Sometimes the BushBots claim that no one foresaw the problems in Iraq but that is clearly false given the two analyses1 done at the Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, among many others. Now we find that there were 2 more reports:
Assessments Made in 2003 Foretold Situation in Iraq
Intelligence Studies List Internal Violence, Terrorist Activity
By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, May 20, 2007; Page A06
Two intelligence assessments from January 2003 predicted that the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and subsequent U.S. occupation of Iraq could lead to internal violence and provide a boost to Islamic extremists and terrorists in the region...
The two assessments, titled "Principal Challenges in Post-Saddam Iraq" and "Regional Consequences of Regime Change in Iraq," were produced by the National Intelligence Council (NIC)
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Reconstructing Iraq: Insights, Challenges, and Missions for Military Forces in a Post-Conflict Scenario
Authored by Dr. Conrad C. Crane, Dr. W. Andrew Terrill.
February 2003
84 pages
Reconstructing Iraq: Challenges and Missions for Military Forces in a Post-Conflict Scenario
Authored by Dr. Conrad C. Crane, Dr. W. Andrew Terrill.
January 2003
24 pages
Sunday, May 20, 2007
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