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2003-03-09 Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-03-09 10:45 am|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Similar story in Telegraph about the British paras and Saddam International Airport. Surely disinformation? Market Garden-esque invitation to trouble, and the fact it's being touted - has to be a propaganda exercise? Course it could be a clever double-bluff...

Posted by Bulldog 2003-03-09 10:56:46|| 2003-03-09 10:56:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Bulldog, I wouldn't be surprised to see an airdrop to grab an airport or two. Actually, it's fairly standard US doctrine (see Grenada). But like you, I suspect disinformation in the Telegraph article

Posted by Patrick Phillips 2003-03-09 12:01:06|| 2003-03-09 12:01:06|| Front Page Top

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