UK general attacks US Iraq policy
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The head of the British army during the Iraq invasion says US post-war policy was "intellectually bankrupt".
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Former prime minister Sir John Major has warned Britain and the US they can not afford to leave Iraq in "chaos".
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LONDON -- An appeal by US commanders for British troops to bolster American forces near Baghdad has sparked angry protests here, but Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon indicated in Parliament yesterday that the request would probably be approved later this week.
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LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has come under fire over the way his government is handling a US request to redeploy 650 British troops in Iraq.
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A senior U.S. commander in Iraq yesterday criticized the Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for "foot-dragging" in failing to hire thousands of Sunni and other volunteers needed to expand and balance the police force.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has defended his decision to join the US-led invasion of Iraq, disagreeing with UN chief Kofi Annan's assessment that the war was illegal.
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Former foreign secretary Robin Cook fears British troops will be held responsible for US aggression if they are redeployed in Iraq.
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France&#39;s Jacques Chirac has reignited a bitter row over the US-led invasion of Iraq on the eve of a state visit to London, accusing the United States and Britain of making the world a more dangerous place.
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LONDON-- The general who headed the British army during the 2003 Iraq invasion said that former U.S. defense secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's handling of postwar Iraq was "intellectually bankrupt" and pointed to Rumsfeld as "one of those most responsible for the current situation in Iraq."
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U.S. plans for handling Iraq after the  2003 invasion were &quot;fatally flawed,&quot; 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 head of the British army during the  Iraq invasion has launched a scathing attack on U.S. post-war  policy, a newspaper reported on Saturday, underlining growing  transatlantic strains over Iraq.
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Labour&#39;s former Defence Secretary Lord Healey has opposed the deployment of British troops around Baghdad. He told Sky&#39;s Sunday with Adam Boulton that British forces should leave Iraq as quickly as possible.
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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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Top US diplomat in Iraq warns against strategy favoured by Obama and Clinton
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A US request for British troops to move up to Baghdad to allow American forces to be pulled out for a possible attack on Fallujah is prompting fears from both troops and politicians
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The US Defence Secretary enters the row over large amounts of explosives allegedly looted in Iraq.
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The British government is expected to aceed to a US request to send hundreds of its troops to a high-risk zone south of Baghdad, a move that risks infuriating Labour's own backbench MPs.