Bush Vs. the Beltway: The Inside Battle Over War in IraqHarper Collins, 10 авг. 2004 г. - Всего страниц: 272 As the dust settles over Baghdad, a leading expert on Iraq tells the story of the obstacles that stood between the US and the fall of Saddam – and reveals that many of them came from within the US government itself Laurie Mylroie's previous books on Iraq, the No 1 New York Times bestseller Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf (co–authored by Judith Miller) and The War Against America, made the persuasive case that Saddam's regime had a long history of brutality and state sponsorship of terror, including involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Her work was highly influential in building the case against Saddam that led to the recent war in Iraq. Now Mylroie takes on the story behind the buildup to Operation Iraqi Freedom, in Bush vs. the Beltway.
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... involved.3 On September 17 , 2001 , following a weekend meeting with his se- nior advisers at Camp David , Bush told a National Security Council meeting , " I believe Iraq was involved , but I'm not going to strike them now . I don't ...
... involved in the September 11 attacks ( as well as previous terrorist assaults ) reveals these agencies ' limitations in understanding and assessing not only the threat posed by Iraq , but potential future threats as well . Immediately ...
... involved in the production of this weaponized anthrax powder suggested that the United States had been attacked by a sophisticated , ruthless , and formidable foe.14 Little Is Known Even Now EVEN NOW , nearly two years later ...
... involved in the attacks . Bob Woodward reports that at a crucial National Security Council meeting on October 17 , CIA Director George Tenet suggested that the source of the attack was al Qaeda , with the backing of a state : " I think ...
... involved . One official told the New York Times that government leaders were consciously trying to minimize public fears . " There has been an effort to downplay and not promote the ability of the people who are doing this . " 25 That ...
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TWO Deception and Selfdeception | 43 |
THREE Bureaucratizing the Intelligence | 62 |
FOUR The New Regime in Iraq | 80 |
FIVE The 1990s Peace Process and the Underlying | 105 |
SIX The Battle of the Beltway | 123 |
SEVEN Know the Enemy | 146 |
EIGHT Was Operation Iraqi Freedom Legal? | 164 |
Conclusion | 211 |
Afterword | 229 |
Notes | 251 |
Index | 268 |
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