Military plan aims quick, three dimensional strike on Iraq
Officials describe an American led attack using air land and sea forces to decapitate Saddam Hussein's regime. The plan emphasizes precision weapons, rapid airborne and special operations, and gaining control of airfields and key depots to paralyze command structures.
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Tom Bowman
Baltimore Sun
Ashington
Iraq
Baghdad
Pentagon
Saddam Hussein
Robert H. Scales Jr
Army War College
Tommy Franks
Electromagnetic pulse weapon debated for Gulf war use
Pentagon deliberations focus on pulse bombs to disable enemy and civilian electronics, either via bombs on missiles or beams from aircraft. Allied force projected at about 250,000, with U S and allied divisions converging from Kuwait toward Basra and Baghdad, including airborne and helicopter units and allied contingents.
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Kuwait
Saddam
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Kirkuk
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Baghdad
Army
3Rd Infantry Division
Fort Stewart
101St Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
1St Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Britain
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