THE WikiLeaks website is today expected to release what the Pentagon fears is the largest cache of secret US documents in history – hundreds of thousands of intelligence reports compiled after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The WikiLeaks website appears close to releasing what the Pentagon fears is the largest cache of secret US documents in history – hundreds of thousands of intelligence reports compiled after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

NEW opposition leader Ed Miliband laid out his comeback plan yesterday, promising he would learn from a humbling election defeat, the economic downturn and the divisive war in Iraq to guide the Labour Party back to power in Britain.

“D’OH!” – the grunt of frustration used by Homer Simpson – is the phrase from The Simpsons which has had the most impact on the English language, an international survey of translators showed yesterday.

FORMER attorney general Peter Goldsmith, who approved the 2003 invasion of Iraq, had doubted the legal basis for the conflict but changed his mind after talks with officials in London and Washington.

THE Iraqi television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former US president George W Bush was freed yesterday and said he was tortured by electric shocks and simulated drowning in custody.

Kofi Annan lost his voice, looked vacant at meetings and even sought medical help after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, according to a new biography by his former spokesman.

THE shoes thrown last week at US President George W Bush have provided an unexpected windfall for the shoemaker who made them.

Former US President Jimmy Carter lambasted Tony Blair for his “blind” support of the Iraq war today, saying it had been a “major tragedy for the world”.

The US Navy today began its largest demonstration of force in the Gulf since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, deploying two aircraft carriers and conducting simulated aerial attacks.

A heavy garda presence has been put in place in Dublin city centre this morning for a visit by the younger brother of US President George W Bush.

Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service denied as “baseless” Pentagon claims that Moscow provided information to Saddam Hussein’s regime on US troop movements and plans during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, in the latest spat in an increasingly tense bilateral relationship.

US forces today launched what was termed the largest air assault since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, targeting insurgent strongholds north of Baghdad, the US military said.

Donations to Hurricane Katrina relief poured in from around the world, with Kuwait offering $500m (€397.4m) and other Mideast countries offering aid and condolences despite widespread opposition to US policies in the area.

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has drawn parallels between the sliding scale of support in the Iraq and Vietnam wars.

YOUR columnist Rónán Mullen went to bat regularly for Pope John Paul II and on various occasions he has also defended US President George W Bush. But he seems to have an aversion to tackling the really difficult issues.

A video delivered to an international news organisation has apparently shown the release of two Indonesian journalists who were kidnapped in the volatile Iraqi city of Ramadi last week.

THE key US assertions leading to the 2003 invasion of Iraq – that Saddam Hussein had chemical and biological weapons and was working to make nuclear weapons – were wrong and based on false or overstated CIA analyses, according to a scathing Senate Intelligence Committee report released yesterday.