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Poor Intelligence Misled Troops About Risk of Drawn-Out War
By MICHAEL R. GORDON

Published: October 20, 2004



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AMERICANS AS LIBERATORS, APRIL 2003 In front of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, Lance Cpl. Shawn Hicks was greeted with hugs from Iraqis jubilant at the coalition's victory over Saddam Hussein.




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'Catastrophic Success'
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