Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

War on Iraq Plan Revealed!
The Drudge Report. ^

Posted on 11/09/2002 12:20:18 PM PST by ConservativeMan55

Bush has settled on war plan,,, would begin with air campaign shorter than one for Persian Gulf war; but it would feature swift ground actions to seize footholds in country and strikes to cut off leadership in Baghdad.... MORE... Plan calls for massing 250,000 troops for attack by air, land and sea, the NEW YORK TIMES is planning to report in Page One leads, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE.... Developing.... **14:52 ET**


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: democrat; drudge; iraq; republican; siren; war
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 101-108 next last
To: Arkie2
"Everybody knows we're going in and approximately when. Tactical surprise is still possible though and it really doesn't much matter anyway."

Maybe, maybe not:

SOUTH POMFRET, Vt. -- In what may well be the largest expansion of covert action by the armed forces since the Vietnam era, the Bush administration has turned to what the Pentagon calls the "black world" to press the war on terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

The Defense Department is building up an elite secret army with resources stretching across the full spectrum of covert capabilities. New organizations are being created. The missions of existing units are being revised. Spy planes and ships are being assigned new missions in anti-terror and monitoring the "axis of evil."

The increasingly dominant role of the military, Pentagon officials say, reflects frustration at the highest levels of government with the performance of the intelligence community, law enforcement agencies and much of the burgeoning homeland security apparatus. It also reflects the desire of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to gain greater overall control of the war on terror.

Insulated from outside pressures, armed with matchless weapons and technology, trained to operate below the shadow line, the Pentagon's black world of classified operations holds out the hope of swift, decisive action in a struggle against terrorism that often looks more like a family feud than a war.

There is more to this article, but this is enough...

21 posted on 11/09/2002 12:47:36 PM PST by KriegerGeist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: ironwill
The Prez is soooooo good at using the media to fake out the enemy! (That includes the Left as well as the Muslims)
22 posted on 11/09/2002 12:50:20 PM PST by WaterDragon
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: ironwill
Trust me.....if are reading any war plan regarding Iraq on the net it's fake..........:o)

Stay Safe !

23 posted on 11/09/2002 12:50:41 PM PST by Squantos
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Geist Krieger
Anything to give Sadaam something to dream about at nights :O)
24 posted on 11/09/2002 12:51:09 PM PST by ancient_geezer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Doctor Raoul
We're reading this third hand. The NYT sent this info to SADDAM first, then Drudge and now us."

That's funny as hell.
25 posted on 11/09/2002 12:52:12 PM PST by demkicker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: demkicker
We are definately in for something. I live right across the river from NYC and I have been seeing Military helicopters flying overhead all day, and I have seen army jeeps on the Turnpike. God bless us all.
26 posted on 11/09/2002 12:55:40 PM PST by The Cuban
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: Geist Krieger
Is "South Pomfret, Vt.", the nerve center of the "black world"?
27 posted on 11/09/2002 1:03:27 PM PST by clintonh8r
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: ConservativeMan55

Attacking Iraq - Countdown Timeline


28 posted on 11/09/2002 1:07:06 PM PST by jgrubbs
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: clintonh8r
Is "South Pomfret, Vt.", the nerve center of the "black world"?

This article was actually in the L.A. Times, written by "William M. Arkin,
William M. Arkin is a military affairs analyst who writes regularly for Opinion.
I copied it from Drudge about a week or so ago. It's about 4 pages long.

29 posted on 11/09/2002 1:10:25 PM PST by KriegerGeist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: breakem
"There are deadlines for Saddam to meet in the UN resolution. Bush will not give the order in a couple of days. The first deadline is Friday November 15. Follow the dates in the resolution and you will see critical points when action may be order of Saddamn doesn't comply."

I wonder if there is a 'plan' in there on what to do if Saddam decides to strike with WMD first?

30 posted on 11/09/2002 1:12:52 PM PST by blam
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: ConservativeMan55
WWIII, here we come...
31 posted on 11/09/2002 1:23:46 PM PST by FormerLurker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ConservativeMan55; goldstategop
Remember what the President said, "those who know, know; those who don't know - TALK"

I rest my case! Drudge knows NOTHING - AS USUAL!!
32 posted on 11/09/2002 1:24:10 PM PST by CyberAnt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: goldstategop
I don't get how people are saying we are "attacking in a few days." This U.N. stuff is custom-made to stretch things out forever. Hans Blix has a reputation for being so myopic, he should have been an Independent Counsel investigating the Clintons.

I predict that the time limit will be up, and Iraq will whine that they haven't had sufficient time. Then there will be a bunch of speeches in the U.N., and we'll go round and round again.

I appreciate Pres. Bush's attempt to deal through the U.N. to silence the critics, foreign and domestic. But IMO if Iraq defies the U.N. resolutions according to OUR interpretation--not what France or Syria are going to say next week that they "really" say--this thing is going to go on and on and on.

The upside of this has to be that while the heat is on Saddam, he is likely not able to do much to further his plans to hit us (which I'm convinced he has every intention of doing).

33 posted on 11/09/2002 1:25:00 PM PST by Illbay
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: ConservativeMan55
What city will we attack first?

What kind of weapons will we use against Saddam Hussein?

How many troops are we using and where will they be deployed?

34 posted on 11/09/2002 1:28:06 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Illbay
I think the secret plan is to drop Maureen Dowd into Baghdad. That will surely disrupt the Iraqi commo networks, as the Iraqi general Staff sits around and tries to decipher any meaning in this drunken, left-wing slut's confused and meandering columns.
35 posted on 11/09/2002 1:33:31 PM PST by Kenny Bunk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: ConservativeMan55
In Afghanistan we took over an old airport (airbase?) south of Khandahar in the early days of the ground action. I suspect we will, similarly, take some Iraqi bases and start to parcel up the country from there. Surround the cities, start pumping oil out to pay for the war and establish a new government away from Baghdad.
36 posted on 11/09/2002 1:35:17 PM PST by Straight Vermonter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: thinktwice
Loose lips sink ships

The media feasts on lies and spews out falsehoods. The administration can count on them every time.

37 posted on 11/09/2002 1:35:36 PM PST by Thinkin' Gal
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: ConservativeMan55
"Its possible this is a fake plan?"

Nah... this it guaranteed to be the one we are going to use any moment now...

(btw: hot stock tip for big $$$ in Iraqi stock market is buy lots of pink bismuth derivitives, as in pepto bismol... heh heh.)

I imagine there will be lots of this in the very immediate future.
38 posted on 11/09/2002 1:36:21 PM PST by recalcitrant
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Geist Krieger
SOUTH POMFRET, Vt.

Reporter on a ski trip?

39 posted on 11/09/2002 1:41:24 PM PST by Straight Vermonter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: blam
I think he will hem and haw and see what happens. Amd let us make the first move.
40 posted on 11/09/2002 1:42:12 PM PST by breakem
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 101-108 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson