Bush Plans Bigger Army Amid Fear of New Iraq Deployment
President George Bush called yesterday for an increase in the size of the US military, deepening expectations that he will send up to 30,000 more troops to Iraq in the new year. In a sign of forthcoming changes at the Pentagon after the departure of Donald Rumsfeld as defence secretary,
US Plans Military Rule and Occupation of Iraq
The US has plans to establish an American-led military administration in Iraq, similar to the postwar occupation of Germany and Japan, which could last for several years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, it emerged yesterday. The plans, which surfaced after President George Bush won a resounding congressional mandate to
