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US retains initiative in war: Armitage
Baghdad, Nov 09: The United States military will retain the initiative in the escalating war in Iraq, a senior US official has said on a day when two more paratroopers died in a roadside ambush and the Red Cross said it was closing its offices due to the deteriorating security situation.
Baghdad, Nov 09: The United States military will retain the initiative in the escalating war in Iraq, a senior US official has said on a day when two more paratroopers died in a roadside ambush and the Red Cross said it was closing its offices due to the deteriorating security situation.
Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage described
Iraq as a "war zone", but noted that "we have the momentum
in this process."
"I'm absolutely convinced we have a very solid plan to go out and get these people who are killing us and killing Iraqis," he told reporters during a visit to Iraq yesterday.
The sharp rise in the number of attacks against the troops of the US-led forces and their allies in the Iraqi security services, and the guerrillas' apparent ability to strike at will has prompted fears that the initiative in the conflict is slipping from the coalition's hands.
During a news conference in the heavily guarded compound housing the Iraq's US-led administration, Armitage appeared anxious to ease such fears.
"I'm pretty convinced after this short visit ...That we will take this fight to the enemy," he said.
Meanwhile, two soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division died when a homemade bomb exploded beside their vehicle in Fallujah, 65 kilometres west of Baghdad, the military said.
Bureau Report
"I'm absolutely convinced we have a very solid plan to go out and get these people who are killing us and killing Iraqis," he told reporters during a visit to Iraq yesterday.
The sharp rise in the number of attacks against the troops of the US-led forces and their allies in the Iraqi security services, and the guerrillas' apparent ability to strike at will has prompted fears that the initiative in the conflict is slipping from the coalition's hands.
During a news conference in the heavily guarded compound housing the Iraq's US-led administration, Armitage appeared anxious to ease such fears.
"I'm pretty convinced after this short visit ...That we will take this fight to the enemy," he said.
Meanwhile, two soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division died when a homemade bomb exploded beside their vehicle in Fallujah, 65 kilometres west of Baghdad, the military said.
Bureau Report