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To: Terry Maloney who wrote (247788)6/30/2003 9:50:09 PM
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This Time It's Different:

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Rumsfeld Says Iraq No Quagmire or Guerrilla War
Mon Jun 30, 5:22 PM ET Add Top Stories - Reuters to My Yahoo!


By Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Monday remnants of toppled President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s government have coalesced into a "terrorist network" in Iraq (news - web sites), but rejected the notion that U.S. and British forces are facing a guerrilla war or are stuck in a quagmire.

During a Pentagon (news - web sites) briefing, Rumsfeld compared the postwar situation in Iraq to the difficult path taken by the United States after declaring its independence from Britain and before establishing a new Constitution and electing a president.

Rumsfeld also accused some members of the news media, who he did not identify, of hoping Iraq becomes another Vietnam.

When a reporter identified the Vietnam War during the briefing as "your classic quagmire," Rumsfeld cut her off and said: "There are so many cartoons where people, press people, are saying, 'Is it Vietnam yet?' hoping it is and wondering if it is. And it isn't. It's a different time. It's a different era. It's a different place."
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