Give us guns and troops can go, says Iraqi leader

Give us guns - and troops can go, says Iraqi leader - World - Times Online: "America's refusal to give Baghdad's security forces sufficient guns and equipment has cost a great number of lives, the Iraqi Prime Minister said yesterday.

Nouri al-Maliki said the insurgency had been bloodier and prolonged because Washington had refused to part with equipment. If it released the necessary arms, US forces could 'drastically' cut their numbers in three to six months, he told The Times."