US killings in Iraq

Madam, - With the US military's killing of 15 women and children in another attempt to rid the world of terrorists, we may need…

Madam, - With the US military's killing of 15 women and children in another attempt to rid the world of terrorists, we may need to reconsider the title of Mr Bush's crusade.

The revelations that certain methods of torture are deemed acceptable by the US administration and that private military contractors act with impunity without any legal safeguards suggest that perhaps the title "War of Terror" should apply. - Yours, etc,

BARRY WALSH, Church Road, Blackrock, Cork