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U.S. Prewar Intelligence Saw Possible Iraq Insurgency
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Sep 28, 2004 07:29pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News: Iran |
| News Date | Tuesday, September 28, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Tue Sep 28, 5:13 PM ET
By Tabassum Zakaria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. intelligence report before the Iraq (news - web sites) war warned that an American invasion could lead to rogue elements fighting the new Iraqi government and U.S. forces, sources familiar with the report said on Tuesday.
While the classified report did not call it an insurgency, it raised the possibility of guerrilla warfare in a postwar Iraq, sources said.
Intelligence reports compiled in January 2003 predicted that an American invasion would result in a divided Iraq prone to internal violence, and increased sympathy in the Islamic world for some terrorist objectives, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
The assessments were compiled from the views of various intelligence agencies by the National Intelligence Council which reports to the CIA (news - web sites) director.
There was a "big stack" of prewar intelligence reports that said there was a high degree of possibility of insurgency and unrest, and that "winning the peace will be harder than winning the war," one source familiar with the reports said on condition of anonymity. |
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