Americans have growing doubts about President George W Bush’s honesty and his effectiveness, according to a poll.

With the installation of an interim government in Baghdad, President George Bush is banking on an untested group of Iraqi officials to achieve results that the US-led occupation could not deliver: security, stability and economic progress.

THE new wave of pitched fighting in Iraq, a war in all but name, is washing over an unsettled America.

NEARING the second anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, seven in 10 Americans continue to believe that Saddam Hussein had a role in the attacks.

A debate is raging in Washington about the best way to topple Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, with senior figures questioning what will happen when he is gone.