US, UK Made `Mistake&#39; in Dismantling Iraqi Army, Yawar Says
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The US and Britain shouldn&#39;t have dismantled Iraq&#39;s army after toppling Saddam Hussein, Iraqi interim President Ghazi al-Yawar said in a radio interview on the one-year anniversary of the former Iraqi dictator&#39;s capture.
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The US civilian who formerly governed Iraq after the coalition invasion says the United States did not have enough troops there. Paul Bremer, administrator for the US-led occupation government until the handover
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TONY JONES: British Prime Minister Tony Blair has admitted at the Labour Party conference in Brighton he was wrong about Iraq&#39;s weapons of mass destruction.
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Britain tried to stop the US disbanding the army in post-Saddam Iraq, Europe minister Geoff Hoon has revealed.
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BAGHDAD, Oct 26  - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Tuesday that &quot;gross negligence&quot; by some elements of the US-led military in Iraq was partly to blame for the killing of 49 unarmed army recruits and three drivers on Saturday, as he warned of
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Prime Minister Ayad Allawi blamed the American-led military forces on Tuesday for the weekend massacre of 49 freshly trained Iraqi soldiers, saying the military had shown &quot;major negligence.
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By Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent and George Jones, Political Editor. Ministers were accused last night of misleading Parliament over the redeployment of British troops in Iraq to an American-controlled area.
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A previously undisclosed exchange of letters shows that President Bush was told in advance of a plan to dismantle the Iraqi Army.
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The former US civilian administrator in Iraq says the United States &quot;paid a big price&quot; for not having enough troops on the ground after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein&#39;s regime.
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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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A senior Iraqi official criticized the United States on Thursday for disbanding the Iraqi army in 2003 and said it should not withdraw without reforming Iraqi security forces heavily infiltrated by sectarian militias.
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Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, has said that &#39;major neglect&#39; by US-led forces led to the killing of 49 Iraqi army recruits by insurgents at the weekend.
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The Duke of York criticises the US administration for failing to heed British advice on post-war strategy in Iraq.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair committed British troops to Iraq even though he despaired at the failure of the United States to plan adequately for the aftermath of the invasion, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Iraq's interim President Ghazi al-Yawer said in an interview broadcast Monday that the U.S.-led coalition was wrong to dismantle the Iraqi security forces.
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The interim president of Iraq, Ghazi al-Yawer, says the US-led coalition made a big mistake when it disbanded the Iraqi armed forces after last year&#39;s invasion to topple Saddam Hussein.
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President George W. Bush admitted on   Thursday that his bellicose "bring 'em on" taunt to Iraqi   insurgents was a big mistake, as he and British Prime Minister   Tony Blair carefully avoided setting a timetable for removing   troops from Iraq.