A top British commander speaks candidly about the grim outlook in Iraq. The straight-talking chief of the British Army, Gen. Richard Dannatt, gave interviews to the London Daily Mail and the BBC that had 10 Downing Street scrambling. But will his more reticent American peers follow his lead? “It’s an absolute fact that in some …
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US citizen sentenced to death in Iraq
A US citizen who allegedly orchestrated the kidnapping of three Romanian journalists near Baghdad last year was sentenced to death in an Iraqi court Thursday, prompting his lawyers to ask a federal judge in Washington to block the U.S. military from transferring him to the Iraqi government.
President Clinton – The United States is ‘in a lot of trouble’
The nation has been “jammed into an ideological corner” by conservative Republicans and is primed for a power shift in the November elections, former President Bill Clinton said Thursday. “This is an election unlike any other I have ever participated in,” Clinton told Democratic supporters at a fundraiser in Las Vegas.
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Blair gives backing to Army chief
Tony Blair has given his support to the new head of the UK army, who has made controversial comments on the Iraq war. General Sir Richard Dannatt is quoted in the Daily Mail saying British troops should withdraw “sometime soon”.