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Blunders, ignored warnings mire effort to rebuild Iraq  view story
Sunday, October 17, 2004
WARREN P. STROBEL and John Walcott - - Detroit Free Press (Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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In March 2003, days before the start of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, U.S. war planners and intelligence officials met at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina to review the Bush administration's plans to oust Saddam Hussein and implant democracy in Iraq.
Near the end of his presentation, an Army lieutenant colonel showed a slide describing the Pentagon's plans for rebuilding Iraq after the war. He was uncomfortable with his material -- and for good reason.
The slide said: "To Be Provided."
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