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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (383806)	4/1/2003 7:58:29 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 769670

31 March 2003 Central Command Briefing Transcript <edieted - see link for full transcript> Q: (Inaudible) -- BBC. Two questions. One of the great benefits of briefings like this should be able to give us a little bit of the overview and perhaps share with us some of the intelligence picture. In that regard, could you tell us something about the level of (attrition?), level of damage that you think you're doing to the Republican Guards in several days now of air strikes? Could you also give the points you raised about the decontamination vehicle and more chemical suits being found? Could you say a little bit about what all this evidence about the preparedness for chemical weapons or chemical weapons environment tells you about likely Iraqi intentions? GEN. BROOKS: The Republican Guard forces command is one of our key targets. We know that they're part of the solid defensive structure of the regime. That's what the regime relies on heavily for traditional military work. And so we're targeting them. And we're destroying a number of them. We're taking away their capability to fight. But I'm not going to tell you what the number is at this point in time. It just wouldn't be appropriate to make that assessment, first because it's not a precise science. In much of that, we use as much intelligence as we can to make a determination of where they stand, what their strength level would be, whether we've created vulnerabilities, whether we have advantages. And that's (art?) at that point, once you get beyond there. And so while I would not be specific about where we see the Republican Guard forces command, I can say that there are a number of organizations within the Republican Guard forces command that are in serious difficulty at this point in time, and we continue our efforts to put them in greater difficulty and danger. usinfo.state.gov

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (383806)	4/1/2003 7:58:43 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

A short sound bite on CNN, but it wouldn't surprise me. That formation has been getting the "treatment" during the "pause". I like the way this savvy administration uses left wing media hostility to America's ADVANTAGE by announcing a "pause". The anti-American chattering classes have been pumping the idea of US "failure" since Friday night. In the meantime, we put the Iraqi's in a meat grinder, and SURPRISE CNN with it. As Limbaugh said, "If this is what happens during a 'PAUSE', we ought to slow down even MORE."...