Iraq close to chaos, say experts

A LEADING Pentagon architect of the US war on Iraq was in Baghdad yesterday as a panel of experts warned Washington had three months to create law and order or risk descent into chaos.

The warning came as a second audio tape attributed to ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein called for a jihad, or holy struggle, to oust occupying troops.

The voice on the tape lashed out at the new US-backed Governing Council of Iraq and said President George Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair had lied to the world to justify the war.