British anti-war MP George Galloway today angrily dismissed allegations by US senators that he profited from dealings with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

THE contest for Iraq's next prime minister narrowed yesterday after French-educated finance minister Adel Abdul Mahdi stood down from consideration within the Shi'ite alliance that won the most votes in the elections.

US AUTHORITIES are investigating why $300 million in American bills was taken out of Iraq’s Central Bank this month and flown to Lebanon.

Former Iraqi Governing Council member Ahmed Chalabi and his nephew Salem – head of the tribunal trying Saddam Hussein – have dismissed charges against them as "ridiculous".

Ahmed Chalabi was once the Pentagon’s favourite Iraqi – seen as a possible president following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

Political Editor Harry McGee questions the ‘intelligence’ that led to the Iraq war, and failed to predict September 11 and the Madrid bombings.

President George Bush, again facing sceptical world leaders, today challenged the UN to support his plan for steady transition to democratic rule in Iraq, saying the war torn nation “needs the help of friends.”

IRAQ'S new Governing Council was warned about the possibility of a terror attack in Baghdad just days before Tuesday's truck bombing ripped through the United Nations headquarters.

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein should be brought to trial for his crimes, not killed like his sons Uday and Qusay, the man appointed as Britain’s new envoy to Iraq said today.

MEMBERS of the new Iraqi Governing Council addressed the United Nations Security Council yesterday.

A former UN weapons inspector has released a new book in which he accuses President Bush of illegally invading Iraq and calls for “regime change” in the United States at the next election.

The first post-Saddam Hussein governing body of Iraqis will hold its inaugural meeting today, a watershed event on the nation’s path to democracy, said the top US administrator, promising the council will have “real political power”.

Former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz has told interrogators that Saddam Hussein survived the two attempted decapitation strikes against him, it was reported today.

THE man charged with overseeing the rebuilding of Iraq arrived in Baghdad yesterday as the United States faced growing calls to withdraw from the country.

The man charged with overseeing the re-building of Iraq arrived in Baghdad today as the United States faced growing calls to withdraw from the country.

Ahmed Chalabi, the Pentagon’s favourite to lead Iraq, today denied he was a candidate for the top job.

AN interim authority could be up and running in Iraq within weeks, senior US officials said yesterday.

A group of non-Iraqi Arabs belonging to terrorist network al-Qaida are operating in the Najaf and Karbala regions of Iraq, according to a leading opposition group.

AHMED Chalabi has been described by his supporters in Washington as a "rare find" a man deeply rooted in the Arab world but fundamentally a Westerner.

Hundreds of Iraqi opposition figures today began talks on the future of Iraq after the end of the Saddam Hussein regime.

Iraqi opposition leaders were today planning to take part in a video conference call with US Vice President Dick Cheney following their discussions in Washington about the need for a new era of freedom in Iraq.