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  • Baghdad Bridges Mystery Solved

    03/13/2006 5:57:47 PM PST · by blam · 16 replies · 1,668+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 3-14-2006 | Francis Harris
    Baghdad bridges mystery solved By Francis Harris in Washington (Filed: 14/03/2006) A classified American army report based on interviews with senior Iraqis has cleared up a mystery which has baffled western military experts since the invasion of March 2003. As American units raced towards the capital, military observers had confidently expected Saddam to destroy all the major bridges into Baghdad to give Iraqi forces more time to prepare their defence of the capital. But he did not. According to papers leaked to The New York Times, Saddam told his commanders that the Americans would not seek to capture Baghdad and...