Rumsfeld: Insurgency was underestimated
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Donald Rumsfeld's Iraqi war plan worked beautifully for three weeks. U.S. troops quickly deposed Saddam Hussein and captured Baghdad with a relatively small force and with lightning speed.
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President Bush said for the first time on Thursday he made a "miscalculation of what the conditions would be" after U.S. troops went to Iraq, The New York Times reported. The insurgency, he maintained, was the unintended result of a "swift victory" that led to Iraqi troops disappearing into the cities and mounting a rebellion.
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PORTOROZ, Slovenia  - U.S. Defense Secretary   Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday there was no way to measure if   more Islamic extremists were being created than killed in   American-led operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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TIKRIT: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld admitted Friday that America had suffered âsetbacksâ in Iraq, describing the situation as âbleakâ during a surprise Christmas Eve visit to US troops in the country.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday he does not expect civil war in Iraq and pointed to the recent retaking of the former insurgent stronghold of Samarra as evidence of progress in stabilizing the country before elections in January.
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U.S. forces attacked insurgent bases in Iraq on Sunday as a leaked memo from the man who sent them there revealed that Donald Rumsfeld believes their strategy is not working and it may be better to reduce troop numbers.
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Iraq &quot;looks bleak&quot; and is a &quot;tough situation,&quot; but there is no question that the United States will prevail over insurgents, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said  Sunday the United States and its allies were locked in a test  of wills with insurgents in Iraq and must overcome the "pain  and ugliness" of the conflict.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld delivered an impassioned defense of himself yesterday, saying at a Pentagon news conference that US casualties in Iraq affect him profoundly.
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the United States faces a &quot;test of wills&quot; with insurgents in Iraq. During a previously unannounced visit, Mr.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in a speech that he knew of no clear link between the al-Qaida terror network and Saddam Hussein, although he later backed off the statement and said he was misunderstood.
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says large-scale military operations are needed to regain control of rebel-held parts of Iraq.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, calling the Iraq war a test of wills with insurgents, told Iraqi security forces on Sunday protecting their nation&#39;s sovereignty was their duty.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld swept into an airbase in Iraq's western desert Sunday to make a first-hand evaluation of operations to quell a raging Iraqi insurgency in his first such visit in five months.
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In a GQ magazine interview, Donald Rumsfeld calls Afghanistan a "success," but says U.S. efforts in Iraq are hampered by a failure to establish a foundation for democracy
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  said on Tuesday he was misunderstood when he stated hours  earlier that he knew of no "strong, hard evidence" linking  Saddam Hussein's Iraq and al Qaeda.
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The timing, during a major U.S. offensive, seemed intended to demonstrate that insurgents could still strike with near impunity.