the blackouts have gotten worse this summer. Besides decaying infrastructure and insurgent attacks, a bumbling bureaucracy and local power rebellions are to blame.
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War in Iraq has caused a public health disaster that has left the country's medical system in tatters and increased the risk of disease and death, according to a report released Tuesday.
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The Pentagon inspector general's office has found that a program to deliver special armored vehicles to protect military personnel in Iraq from roadside bombs has been marred by delays and questionable contracting practices that may have endangered troops.
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A bleak portrait of the political and security situation in Iraq released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office sparked sharp protests from the top U.S. military command in Baghdad, whose officials described it as flawed and "factually incorrect."
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The war in Iraq has pushed aging U.S. Army payroll systems past their breaking point, leading to widespread payroll problems for reservists, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report.
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The commander of a U.S. army company  that refused orders to deliver fuel along a dangerous route in  Iraq was relieved of her duties at her own request on Thursday,  the U.S. military said.
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The infantry commander whose troops first captured the Iraqi weapons depot where 377 tons of explosives disappeared said Wednesday it is "very highly improbable" that someone could have trucked out so much material once U.S. forces arrived in the area.
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Millions of dollars in U.S. aid intended for Iraqi police training programs may have been lost because of poor contract oversight, a State Department watchdog agency said in a report.
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The Iraq war has strained U.S. forces to the point where they could not fight another large-scale war, according to a survey of military officers.
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There appear to be two periods of time when the 377 tons of high explosives missing from a military facility in Iraq could have been moved or stolen &#151; in the weeks before the U.S. invasion began or several weeks in April after U.S. troops overran the Al-Qaqaa base and moved on to Baghdad.
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WASHINGTON -- The infantry commander whose troops first captured the Iraqi weapons depot where 377 tons of explosives disappeared said yesterday it is ''very highly improbable&quot; that someone could have trucked out so much material once US forces arrived in the area.