India 'rejected' US military requests Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is reported to have turned down requests by US President George Bush to help the ongoing military campaign in Iraq. In comments published on Friday, Mr Vajpayee was quoted by the Hindustan Times newspaper as saying that President Bush had approached him three times on the issue. No details were given of the kind of assistance sought but India had said earlier it would not allow US planes to refuel on its airfields. India has said the war on Iraq is unjustified but has otherwise been restrained in its...