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Mon Jan 13 09:11:53 CST 2003


U.S. Decision On Iraq Has Puzzling Past 
Opponents of War Wonder When, How Policy Was Set 

By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, January 12, 2003; Page A01 


On Sept. 17, 2001, six days after the attacks on the
World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush
signed a 2½-page document marked "TOP SECRET" that
outlined the plan for going to war in Afghanistan as
part of a global campaign against terrorism.

Almost as a footnote, the document also directed the
Pentagon to begin planning military options for an
invasion of Iraq, senior administration officials
said. [...]

continues at:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A43909-2003Jan11?language=printer






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