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The CIA's chief weapons inspector said he cannot rule out the possibility that Iraqi weapons of mass destruction were secretly shipped to Syria before the March 2003 invasion, citing "sufficiently credible" evidence that WMDs may have been moved there. Inspector Charles Duelfer, who heads the Iraq Survey Group (ISG), made the findings in an addendum to his final report filed last year. He said the search for WMD in Iraq -- the main reason President Bush went to war to oust Saddam Hussein -- has been exhausted without finding such weapons. Iraq had stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons in...

Poll: Troops, families question Iraq strategyMost surveyed say Bush sent too few troops; relied too much on Guard WASHINGTON (AP) -- Members of the military and their families say the Bush administration underestimated the number of troops needed in Iraq and put too much pressure on inadequately trained National Guard and reserve forces, according to a poll released Saturday. The National Annenberg Election Survey questioned active duty troops in the regular military and the National Guard and Reserves, as well as family members of active duty members. Family members were more critical of the administration's Iraq policy than those on...

The Sunday Times - World The CIA says Saddam abused the UN's oil for food scheme to buy influence. Robert Winnett reports Father Benjamin has served the Vatican well. Travelling the world for the past 20 years on holy missions aimed at easing poverty and spreading the word of God, he arrived in Iraq for the first time in 1998. So shocked was he by the suffering he witnessed there that he dedicated the next five years to getting the international sanctions that were then throttling the country's economy overthrown. Addressing British MPs in the House of Commons on the...