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Iraq - military campaign. ... 1. Introduction On 20th March 2003 US president
George W. Bush launched a military campaign against Iraq. ...
... had been overshadowed or more hotly debated then the Iraq conflict. ... middle ground
attainable, it is imperative that the current military campaign be extended ...
... or the events of September 11, the likely costs and risks of a commitment of American
military forces to a regime-change campaign in Iraq would outweigh the ...
... Then Iraq will be leaderless, and the US will have to step in to make ... might happen
is kind of like the following: “Should a US military campaign oust Saddam ...
... invaded Iraq. The major fighting ended about three weeks later after US troops entered
Baghdad and toppled the Hussein regime. The military campaign was short ...
Submitted by jure on May 5, 2005
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Abstract 1
1. Introduction 2
2. Past experience 2
3. Diplomatic problems 2
4. Concept of Operation 3
5. The campaign 3
5.1. Air power 4
5.2. Ground operations and special forces 5
5.3. Iraqi strategy and tactics 5
6. Intelligence 6
7. Psychological operations 6
8. Public relations 6
9. Technology 6
10. Casualties 7
11. Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) 7
12. Conclusion 7
13. References: 8
14. Glossary of terms 9
1. warfare 9
2. vanguard 10
3. breach 11
4. sortie 12
5. enclave 13
6. domain 14
7. envisage 15
8. resistance 16
9. paramilitary 17
10. campaign 18
Abstract
This article draws together early military implications of a campaign where intensive operations lasted just about a month. The deeper insights will need much more time for the post operations reports to be written, detailed battle evaluations to be made, and the key decision-makers to record their thoughts. As far as is possible, the article deals with the purely military characteristics of the operation. The promise of a decade of development of high technology air power was expected by some to show a new way of fighting wars. The evidence from the campaign appears to give a more mixed message. Certainly, a higher percentage of air weapons was guided in this conflict than in any previous war. Strategic intelligence appears to have been less accurate than had been expected.
The unexpected initial resistance by Iraqi forces, followed by later surrender, required flexible coalition operations. The vision of the use of chemical and biological weapons proved groundless. The efficiency of special operations will be one area for deeper revision. The media policy will need reviewing for future operations. At this stage, the article does no more than record the sequence of events,...
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