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U.S. miscalculated security for Iraq [Newsflash: War planners are only human, not perfect]
Washington Times ^ | Thursday, August 28, 2003 | By Rowan Scarborough

Posted on 08/27/2003 10:50:32 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:07:15 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Top Bush administration officials grudgingly acknowledge that their post-Saddam Hussein plan for rebuilding Iraq has been substantially flawed on the security front.

Some defense officials said privately in interviews that the plan in place for security after Baghdad's fall has been an utter failure. They said it failed to predict any significant resistance from Saddam loyalists, much less the deadly combination of Ba'athist holdouts and foreign terrorists preying daily on American troops.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; rebuildingiraq; rowanscarborough; warplan
Thursday, August 28, 2003

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