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Pentagon had no detailed plans for postwar Iraq: report

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Pentagon planners failed to develop detailed plans for postwar Iraq because they were convinced Iraqis would welcome US troops and that a hand-picked exile leader would replace Saddam Hussein and impose order.

The exclusive report in Knight Ridder Newspapers quoted more than a dozen current and former senior government officials, many of whom linked a lack of US planning to the current chaos in Iraq.

"There was no real planning for postwar Iraq," said one former senior official. Most of those interviewed requested anonymity...






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