U.S. Plans Massive Attack on Iraq - Report

[pRIMrose]

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. war plan calls for the launch in March of three or four hundred cruise missiles a day at the start of a war on Iraq, more than were fired during the entire first Gulf War, according to a televised report on Friday.

U.S. officials and analysts have predicted for months that an attack on Iraq would be swift, massive and designed to catch Baghdad by surprise.

But the report by CBS Television, quoting Pentagon sources, offers new details of Pentagon thinking at a time when the Bush administration is undergoing a military buildup and trying to persuade President Saddam Hussein force will be used if he does not disarm.

A Pentagon spokesman declined comment.

CBS said the battle plan, called "shock and awe," focuses on the "psychological destruction of the enemy's will to fight rather than the physical destruction of his military forces."

CBS said the battle plan, called "shock and awe," (http://channels.netscape.co m/ns/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-RTO-rontz&idq=/ff/story/0002%2F20030124%2F21 4091706.htm&sc=rontz)

Sounds pretty devastating to me. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[AngelsRWorldChamps]

Why does the media know this is we know know this I bet Sad Damm know this

[Der Alte]

The bottom line is that if he doesn't back down, we will go to war. All the crap in the media is speculation on their part and possibly misinformation spread by the government to keep Saddam confused. In other words, its an expensive, massive bluff to get rid of Saddam and if the bluff doesn't work, in we go.

[Earl of Orrery]

300 to 400 cruise missles on day one and on day two... AWESOME!

This will shut down a lot in Iraq. Just watch, this is going to be quick.

Watch also how it will shut down all these foolish peace protesters, and the dissenting democrats!

[Terri]

Hi Earl! It is awesome but I wonder how much of anything the media prints is true.

However it happens, I do think it will have to happen and we will be successful.

[Earl of Orrery]

Terri,

I do read the liberals press with a grain of salt and see your point. However, they do every now and then get it right.

The possibilityof 800 cruise missles over the course of two days will be a fearsome spectacle to ponder, not to mention the rest of the bombing. I am sure there are a number of suvivors from Desert Storm who are starting to build up beads of sweat. No doubt they remember the concusion bombs and the daisy cutters.

Man, this is going to be great for America and Iraq. Tomorrow night our President is going to wow us again with an air-tight case against Saddam. The left will be forced to retreat from their empty attacks and back this president.

This war will be another "turkey shoot". It will all be over soon and the peoples of Iraq will be dancing in the streets.

[Der Alte]

I agree that it will be awesome, but you should stand on a hill in Vietnam and watch a group of B-52s, each dropping one hundred and five, 500 pound bombs - thats awesome. They were used in the first gulf war and completely demoralized the Iraqi troops.

[Granite River]

I don’t believe any thing that CBS has to say.

I don’t expect to see $800,000,000.00 in cruse missiles fired in the first two days.

I expect to see massive suppression of the Iraq air defenses and then precision strikes from stand-off weapons like B2s, B1s and some strikes from F117s. When the sun comes one on the first day I expect to see Iraqis scrambling to point us to Saddam’s location. I think that we may do the high tech industry a favor and use some electro magnetic pulse devises to kill communications and darken the country, which would require the replacement of anything with a transistor in it. I don’t think that it is necessary to do that much damage to the infrastructure. And the government in exile doesn’t need that head ache on their plate.