BBC: Editorial opens fire on Rumsfeld; (Snow:"shabby piece of work") [View All]

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Editorial opens fire on Rumsfeld
Four US military journals have called for Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to quit, accusing him of losing control of the situation in Iraq.

An editorial published on Monday said Mr Rumsfeld has lost the respect of senior officers and ordinary troops.
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The White House has criticised the editorial, published ahead of mid-term elections across the US.

Spokesman Tony Snow described the editorial - published in the Army Times, Air Force Times, the Navy Times and the Marine Corps Times - as a "shabby piece of work".


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The editorial said that the call for Mr Rumsfeld to quit was not timed to coincide with US mid-term elections.

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Mr Snow said the reported comments put the interviewees "at war" with comments they had made to Mr Bush in previous years.

In responses to the Vanity Fair article, several of those interviewed said they felt their comments were taken out of context - and had not expected them to be published until after the elections.
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Published: 2006/11/06 14:19:39 GMT

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