Day By Day

Monday, June 27, 2005

Rumsfeld Speaks and Makes News

Two of Rummy's statements made major news Sunday:

Chinaview reports:

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday more violence in Iraq could go on for a number of years.

He said that defeating the insurgency may take as long as 12 years, with Iraqi security forces, not U.S. and foreign troops, taking the lead and finishing the job.

Read it here.

And, WaPo reports:

The U.S. military in Iraq has been holding face-to-face meetings with some Iraqi leaders of the insurgency there, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and the U.S. commander in charge of Iraq confirmed yesterday.

Read it here.

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