Swayze critical over Iraq actions
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Patrick Swayze criticises the US for not respecting local sensitivities in Iraq. Plus other entertainment news in brief.
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JOHN Kerry yesterday launched his strongest attack yet against George Bushâs handling of Iraq, saying the invasion had created a crisis that could lead to unending war.
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The Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday offered a stark assessment of the situation in Iraq after a trip there this week, saying that parts of the country have taken "steps backwards" and that the United States is at risk of losing the campaign to control an...
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NEW YORK - Sen. John Kerry said Monday that President Bush's invasion of Iraq has created a crisis that could lead to unending war and raises questions about whether Bush's judgment is up to presidential standards...
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Critics say a long-term US military presence may provoke greater Iraqi resistance of the 'occupier.'
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The outgoing commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad warned on Monday against pulling American troops from Iraq too quickly, saying Iraqi security forces are not ready to assume responsibility.
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A leading figure in the Bush administration's march to war in Iraq used questionable intelligence about Saddam Hussein's links to al Qaeda to help justify the 2003 invasion, a Pentagon watchdog agency said in a report on Friday.
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The former Senate majority leader joined a growing chorus of Republicans criticizing the Pentagon chief's failure to call for more troops in Iraq and to properly equip troops.
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WASHINGTON Assertions by L. Paul Bremer 3rd, the former top US administrator in Iraq, that President George W. Bush had not sent enough troops to secure the country have put the White House on the defensive on Iraq policy and prompted Senator John Kerry
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NEW YORK -- Senator John F. Kerry yesterday sharply escalated his criticism of President Bush on Iraq, accusing him of &#39;&#39;stubborn incompetence&quot; and warning that if Bush is reelected, &#39;&#39;he will repeat, somewhere else, the same reckless mistakes that have
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Senior officials in the Bush administration clashed yesterday over Iraq&#39;s transition to democracy after the defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, suggested that the elections in January might be limited because of the chaos in parts of the country.
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President George W. Bush and his generals appealed on Friday for more time to allow his troop increase to work in Iraq, but a U.S. Senate ally said September was still pivotal for evaluating the strategy.
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WASHINGTON In one of his sharpest and most detailed attacks on the Bush administration&#39;s Iraq policy, Senator John Kerry charged President George W. Bush on Monday with a series of critical misjudgments and obfuscations that he said had created a &quot;crisis
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq  warned Iran and others in comments published on Monday to think  twice before trying to take advantage of the U.S. military at a  time when it is fighting in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
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In his most aggressive and detailed speech on Iraq to date, Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry on Monday accused President Bush of creating &quot;a crisis of historic proportions&quot; and
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WASHINGTON - A former Senate Intelligence Committee chairman asserted Sunday that the general who ran the war in Afghanistan said more than a year before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that his resources were being shifted in preparation for taking on Saddam Hussein.    Sen...
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Senators from both parties urged the Bush administration on Sunday to make a realistic assessment of the situation in Iraq and adjust its policies aimed at pacifying the country.