A film divided against itself cannot stand.

Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld said his biggest mistake during his six years in the Pentagon was not resigning after shocking photos of the treatment of Iraqi inmates by American soldiers at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison were published.

Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of US troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report said.

HMM. What was I saying in my very final paragraph just last week? That we shouldn’t be wholly deceived by our Big Five wins, and that Wenger was surely right to be proclaiming he had seen future glory during his twin Manchester setbacks.

I WAS interested to read that Charles ‘Chuckie’ Taylor Jnr, son of the former Liberian president of the same name, has been placed on trial in the United States for the crime of torture. This is a most welcome development.

US PRESIDENT George W Bush has his eye firmly on history, believing he and his actions will be vindicated in the coming years and decades.

ONE of the most unnerving things about the terrible attacks on New York in September 2001 was the creation of an atmosphere that almost equated American patriotism with aggression towards those who would dare to disagree with America.

US defence secretary Robert Gates, making his first official visit to China, is expected to press the country to do more to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear capabilities.

Actor Jon Voight was so captivated by Donald Rumsfeld's public image, he based his 'Transformers' character on the American politician.

The head of the British Army during the invasion of Iraq has labelled post-war US policy “intellectually bankrupt”, it was reported today.

Ex-US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other top former Pentagon officials today denied any cover-up and rejected personal responsibility for the military’s bungled response to Army Ranger Pat Tillman’s friendly-fire death in Afghanistan.

Former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby was sentenced to 30 months in prison today for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation.

Germany’s federal prosecutors have rejected a lawsuit urging them to open a war crimes investigation against former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

A federal judge says despite horrifying torture of US prisoners alleged to have been committed in overseas prisons during former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s tenure, his position in the government shielded him from being sued.

US Army Secretary Francis Harvey resigned after a row broke out over a scandal involving the treatment of wounded soldiers.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain said the Iraq conflict had been mismanaged and former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld would be remembered as one of the worst in history.

A “very damning” report by the US Defence Department’s inspector general depicts a Pentagon that purposely manipulated intelligence in an effort to link Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida in the run-up to the US-led invasion of Iraq, says the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

FBI agents have documented more than two dozen incidents of possible mistreatment at the Guantanamo Bay military base, including a detainee whose head was wrapped in duct tape for chanting verses from the Koran.

Former US president Gerald Ford was highly critical of the Bush administration, saying the Iraq war was unjustified, in a two-year-old interview published only today.

US President George Bush, who has contended that the US was winning the war in Iraq, has said the first time that American forces were not winning there.

New US defence secretary Robert Gates says Iraq is his top priority and warned that failure there would be a “calamity” that would haunt the United States for many years.

New US defence secretary Robert Gates said today Iraq is his top priority and warned that failure there would be a “calamity” that would haunt the United States for many years.

Robert Gates is taking over as US secretary of defence at a crucial juncture in the Iraq war, a conflict that cost Donald Rumsfeld his job and likely will define Gates’ Pentagon tenure.

US DEFENCE Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spent his last day in office yesterday.

US president George Bush said the enemy in Iraq was “far from being defeated”, but vowed not to be rushed into adjusting his strategy.

With 10 days left in office, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld bade a sometimes emotional farewell to Pentagon employees today, saying the single worst day of his nearly six years in office was in spring 2004 when he learned of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse committed by US troops in Iraq.

US soldiers destroyed two buildings being used by insurgents in a town in Anbar province, killing six militants, two women and a boy believed to be under two, the military said today.

President George Bush said he wanted to hear all advice before making decisions about changes in Iraq strategy, even as it was disclosed that Donald Rumsfeld had called for major changes in tactics two days before he resigned as defence secretary.

This Monday morning, in common with most email users, I will weed my way through offers of shareholding in companies so hot, they’ve doubled in value over the weekend, through offers of prescription painkillers sent in plain wrappers and through promises that my sex life will be vastly improved once I buy the product guaranteed to give me a bigger penis.

Robert Gates, picked by President George Bush to take over from US secretary of state Donald Rumsfeld, received initial endorsements from Republican and Democratic Senate leaders after a meeting on Capitol Hill.

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has dropped plans to join President George Bush at a Nato summit this month in Latvia, in light of his announced resignation, a Rumsfeld spokesman said today.

US military commanders are re-evaluating strategy in Iraq to determine what changes are needed, the top general said.

IRAQIS yesterday cheered the resignation of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, blaming him for policy failures and scandals they say helped spawn the daily sectarian carnage wracking their nation.

GEORGE W BUSH’S sudden selection of former CIA Director Robert Gates as US defence secretary brings back a member of the team that waged the successful first Gulf War with just two years to resuscitate the faltering US policy in Iraq.

Iranian opinion-makers today welcomed the resignation of the US secretary of defence and the Republican Party's losses in Congress, saying the two events could reduce the chances of a confrontation with the United States over Iran's contentious nuclear programme.

Bomb attacks on markets in predominantly Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghdad killed at least 16 people, among 38 Iraqis killed or found dead across Iraq today in the latest outbreak of sectarian violence.

President George Bush was today searching for a “fresh perspective” on Iraq without right-hand man Donald Rumsfeld after admitting anger over the war had spawned the Democrat-dominated Congress he must now work with.

US midterm election results that heralded a massive power shift in the American political landscape were greeted with jubilation around the world.

US President George Bush was left weakened and more isolated than at any time in his presidency by Tuesday’s Democratic ‘thumping’ of Republicans.

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been the square-jawed face of war, the man behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that he predicted were just the beginnings of a long, hard slog.

AFTER years of defending his secretary of defence, US President George W Bush last night announced Donald H Rumsfeld’s resignation within hours of the Democrats’ triumph in congressional elections.

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stepped down as defence secretary today, one day after congressional elections in which opposition to the war in Iraq contributed to heavy Republican party losses.

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has endorsed a proposal to spend at least $1bn (€784,320) to expand the size and accelerate the training and equipping of Iraqi security forces.

The US Defence Department is setting up a system to counter derogatory publicity quickly, a rapid response operation perfected in recent US political campaigns.