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Only a fraction of training time is spent teaching soldiers and commanders how to operate in the restricted, confusing and inevitably lethal environment of house-to-house combat and it could be 10 years before units are “up to speed” on urban … Continue reading →

Dr Hans Blix said there had been an “erosion” of the inspection regime and pressure needed to be put on Iraq to comply with the UN-mandated checks. He was speaking after a meeting with US Secretary of State Colin Powell … Continue reading →

Republican candidates are beating the war drums just as support for invading Iraq is dissipating. Whereas a Gallup Poll last November revealed 74 percent in favor of a ground invasion of Iraq and 20 percent opposed, this August the percentage … Continue reading →

In a contentious, closed-door Senate hearing today, agency officials refused to comply with a request from the committee for a broad review of how the intelligence community’s clandestine role against the government of Saddam Hussein would be coordinated with the … Continue reading →

Democrats opposing a possible invasion of Iraq cited those problems as more reason to oppose President Bush’s request for a congressional go-ahead for the use of military force. Bush accuses Iraqi President Saddam Hussein of stockpiling chemical and biological weapons … Continue reading →

In a leaked proposal for a UN resolution drafted by the US with help from British officials, the Bush administration is seeking to transform the inspections process into a coercive operation. The resolution would place a full-scale invasion of Iraq … Continue reading →

This summer, in the midst of the Bush administration’s “War on Terrorism,” Hollywood released another movie mimicking reality. In “Minority Report,” police forces arrest people for crimes they have not yet committed. A small group of visionary seers inform the … Continue reading →

Sunni Arabs, including Saddam Hussein and most Iraqis in the American-backed opposition, account for no more than 16 percent of the Iraqi population; they dominate central Iraq as far south as Baghdad. Ethnic Kurds, who are also Sunni Muslims, make … Continue reading →

The agreement, announced after a pivotal White House meeting yesterday morning among Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and four congressional leaders, cleared the way for a historic and lengthy debate to begin on the war resolution in the Senate today … Continue reading →

“The success of the inspectors’ mission will be linked to the cooperation of the Iraqi government and the extent of the support the inspection team gets from the international community by not taking any positions which hinder inspections,” Arab League … Continue reading →