Army Historian Cites  Lack of Postwar Plan
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Historian says the high-level failure continues to undercut what has been a "mediocre" Army effort in Iraq.
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WASHINGTON -- The US military must improve its planning for postwar operations, Robert M. Gates, the nominee for defense secretary, told a Senate panel.
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The former US high-ranking official in Iraq has said that the United States failed to deploy enough troops in the country and curb the violence and looting soon after the ouster of Saddam Hussein, former Iraqi president.
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US signals intelligence during the war came up short in major turning points, according to an NSA history.
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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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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 United States did not have enough troops in Iraq after ousting Saddam Hussein and "paid a big price" for it, says the former head of the U.S. occupation there.
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The government was accused Saturday of misleading the British public over plans for postwar Iraq after a newspaper reported that Prime Minister Tony Blair was warned a year before the invasion that postwar stability would be difficult.
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In his 20-year career as a soldier, 1st Sgt. Michael McElveen has missed a lot of important moments with his family &amp;#151; birthdays, anniversaries, holidays.
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The U.S. Army Reserve soldiers who refused orders to drive a dangerous route were members of one of a few supply units whose trucks are still unarmored, their commanding general said Sunday.
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The former head of the British Army is outspokenly critical of U.S. military policy in Iraq. Gen. Sir Mike Jackson discusses planning for the Iraq War, the problem with Washington's neocons and the military withdrawal from Basra.
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Â· CPA was dysfunctional, says British official  Â· UK 'complicit' in failing to prepare postwar plan
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Veteran politician and international administrator Paddy Ashdown looks at how lessons from other foreign interventions were ignored in Iraq.
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The U.S. official said Monday that the United States made two major mistakes: not deploying enough troops and then not containing the violence immediately after the ouster of Saddam Hussein.
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When Army Reserve Spc. Thomas Wilson confronted Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about the lack of armor for Iraq-bound military vehicles Wednesday, he wasnât exactly speaking off the top of his head.
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Kill/loss ratio 'unimpressive', historian claims A historian has claimed Fighter Command's finest - "The Few" who legendarily administered Goering's Luftwaffe a bloody nose during the Battle of Britain - were actually often woefully undertrained and incapable of hitting a barn door with a banjo.â¦
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BAGHDAD -- The US Army Reserve soldiers who refused orders to drive a dangerous route were members of one of a few supply units whose trucks are still unarmored, their commanding general said yesterday.