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IRAQ WAR TIMETABLE MOVED UP TO MARCH/ EARLY APRIL..
DEBKA and World NetDaily ^
| February 23, 2002
| Terrorism and Security Newsletter
Posted on 02/23/2002 10:12:57 AM PST by codebreaker
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This is DEBKA and World Net Daily, but it does sound legit.
Low level leak perhaps from Command Staff
To: codebreaker
This is wonderful! I love a good war. NEVER FORGET! (Islam - The religion of Peace)
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posted on
02/23/2002 10:23:54 AM PST
by
The Cuban
To: The Cuban
KEEP ON ROLLIN', Eagles Up!
A good rout of Iraq sounds good after the NCAA basketball tourney.
To: The Cuban
If it's true, I hope Albanian, Chechen and Bosnian Muslim terrorists' providers are planning massive purchase of underpants.
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posted on
02/23/2002 10:34:35 AM PST
by
Neophyte
To: codebreaker
In spite of the reputation of the sources, I believe that we are likely to move against Iraq within the next two months. There has been a noticeable escalation of anti-Iraqi rhetoric from the Bush administration within the last few weeks. And if any connection can be drawn between Iraq and Daniel Pearl's horrid little murderers, then the time to move, politically speaking, is sooner rather than later.
I may be wrong, but I'm going to bookmark back to this posting if I prove to be right!
To: DallasMike
Agreed. There's an unmistakable urgency.
To: codebreaker
ROTFLMAO
To: codebreaker
The administration is dropping hints, but I was under the impression that our arsenal was severely depleted and it would take many months to build it back up to the level where we'd be comfortable starting another big fight.
From what I have read of the ordnance situation, I think a move on Iraq is still far away.
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posted on
02/23/2002 11:07:51 AM PST
by
MattS
To: codebreaker
One problem with this is that there has been no troop movements, activation of reserves, preparation of large transport ships, etc., all those things that are necessary as a preamble to a large scale military operation, and impossible to hide in this day and age.
We spent almost a year with the Desert Shield buildup in preparation for Desert Storm. President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and Secretary Rumsfeld are good, but they are not good enough to keep a secret of a mobilization of the magnitude required to engage Iraq.
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posted on
02/23/2002 11:12:47 AM PST
by
VMI70
To: MattS
Depends what World Net means by 'military action'-that could just be taking out Iraq's airforce.
To: VMI70
We spent almost a year with the Desert Shield buildup in preparation for Desert Storm. President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and Secretary Rumsfeld are good, but they are not good enough to keep a secret of a mobilization of the magnitude required to engage Iraq. Looks like we could be entering the "military advisor" stage right now. You're right about deployment....it would be more than 1-2 mos off. I would guess they are making the early moves but hedging their bets.
The best time politically to attack Iraq (for the Bush adm) is just a month or two before the November elections.
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posted on
02/23/2002 11:51:59 AM PST
by
copycat
To: copycat
Bingeaux-As callous as it is (thank you, democRats and Rinos), the timing has to be just right. The house to house fighting and mop-up, hence the body bags, has to occur after the election.
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posted on
02/23/2002 12:12:03 PM PST
by
VMI70
To: MattS
The administration is dropping hints, but I was under the impression that our arsenal was severely depleted and it would take many months to build it back up to the level where we'd be comfortable starting another big fight.Or that is what they want the enemy to believe and then... wammo...surprise attack.
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posted on
02/23/2002 12:13:17 PM PST
by
Mixer
To: VMI70
We spent almost a year with the Desert Shield buildup in preparation for Desert Storm.More like four-five months (August, 1990-Jan. 1991). And, Rumsfeld is said to believe we only need 100,000 troops, not the 1/2 million marshalled during Desert Shield.
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posted on
02/23/2002 12:18:33 PM PST
by
sinkspur
To: codebreaker
April showers bring glowing flowers.....
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posted on
02/23/2002 12:26:01 PM PST
by
tracer
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To: Neophyte
"If it's true, I hope Albanian, Chechen and Bosnian Muslim terrorists' providers are planning massive purchase of underpants." You seem to be assuming that these guys care where their brown-plumed "national bird" decides to perch....
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posted on
02/23/2002 12:29:50 PM PST
by
tracer
To: VMI70
"We spent almost a year with the Desert Shield buildup in preparation for Desert Storm."
It took about six months... and that was to deploy almost 1/2 mil troops. We have had pre-position caches in the area for years.
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posted on
02/23/2002 12:30:19 PM PST
by
cibco
To: tracer
And April is the cruelest month indeed..(for Saddam, that is)
To: codebreaker
Saddam you have no more stays of execution now the sentence is to have a daisy cutter dropped on your punk @$$
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