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from: Vern Humphrey
date: 2003-04-15 18:39:42
subject: RE: [R_Catholic-L] OT: Urban warfare and the Battle of Iraq

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From: "Vern Humphrey" 
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To: goffscalif{at}aol.com [mailto:goffscalif{at}aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 5:56 PM
>
> Indeed, while the media haven't said much about it, it's a certainty that
> from the beginning the military has been attacking the Iraqi C3
> capability.
> Saddam Hussein could be alive and well and sending out hourly orders, and
> field commanders have no way to know it; he could have been dead
> in the first
> attempt, and they not know it.  Everything I've seen points to
> commanders not
> being able to communicate effective either with their troops, their
> superiors, or their colleagues.
>
> And without effective communication, the most powerful and well-trained
> formation in the world is just a large number of targets.

Yep -- and THIS army in particular was loath to do anything without
Saddam's approval.  If he is dead, not knowing he was dead worked to our
advantage.


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