Gen. Bemoans Iraq Violence; Briton Killed

By STEVEN R. HURST
Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said Thursday that there was no need for more U.S. troops in the country and blamed continuing violence on insufficient intelligence and the lack of cooperation from the Iraqi people.

Meanwhile, south of Baghdad, a British soldier was killed and a second injured when their convoy was trapped between two angry crowds who fired with small arms and rocket propelled grenades in southern Iraq, the British military said.

Regarding the continuing violence, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez said he would welcome international forces as a matter of global commitment to the pacification and rebuilding of Iraq.

"Putting more soldiers on the ground is not going to solve the problem if I don't have the intelligence to act on," Sanchez said at a news confere

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Now that would be funny if it weren't so tragic. General Sanchez is talking about the same failed intelligence that made trumped up claims about Iraqi WMDs in the first place. No wonder we're in such deep trouble there and soldiers are dying on a daily basis.