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Stories from 2003-07-12

Lack of Planning Contributed to Chaos in Iraq

Jonathan S. Landay and Warren P. Strobel | Knight Ridder/Tribune Wire | July 12, 2003

"The officials didn't develop any real postwar plans because they believed that Iraqis would welcome U.S. troops with open arms and Washington could install a favored Iraqi exile leader as the country's leader. The Pentagon civilians ignored CIA and State Department experts who disputed them, resisted White House pressure to back off from their favored exile leader and when their scenario collapsed amid increasing violence and disorder, they had no backup plan." [more]

Analysis: Trading On Fear

Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber | Guardian | July 12, 2003

"Selling 'Brand America' abroad was an abject failure; but at home, it worked. Manufacturers of 4x4s, oil prospectors, the nuclear power industry, politicians keen to roll back civil liberties — all seized the moment to capitalise on the war." [more]

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