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  • U.S. ponders worst-case scenarios

    02/17/2003 8:18:20 PM PST · by Momaw Nadon · 16 replies · 430+ views
    International Herald Tribune Online ^ | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 | David E. Sanger and Thom Shanker
    (WASHINGTON) Senior Bush administration officials are for the first time openly discussing a subject they have sidestepped during the massive buildup of forces around Iraq: what could go wrong not only during an attack, but especially in the aftermath of an invasion. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has a four-to-five-page typewritten catalog of risks he keeps in his desk drawer. He refers to it constantly, updates it regularly and has incorporated suggestions from senior military commanders into it and discussed it with President George W. Bush. The list includes a "concern about Saddam Hussein using weapons of mass destruction against his...