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Major Iraq Attack Envisioned

NEW YORK, July 5, 2002

(AP / CBS)

“It is the responsibility of the Department of Defense to develop contingency plans and, from time to time, to update them.”
Victoria Clarke



(CBS) A published report says an American military planning document calls for air, land and sea-based forces to attack Iraq from three directions - in a campaign to topple Saddam Hussein.

The New York Times quotes a person familiar with the plan as saying it envisions the use of tens of thousands of Marines and soldiers invading from Kuwait, backed by hundreds of warplanes based in as many as eight countries.

They would unleash a huge air assault against thousands of targets in Iraq, including airfields and roadways. The Times says none of the nations that would be possible staging areas has been formally consulted.

U.S. President George W. Bush has openly declared his desire to remove Saddam my military force if necessary, but has offered few details of how he plans to accomplish that goal.

Special operations forces or covert CIA operatives would strike at depots or laboratories storing or manufacturing Iraq's suspected weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to launch them, the report said.

Underscoring the preliminary nature of the planning, officials were cited as saying that none of the countries named in the document have been formally consulted about playing a role in any U.S. action against Iraq.

Nothing in the document or in interviews with senior military officials suggests an attack on Iraq is imminent, the newspaper said.

The source familiar with the document described its contents to The New York Times on the condition of anonymity, expressing frustration that the planning “failed to incorporate fully the advances in military tactics and technology since the Persian Gulf war in 1991,” the report said.

The Times said the plan, entitled “CentCom Courses of Action,” was prepared by officials at the Central Command in Tampa, Florida, again citing the person familiar with the document.

The newspaper said the outline indicated an advanced state of planning in the military even though Bush continued to say publicly that he has no plan on his desk for an invasion of Iraq.

“Right now, we're at the stage of conceptual thinking and brainstorming,” a senior defense official told the Times. “We're pretty far along.”

Officials told the newspaper that neither Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, nor the Joint Chiefs of Staff nor U.S. Central Command chief Gen. Tommy Franks had been briefed on this specific document.

“It is the responsibility of the Department of Defense to develop contingency plans and, from time to time, to update them,” Victoria Clarke, the Pentagon spokeswoman, told the newspaper Thursday.

©MMII, CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press and Reuters Limited contributed to this report.

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