Donald Rumsfeld’s remarks about the Iraq war on 14 June 2006 combined a widely reported admission that the security situation was no better than when the Saddam Hussein regime
The devastating violence of recent weeks in Iraq temporarily abated during the two-week Operation Lightning that saw widespread United States security operations and the deployment of 40,000 Iraqi troops
The gravity of security conditions of Iraq and Afghanistan seems finally to have impacted on the George W Bush administration, with reports this week of a serious rethink of the
The first three weeks of May was one of the worst periods for violence since the Iraq war began over two years ago; and the pattern has continued into the
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A recent spectacular aerial photograph of Africas highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, shows the peak very largely devoid of ice and snow, possibly for the first time in
The insurgency in Iraq continues to show itself capable of multiple bombings, repeated armed assaults on Iraqi police units, assassination and kidnappings. The last week has seen a spate of
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During March and much of April 2005, numerous United States sources declared
The desperate plight of Iraq is exemplified this week by a number of brutal incidents. The slaying of dozens of Shia civilian hostages by their Sunni insurgent captors in
A number of recent reports from Iraq have emphasised the possibility that a decline in the insurgency may lead to early United States troop withdrawals, a notable contrast to 2004
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After two months of often chaotic negotiations following the Iraqi elections on
The George W Bush administration has recently shifted its policy towards Iran, favouring a more European approach that prioritises diplomatic initiatives rather than hardline rhetoric. The move, which includes trade
