US Army Generals say Rumsfeld should resign.

Guardian Unlimited Special reports Army report on al-Qaida accuses Rumsfeld:

"The US defence secretary has faced many calls to resign over Guantánamo, the invasion of Iraq and abuses at Abu Ghraib prison - but the pressure he faces now comes from a weighty new quarter: six generals recently retired from the military he runs.

Retired general Paul Eaton, who was in charge of training Iraqi security forces, sparked the current round of condemnation in a New York Times article on March 19.

On April 2, Anthony Zinni told a TV interviewer the US was 'paying the price for the lack of credible planning' in Iraq.

Seven days later, Lt Gen Gregory Newbold, a former member of the joint chiefs of staff, tore into the administration's 'casualness and swagger... the special province of those who have never had to execute these missions'.

On Wednesday, John Batiste, a former infantry commander, added his voice, and on Thursday his colleague John Riggs concurred.

Charles Swannack, who commanded the 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq, brought the total to six yesterday, telling the New York Times Mr Rumsfeld had demonstrated 'absolute failures in managing the war against Saddam'.

Mr Rumsfeld is understood to have offered to resign at least twice while in charge at the Pentagon, but both times President George Bush turned him down."

-- Update: Bush in reaction to all the press has said that Rummie is staying.