As i have presented this CBS story from memory ONLY and i am amazed at the lack of response to this story elsewhere(are we that dead?) i am just now am making a deeper search to find if this story is getting out.
This is from New Zealand. I stress one error in this,i feel,that being the attack(A-Day) was presented as specifically for two days using a total of 600-800 cruise missiles.
<<US battle plan ` shock and awe '.
01/27/2003
New Zealand Herald
(c) The New Zealand Herald, 2003
WASHINGTON - A US war plan calls for the launch in March of 300 to 400 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 weekend television report.
US officials have predicted for months that an attack on Iraq would be swift, massive and designed to catch Baghdad by surprise.
The report by CBS Television, quoting Pentagon sources, offers new details of Pentagon thinking as the Bush Administration is undergoing a military buildup and trying to persuade President Saddam Hussein that force will be used if he does not disarm.
CBS said the battle plan, called " shock and awe ," focuses on the "psychological destruction of the enemy's will to fight".
"If the Pentagon sticks to its current war plan, one day in March, the Air Force and Navy will launch between three and four hundred cruise missiles at targets in Iraq - more than were launched during the entire 40 days of the first Gulf War. On the second day, the plan calls for launching another 300 to 400 cruise missiles," the network reported.
During the 1991 Gulf War, a US-led armoured column swept into Kuwait and destroyed President Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard divisions in the largest tank battle since World War II.
This time the target is the Iraqi leadership and the battle plan is designed to "bypass Iraqi divisions whenever possible", the network reported.
Meanwhile, the US State Department has cabled embassies around the world telling Americans abroad to be ready to leave their resident country quickly in an emergency, its first such blanket warning.
A senior State Department official made no comment when asked whether the cable related to a military campaign against Iraq.
The message to US citizens advises them to have a supply of prescription medicines on hand, keep their passports up to date and maintain adequate stocks of food in the event of political unrest, natural disasters or "terrorist" attacks.>> i provide a link only to ensure their is a link but you may be requested a password as this is a "for pay" service.
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