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| Saddam would hit buildup of troops |
| 2002-06-17 |
| In a fight for his survival, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein would be likely to unleash his arsenal of chemical and germ warheads on American troops and Israel, military sources and analysts say. That deadly prospect, they say, makes it paramount that any war plan approved by President Bush contain tactical surprise, pre-emptive air strikes and a strategy for turning some Iraqi military units against their supreme leader. That may be so. Or the press may be fighting the last war again. I'd expect the people planning the operations to provide for such an obvious eventuality. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 All the more reason to skip the Gulf War I overkill and hit Saddam with the division-sized attack he cannot stop. 2/3 of that force is already on the ground. With additional equipment in storage in Kuwait, we could roll with 3 Armored Brigades in 48 hours. With the help of the 18th Airplane Gang [in-house term for paratroopers] and the Marine brigade we have floating in the Indian Ocean, we could own southern Iraq in 4 days. BTW, Chem and Bio weapons require fairly massive delivery mechanisms [e.g. battalions of BM-21 rocket launchers]. They would be wiped out first. |
| Posted by: E. Almasy 2002-06-17 14:35:51 |