Rice denies US 'escalating Iraq'

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has denied that the US intends to escalate the war in Iraq by confronting Iranian groups operating there.

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I've been trying for weeks now to find the words to explain my opinion on the whole 'Iran is country with nuclear weapons who are helping terrorists' argument and I've brought it down to this simple statement: "I don't believe a word of this bullshit."

Bush, Blair worse than Saddam, says Malaysia ex-PM

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) - President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are war criminals with more Iraqi blood on their hands than Saddam Hussein, former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday.

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"He (Bush) should resign straight away and be tried by the same kangaroo court," Mahathir told a news conference called to promote a peace conference he is hosting in Malaysia next month."