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| How special-ops units used 'old-school commando stuff' behind enemy lines to keep Saddam's forces distracted |
| 2021-06-16 |
| [Business Insider] In early 2002, the US decided to invade Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein and his brutal regime. Sketchy claims of weapons of mass destruction notwithstanding, the Iraqi military was a potent adversary and one of the largest armies in the world. The US-led Coalition opted to invade from the south and head north toward Bagdad. As the defender, the Iraqis had the advantage, so US planners sought to divide Iraqi forces with a feint from the north, which meant working with the semi-autonomous Kurds. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 source for conjecture regarding the WMD disappearance in 2003 WMD conjecture in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2021-06-16 16:57 |
| #5 /\ Wiki link to Rihab Taha. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-06-16 16:30 |
| #4 Believe me when I tell you Salman Pak was an evil place. It was one of Saddam's many WND research and production facilities. Here is a little Wiki piece on Rihab Taha aka 'Doctor Germ' one of his erstwhile researchers. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-06-16 16:29 |
| #3 the convoys into Iran I remember convoys into Lebanon, whose contents ended up in the Bekaa Valley, NoMoreBS. Buried jets, though I thought they were somewhere in Iraq. The training area of Salman Pak for jihadi hijackers, bomb makers, and manufacturing poison gasses. Also the huge storage areas with bunkers full of leaking barrels of pesticides, so close chemically to nerve gas — some Rantburgers spoke of their own experiences with that last, or knowing people who did. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-06-16 16:18 |
| #2 Anyone remember the convoys into Iran in the middle of fhe night and fighter jets buried in the desert to hide them inside Iran? The voice/data intercepts talking at length about WMDs by senior Iraqi commanders . the large chemical weapon artillery caches? We thought the significant level of WMDs was there based on our awareness of what was being told to Saddam. The failure was our not being cynical enough abot the lies and BS his own people were giving him. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2021-06-16 12:03 |
| #1 Sketchy claims of weapons of mass destruction notwithstanding Yeah, you were all having your knickers in a fit when ISIS overran the chemical weapons factory. Oh, that chemical weapons factory. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-06-16 06:23 |