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Reply #18: Ever heard of DB/Anabasis authorized by Bush on February 16, 2002? [View All]

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Emit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:53 PM
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18. Ever heard of DB/Anabasis authorized by Bush on February 16, 2002?
DB/Anabasis was the code name for an extensive covert operations plan that had been drawn up by the CIA to destabilize and ultimately topple the regime of Saddam Hussein. (DB was the agency cryptonym for Iraq.) At the direction of the White House, Tenet had commissioned the scheme, not too long after the U.S. military had defeated the Taliban. About this time, Bush asked Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to order up a fresh war plan for Iraq. It was clear to top intelligence officials that Iraq was next on Bush's agenda, and the task of developing the CIA's secret plan was handed to two seasoned officers in the Iraq Operations Group within the agency's Directorate of Operations, or DO.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/hubris.htm
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