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	Silly Thinking with Jim Farris Home Get Email Updates Admin Password Remember Me 2011280 Curiosities served Share on Facebook				2003-07-21 10:20 AM Iraq War Started in 2002 Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (0) The Iraq war began in mid-2002 with intensive air strikes under the guise of enforcing the southern no-fly zone over the country, a senior US officer admitted in remarks published yesterday. Lieutenant General Michael Moseley, the chief allied war commander, said that the previously secret plan, Operation Southern Focus, was launched last summer - before President Bush took his case against Baghdad to the United Nations. [snip] "It provided a set of opportunities and options for General [Tommy] Franks" so that the coalition commander would not have to launch a "preliminary war effort" at the start of his campaign, Gen Moseley told the New York Times and Washington Post, at a meeting of top brass in Nevada. [snip] The admission raises further questions about US intentions in the build-up to war, at a time when the administration is scrambling to explain its reliance on shaky intelligence in making the case for war. It is also under increasing pressure over the almost daily attacks on US troops in Iraq... Read/Post Comments (0) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top