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  • Overconfidence allies' biggest mistake (according to Egypt's former defence minister)

    03/31/2003 8:48:06 PM PST · by Diddley · 16 replies · 258+ views
    Khilafah ^ | Mar 31, 2003 | Staff
    U.S. and British leaders have started to lose their tempers because of the tough Iraqi resistance against their invasion of the Arab country and this might prompt them to destroy Baghdad, according to Egypt's former defence minister. Marshal Abdul Halim Abu Ghazala said overconfidence was the coalition's biggest mistake in the invasion of Iraq and expected Iraq's elite Republican Guard forces to fight to death in their defence of Baghdad against the advancing allied troops. Writing in Arabic newspapers yesterday, Abu Ghazala said the U.S. had made a serious mistake when it thought it would easily crush Iraq as it...