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To: vampire who wrote (91729)	7/5/2002 1:23:36 PM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 99280

Not good for markets: Iraq invasion coming soon? msnbc.com The collapse of the talks came amid reports that the Pentagon has drafted plans to invade Iraq with the aim of toppling the Iraqi leadership. ..... INVASION PLANS The New York Times, meanwhile, reported on Friday that the Pentagon had drafted plans for an invasion of Iraq, using air, land and sea-based forces. The newspaper said the plans appeared in an advanced state although an attack did not seem imminent. Citing a person familiar with the document, the newspaper said the highly classified plan calls for air, land and sea-based forces to attack from three directions in a campaign to topple Saddam. President Bush has openly declared his desire to remove Saddam my military force if necessary, but has offered few details of how he plans to accomplish that goal. According to the newspaper, the document envisions hundreds of war planes based in as many as eight countries unleashing a huge air assault against thousands of targets, including airfields, roadways and fiber-optics communications sites. Special operations forces or covert CIA operatives would strike at depots or laboratories storing or manufacturing Iraq’s suspected weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to launch them, the report said. Underscoring the preliminary nature of the planning, officials were cited as saying that none of the countries named in the document have been formally consulted about playing a role in any U.S. action against Iraq. Nothing in the document or in interviews with senior military officials suggests an attack on Iraq is imminent, the newspaper said.