Perle jam

A key US proponent of the invasion of Iraq has now said that devastating dysfunction has turned US policy in the country into a "disaster".

Richard Perle, a former defence adviser to the Bush administration, told US magazine Vanity Fair the president was responsible for the failure.

"The levels of brutality we've seen are truly horrifying," said Perle, "...and may George W. Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq."