Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was warned weeks before the Iraq war began that the US was unprepared for running the country after the invasion, newly-released letters showed today.

The UK's Attorney General “misled” the British Government over the case for going to war with Iraq, Clare Short told the inquiry into the conflict today.

THE suddenness of Saddam Hussein’s fall has opened a power vacuum in Iraq, a power struggle in Washington and another transatlantic tug-of-war.

THE United States unveils a civil administration for postwar Iraq today, amid profound Arab suspicion about Washington's motives and widespread calls that the United Nations be given the job instead.