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| Axis of Evil |
| Zapping Sammy... |
| 2002-08-13 |
| New war plans being developed at the Pentagon call for massive use of exotic electronic and psychological-warfare technology to disrupt Saddam Hussein's communications and convince Iraqi soldiers to stay in their barracks. U.S. military officials said last night that a preliminary battle plan outlined for President Bush last week calls for the most extensive use of electronic and psychological warfare in history — including secret new electromagnetic pulse weapons to disable Saddam's entire command and control structure. The threat of which has driven him to radio silence... Although the plan also calls for the insertion of as many as 75,000 U.S. ground troops, Pentagon planners are hoping to avoid as much bloodshed as possible by defeating Saddam's leadership — not his entire army. There's a certain amount of wishful thinking involved there... Officials stressed that the new plan, emerging after Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld rejected plans for a more traditional invasion of Iraq involving 250,000 troops, is still being refined and that Bush has not made a final decision on whether to attack Iraq. Trying to do things the easy, cheap way is often a recipe for big problems and high body counts. This is not a good sign... The new plan was outlined for Bush by Gen. Tommy Franks, head of the Central Command. Who hasn't been a Schwartzkopf to date... Sources said that separating the Butcher of Baghdad from his military leaders by bombing his command structures and disabling Iraqi communications links would be an early priority. With Saddam likely to go into hiding, psychological warfare units would bombard Iraqi airwaves with messages from special aircraft known as Commando Solo — warning troops to stay in their barracks or be slaughtered, military officials said. Meanwhile, the Mukhabarat will be on the ground, with guns and meat hooks, trying to persuade them to attack the Imperialists. Probably a better idea to blow the barracks... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |