Guards 'undermine' US Iraq aims
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The activities of security contractors are "in conflict" with the US mission in Iraq, says the US defence secretary.
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The arrest of a top national guard commander with links to the insurgency dealt a further blow to a fledgling security apparatus under pressure to secure Iraq in time for the elections, as Britain admitted ...
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BAGHDAD : US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld came under fire from American troops over their safety in Iraq, as Secretary of State Colin Powell urged Europe to look beyond differences over last year&#39;s invasion.
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The commander of a British regiment that lost three soldiers in a suicide attack near Baghdad had expressed security concerns before his unit was redeployed to aid US forces, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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Iraq&#39;s influential Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS) has accused the US army of hampering efforts to secure the release of two abducted French journalists.
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In rare criticism of US-led forces in Iraq, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi yesterday blamed foreign troops helping secure the country for
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Critics say a long-term US military presence may provoke greater Iraqi resistance of the 'occupier.'
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Â· Britain alarmed by critics in US administration Â· Ministers deny mission in southern Iraq has failed
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A top US commander in Iraq warned Iran and other countries against underestimating the US military because its forces are engaged in two major wars, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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When the U.S. military looks at Iraq's  40,000-strong National Guard, it sees an exit strategy. What  Iraqis often see instead is an ill-disciplined rabble many  regard as more foe than friend.
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A US intelligence report on Iraq describes a perilous situation in which the US has little control of the violence.
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In Baghdad, armed Blackwater USA guards, privately hired by the U.S. government, conducted a mission to protect State Department employees. Within minutes there was an explosion, gunfire, and bodies in the streets.
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld came under fire from American troops over their safety in Iraq, as Secretary of State Colin Powell urged Europe to look beyond differences over last year's invasion.
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U.S. plans for handling Iraq after the 2003 invasion were "fatally flawed," a retired British general said, adding that the U.S. administration had refused to listen to British concerns about postwar planning.
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The arrest of a commander of the Iraqi National Guard raises concerns about the loyalty and reliability of the new security forces.
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Insurgents in Iraq targeted the country&#39;s US-backed security forces in two suicide car bombings yesterday that killed 20 police and national guardsmen, while a roadside bomb in Baghdad injured six US soldiers.
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Defence officials and independent experts on Iraq yesterday accused the government of seriously underestimating the task facing the Black Watch at their base south of Baghdad.