Amid the crackle of gunfire, billowing smoke, and explosions from grenades, Irish troops launched a seaborne attack on an enemy stronghold, eventually subduing its defenders.

US president George Bush’s new plan to send more troops to Iraq is getting a chilly reception in Congress.

President George Bush’s plan to send more troops to Iraq ran into a huge wall of criticism from the Democrat-controlled Congress as administration officials drew confrontational, sometimes mocking, challenges from all sides.

IN a recent letter to the Irish Examiner, Jim Malo from Connecticut sought “specific information” on civilian torture by US authorities.

A PROTESTING Irish priest is starting a six-month prison sentence in Texas today.