US in war of words with ‘old Europe’

WASHINGTON was last night locked in a transatlantic war of words over the ever-increasing likelihood of war with Iraq.

Both US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld complained at the anti-war stances taken by the leaders of France and Germany.

However, flanked by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw at the State Department, Gulf War Chief of the Defence Staff Powell said: "I don't think we will have to worry about going it alone."