Rumsfeld proposed Iraq shift before resigning

WASHINGTON, Dec 2: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told the White House two days before he resigned last month that the Bush administration's strategy in Iraq was not working and he proposed a major change, The New York Times reported today.

''In my view it is time for a major adjustment. Clearly, what US forces are currently doing in Iraq is not working well enough or fast enough,'' Rumsfeld said in the classified memo, dated November 6. The New York Times posted a copy of the memo along with an article about it on its Web site.

REUTERS