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Me were thinking military analvacn and defense analysts . Wutn't BUTS abovt the other
group--open to your idea,. we will work on chat chi. waçk
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1 broader audience. Hill get that to you today or tomorrow.
wa are broadcasting both on all of our Internal channels.

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I welcome back

~ u a tA quick note t o ~ a ythat the m in outttanding. ~ h a n k eBO much tor doing It. What
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Bill- tnxl. Frank mentioned it and I believe he said there i s & brief hà could Bend-
along. m t night lie a little easier in the interim c M n gettiny it scheduled. -we have
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some travel coming up and if there is a brief someone could get to me before monday a m . ,
he'll have a lot of airplane time to g o thru ic.

Larry -- I talked with Frank Oaffney and he indicated hà recently talked with you ia
the s e c ~ e fabout the EMP conuni~aion report. nil1 Graham briefed the ~ e p s e c ~ eeefver.1
weeks ago and the Depsemef said the sccDet really needed to hear thin brief fscm Bill.
we have b w n having difficulty i n getting this achoduled with the s e c ~ e f . can you help
get this scheduled ?? Dale
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analyst,? 1 k m we *re trying zo get a lot 0° 01 the block of t i m m . . t
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1. *em a l l i e s Mve -id ~ e p a t e d l ythat they w i l l aasem the 1mqi meeurity forces
get m x e capable. The V . S . is doinkg the m e thing.
2. m c a the V . S . recedes tmck to it- pre.electlon l e v e l or a b u t 13#,oDo (11 brigadem)
Iraqi security forces t h a m e l v e s c m s t x t u t e the l m q e e t s i n g l e component oâ t h e c a a l i t i m ,
and that 1s goo.
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the -point of capture" - where soldiers mho'va captured people they believed had caused
the deaths or wounding of their pals got emotionally carried away.
According to Church, the incidence of abuse is not'unique to any of the eei:vic,8,
t i s . r e 1 1 or other factors. (Thus. he apparently disagrees with the
earlier Taguba report OB Abu Ghraib, which found she rcscrviac. rnilitary
~nadequatsly trained for detainee operatt-ona in the enviroiwenfc they encountered., Bve,v
true incerrwator*~ goal is to get actionahl* intelligence- reliable infomation
translatable i n t o offensive or defensive action. T o get it, we wit both abiure torture
and reject this tide o political correctness chat threatens to drown our .interrogators
it.rrogÈtion-ralace la quite rare, the report noCBÈ "At IGuttntaiwio Bay], where
there have been over 24,000 interrogation sessions . . . there are only threa canes of . .
. substantiated abuse, all consisting of minor assaults in which [military intelligence]
interrogators exceeded the bounds of approved interrogation policy." -
-
But those hounds, as Church's report explains, remain blurry because "no universally
accepted definitlom of 'torture' or 'abuse' exi~t."~ l l thare in - in the ~eneva
conventions. U . S . and international law . i s the concept that detainees must be treated-.
"humanely..
A the church report: shows, the cerroriata à § i trained in our interrogation metbods and
h LO i t e m . When we uae more aggroaivc techniques - as we did in the case of two
"high.vaiuemm detainee# a t ~uancanamowho resisted standard Interrogation for months - the
n techniques .~uccess~ully neutralized the two detainees' resistance training and
yielded valuable intelligence."
church said in a conference call wednesday that our intarrogacora are now "clamped up"
declining to push interrogations as hard as they legally and morally can and abould for
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fear of the next investigation that will cone along.
We r e punishing innovac~veinterrogators, euch JB the two m e n a t QumCAtuiM Bay, "who,
on chair own m i c i a t i v e , touched and spoke to dçtaineà in a sexually-suggeadvc mannez in
r e to i n r e 1 based on the decaineea' religious beliefs." Way should we punish
chose women? why should we respect ccrroriate' religious beliefs when we
nunber of their c ~ - ~ e l i g i o n i a.t ~
- and
say they are pmrverting their religion by their
growing
terroris"?
t he most important finding church make* i a a negative one: e h * ~there l a no univerul
d i n of torture or abuse. m e r i c a n and allied incerrogacora shouldn't have to work
"clamped up" -
in fear of proaecueion under vague laws and treaties. So long aa they do, they will remain
lass affective than they m u t t be if w are to get the actionable
intelligence we need co save lives.
we have a. clear decinicion of "torcure- in 0 . 6 . law. Congreis should
poa~ible, without, crying co specify every possible circumstance -
- as clearly u
act quickly to specify
what ,"abuse,, means,
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subject. Re Babm (New York Post)

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COL George H. Rhynedance

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By JED W B I N
JUST how far were U.S. interrogtttors cold they could go i n queçtionin dçtainee in Iraq,
Afghanistan and Gu&ni:aaano Bay? A new report by Vice Adm. Albert 1. Church 111. the former
y".n iwpector q.ner.1, .
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n
. .one que.t>.,- poi"t.dly, bUC ."i.r mny mor..
The Defense Deprtnrnt has cow done 11 invesiigation~ growing out of the Abu Qhraib
P e r - s b u e e scandal, which broke a year ago. Church testified to the Senate A-d '
S r i c e a committee on the latest report. Thursday. Hie task w to trace any connection
between the interrogueion methods açnceionà by Dafente to any xbuaçf an I f q , ~fghaniatiui
m d ~uantanamonay, cub*.
At the 0utm.c
i t a d h -
of the war, the pratidenc determined, entirely correctly, that Bumpeccç
i 1 h a the Taliban, and later the so-called "addam
weren't prisoners of war entitled co the protections afforded under the oerieia
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Fedayeen-
v , s attacked ~fghanistani n . oecober 2001. the left has been working
might- and day to force a reversal of that decision. zee priiici-pi tool haa become the
abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.
Cricica focused the confirmation heannga for Mherto Qonflei as attorney general on
Justice Deprtmçn and White House memoe debating the definitions a t torture. Ever ¥inc
the Abu Ghcaib ~ c a n d a lbroke, others have blamed Defense Secretary Donald Runitfeld u d the
m i o r military leadersnip for creating nn iicmoaphere in which prisoner abuae was, if not
~pccificil~y permitted, a t leaat mevizahle.
-he church report proves those a~oertionswrong. 1 c - y e , '"we found, without exception.
ha: the DoD and ~eniorwilicary commanders resptmlble for the foi-mulit~onOr
t e r m g a t i o n policy evidenced the incent to treat detainees humanely, which in
d t a l l y inconsistent with the notion that such officia.ls or cwnmandera ever ¥ccapte
h a t i b e o l d be pernlisstble . . . [andl it ià clear that none of the pictured
abuses at ~ b ~uh r a i bbear any reamblanr-a to approved policies a.t any level, in any

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According to Church. the incideoca of Abuse is not unique to
active vs. reserve soldiers or other factors. (Thus, he apparentif
any ,,f the
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earlier Taquba report on Abu ~hraib.
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dS&ee ,
"hi% 1(Bill the reservi~t military *lice wich the
operations in the environment they encountered Every
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o ~ , ~is to act actionable intelligence reliable intormation
t r l a ~ a b l einto ozcenaive or defensive action. To get i e we muse b t h =bjUce tortnxe
and reiecc the tida oC polltxcal corifctnasa that fchrcacen; to drown our incartogaccra.
Iicerroqation-related abuse ia quice rare. the report notes: - A t 1-nt-no m y ) , where
Chece have been over 24,000 interrogation sessions . . . there are only three "asem of . .
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subatinitiated abuse, all coneieting of minor a ~ a a u l fin which xniill.t.ary incelligeme~
l r r o g a t o r s exceeded the bounds oi approved interrcgation policy

All there is -
But thome bounds, as Church's report explains, remain blurry becxuee "no univeraxlly
kccepted defznicion~ of 'tortunt' or 'abuse' exist: in the Gene.
Conventions, U s . and international law - la the concept that: detainee* must be created"
"humanely."
As the Church report shows, the terrorlate are trained In our interrogation o e t h d e and
how to r o i a c there. when we use morà agqceeeive technique^ - ¥ w e did in the came of two
"high-value' detainees at man-mo who resisted standard interrogation for months - the
n e w techniques "aucceasfully neutralized the c v o detaineess reaiatanee training and
yielded valuable intelligence:
Church said in a conference call wednesday chat our interrogators are BOW "claaped up" -
declining to puah interrogatioir a a hard ç they legally and morally can and should for
f a r of the next investigation that will come d o n g .
we are punlahing innovative interrogaton, such i s the two nomen È Guxntailano Bay, who.
on their own ~ ~ i c i touched ~ spoke
~ t ~ ~and , to detainees in a sexually-suggestive manner in
order to incur *tress based on the detainees' religious beliefs: why should we punish
thoae women? why should we respect tcrrorleta' religious beliafa when we -
and A crowing
b of their co-religioolste - may they are perverting their religion by their
terrorism?
=he m e t important finding church çake is a negative one: that there is i miver-1
defmicion of torture or abuse. ~mericanand allied interrogator= ~houldn't have to work
in e a r of prosecution under vague laws and cceatien. So long as they do, they will a m a i n
clamped up" - less effective than they must be if we are to get the actionable
i t l i g e n c e we need to nave lives.
we have a clear definition of -torture5 in 0.3. law. Oongreatf mhould
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aa clearly as
possible, without; crying to apecify every possible ciccuniottttice act quickly to wecity
what "abuse. near.s.
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d LS a former deputy undersecretary of defeosc, a contributing editor rich
faKH.lysecuritymat.cera.con Èn author of -inside the ~ y l u m :Why the O.K. and Old Europ*
A Worse Than You Think."

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TORTURE TRUTHS
By JED BABBIN
JUST how far were U.S. interrogators told they could go in questioning detainees in Iraq,
~fghanistand ~ u a a t u m i om y ? A new report by vice ~ d m .Albert T. Church 111, the former
navy inspector general, answers some questions pointedly, but raises many more.
:lie Derense ~epartmenthas n o w done 11 investigations growing out of the Abu Shraib
P b scandal, which
~ broke a year ago. Chucch testified to the Senate Armed
services committee on the lateet report ~hursday."is task was to trace any connection
between the interrotation mechoda sanctioned bv Defense to any aauaea in Iran, Arghmistç

weren't prisoners of war entitled to the protections afforded under the Geneva
Conventions. Since we attacked Afghanistan in October 2001, the left has been working ,
night and day to force crinciml cool has became the.
ceversal of that d e c i a ~ o n .~ t s
abuses at the ~ b u ohraib prison near ~aghdad.
1 focused che confirmation hearings for Alberts ~ o a z à § lss e attorney general on
Justice ~epartment and white nouse memos debating the dcfinition~of torture. ~ v e rsince
the mu ~ h r a i bscandal broke. others have blamed ~efenseSecretary m n a l d ~uasfeldawl the
senior military leadership for creating an atmosphere in which p r r o n e r abuse was, if not
specifically permitted, at least inevitable,
The church report proves those assertions wrong. It any=. "We found. without exception,
that the DOD and senior military commanders rcsponaible for the formulat~cmof
interrogation policy evidenced the intent to treat detainees humanely, which ie
fundamentally inconsiswc with the notion that such officials or commanders ever accepted
that detainee abuse w a d be'pentia~ible . . . [andl it i s clear that none of the pictured
a s at Abu Ghraib bear any reeeniDlanne Co approved policies at any level, in any
Cheater. "

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 ~ u twhat about ~fghanistan and mantanam m y ? weren't the interrogatorB just turned
loose? In tact, no. church wrote, w e found no link between approved interrogation
tfichniquee and detainee abuse:
church found that most of the abuse cases didn't even come out of interrogaciona. "of the
7 a ..
of , substantiated abuse, only 20 of these cases, or lees than one-third,
could be conaidered 'interrogation-related.' " he rest occurred in mtuations such as at
the "point of capture" - where soldiers who've capcured people they believed had caused
the d e a t h or wounding of their pals got emotionally carried away.
According to Church, the incidence of abuse is net unique to any of the. services, to
i s . reserve soldiers or other factors. (Thus, he apparently disagrees with the
earlier Taguba reporc on ~ b mur a l b , which found the reservist military police
inadequately trained for detainee operations in the environment they encountered.1
Every true interrogator's goal is to get actionable intelligence - reliable information
h a t a b l e into offensive or defensive action. TO get it. we must both abjure
o r a n reject the tide of political correctness that threatens to drown our
interrogators.
~nterrogation-relatedabuse is quite rare, the report notes: - ~ [t~ u a n t a n mnay],-when
h e h a h e n over 2 4 , 0 0 0 interrogation aesaion~ ... chare are only three cases of .
. b i i t e d abuse, all consisting of minor assaulte in which [military intelligence1
interrogators exceeded the bounds of approved interrogation policy."
But those bounds, as Church's reporc explains, remain blurry because "no imivar~çll
accepted definitions of 'torture' or 'abuse' exist." All there is - in the Geneva
Conventions, U.S. and international law
Â¥humanely',
- ie the concept chat detainees must be treated
a the Church report shows, the terrorists are trained in our interrogation methods aad
how to reaiat them. When we use more a g g r ~ s i v ctechniques -aa we did in the case of two
nhiah-value" detminee~at mantanam0 who resisted standard interrooat~oxn for m n t b - the
newtechniques ~siic-ceea~iil~y neutralized the two detainees- r e a i ~ t & ~ e training and
yielded valuable intelligence."
Church said in A conference call Wednesday that our intarrowtore are now "clamped up" -
declining t o push ineecrogationa as hard &a they legally and morally can and should for
a 0 h i x t investigation chat will come along.
we a ; punishing innovative interrogators, auch as the two women at ~uancanamoBay, "who,
on their own initiative, couched and spoke to detainees in a sexually-enggc~tivemmner in
order to incur stress based on the detainees' religious heliefa." Why should we punish
thoae women? why should we respect terrorietm' religious beliefs when we - and a growing
n u of their co-religionists - say They are perverting their religion by their
terrorism,
The m o s t imoortane findino Church m a k e s is a neaative one: that there i s . m ",,iver-1
definition of torture or abuse American and allied ini:errogacors shouldn't have to work
in fear of ~rosecutlonunder "awe 1 ~ and 8 treaties 530 long as they do, they will remain
"clamped up" - less effective than they must be if we are to get the actionable
intelligence we need to.save lives.
W e h e B clear definition of "torture" in U . S . law. Congress should - am clearly a*

Jed 'dabbin l a a former deputy undersecretary of defense, a contributing editor with

f i i t y r a a t c e r a . e o m and author of "~nsidethe ~ s y l u m :why the U.N. and old ~urope
Are worse ~ h a nyou ~ h i n k :

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 Ken- -
I couldn't: do the "hooaahhh" part. Too contrary co my naval gent pool)
Cheer-

Larry -
im up at MSNEC this week on in-studio scrip alert. But we are in full Kichsel
Jackson mode thin PM so I may not g e t on-air to talk about aeorge cosiy'a presser. ~e is
an old friendlBoania and the Army Chief of s t a f f ' = o f f i c e l . Could you tell him I said
"Hello, hooaahhh and well done. ''
All the best.

pF--
COL Ken ~llard

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 From: Rhynedanca, George, COL OASD-PA
Sçnt Thursday, March 10,2005 5 48 PM
To: Di Rlta, tarry, CIV, OSD-OASD-PA
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m y have it for action,...

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Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 4:54 PM
To: Rhvnedance, George, COL, OASD-PA

senor piece in the weekly standard for monday'a

Let'a be on the lookout tor bird...tnx
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Sent: Thu Mar 10 16:50:03 2005
Subject: Re:
it will appear in next week's issue and will be on
heir webeice on Sac night or Sun morning if you...
could put it in the monday bird, that would be great

> okay.

 i think you all will long the piece in ica entirety

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security forces, Iraqi press, iraqi women, and Iraqi
>pride), çn i ahow how in each area the trendlines
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> > recent, checkpoint shooting, i f the point about
> > -> Iraqis managing a l l the
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> > 3 Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:45 PM
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> > > 1 t a k e a look a t t h i s email s t r i n g J l e t me

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> > > grata on allawi
> > > > security go too far. Certainly the eecond one
> >.does by identifying
> > *
> specific unit.
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> > You might be able to tell the e w e story by
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> > > that, across the
> Ã > > board, i r q i security toroes must get much
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> > > cçpçbl but at the
> > > high end ( w e team., emergency response,
> > > counterinsurgency teams,
> > > > e t c . 1 They are getting
> > really quite good. They are getting morn
> > involved
> in sensitive, cornex
> > > 003, t t c .
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> > > the positive developments I observed on my
> > recent
à > > trip t o Iraq.
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> > > expose anything .
> > > > that you'd be uncomfortkble with.
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a > > >
5 The relevnc text ie below (I'm partiduarly
> > > l e a n e d with the
> â ‚ ¬ t o the Navy Seal* and the senior Do0
> official) :
> > > ,
> > s s Checkpoints and security ...
> > > >
> ,,, Last summer, every military checkpoint "am
> manned
> > > by American
> > > 1 ~ r a q i ewere the first eo cite this
> > > "h""iliflt.iO"*. But
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à > à by Iraqi .oldi*rf.

> a > >

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If you were to click on the Archives link you can just read the titles to her articles and
, get a sense of her.

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Oh sure, she seems to be fair and most importantly, interested in the issues.

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Opinion Page.

http:/AAiÈvw.oplnionjoumal.wm/wlmnists/cRosett/?id=11000632
http://www.0pinionjournal.com/wlmnists/cRosett/?id=110006267

httpJ/www.oplnionjoumal.wm~wlumnists/cRosett/?id=110006207

hltp://<ww.opinionjoumal.wmfwluiwilsts/cRosett/?ld=110006145

Also, here is the link to her archives.

http://WOTv.opinionjoumal.wrnlcolumni3ts/cRosett~archive/

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Saigon's Sharansky
Win Vietnam be the next Iraq?

BY CLAUDIA ROSBTT -
Wedmday, March 9,2005 12:01 a.m.
 There's been a lot of talk since Sept. 11 about how President Bush's war-lovin'
ways have galvanized terrorists, recruiting jlhadls t o the ranks. What's Increasingly
evident. however. Is that the character sufferina the real blowback is Osama bin
Laden, who, as it turns out, Jolted the u S. n t o a glooal recr~itlngdrive for
democrats Faced with an unprecedented attack on American shores, Mr. Bush
smashed the moa for Middle-East poicv, an0 with the invasion of Iraq It a beacon
for freedom-lovers In a part of the world that until quite recently was widely seen
as having none.
As it turns out, there are many. Already, Mr. Bush has been answered by the
breathtaking election turnout In Iraq, the uprising In Lebanon, the tremors In Syria
and Iran. the stirrlnas in Eavot and Saudi Arabia. But the effects hardly ston with
the ~ i d d East.
k i n many paces, people trappeo under tyrannies are now
watching. Ballots cast in Baghaad echo way east of Suez.
So it haooens that a messaoe reached me last weekend from within one of the
world's most repressive stares: Vietnam. Word came that me Sharansky of Saigon,
democratic dissident Nguyen Dan QJe, haa oeen released from his latest stretcn in
Vietnam's prisors Thaugn Or. Que, as he prefers to be called, is now cogged by
state security agents around the clock and allowed no phone or computer of his
own, he could arrange to be on the receiving end of a phone call.
So at an appointed hour, Ipicked up the phone In New York and spoke with Dr.
Oue. a 63-year-old doctor who has bv now scent almost half his life fiahtina for
liberty In ~ i e t n a m Given
. that ~ietnam'ssecret oolice almost certainlveav~sdroo
on any contact he has with the w oer world, IA s prepare;) for a discreer and
caref~llypnrasea conversation. meant to minimize nis risk Or Que was not He
got straignt to tne point What Iwant is liberty for my people ' The q~estlonnow,
he said, "is how to make regime change in Vietnam." For democratization of his
country, he added, "support from the rest of the world Is important." SpeCiflcally,
he wants Hanoi's decaying communist party to "put forward a timetable for free
and fair elections."
I t Is Important for the world to understand that in saying such things, Dr., Que
knows all too well the risk he Is takina. Back In 1975. as Saloon fell. he had a
cnance ro leave-an0 turned i t down.~ventoday, nesays, "For me; exile is not
freedom." Instead, for more man 30 years he has seized every chance to spea<
out and demand lioerty for his cowmi. For that, m d e r Vietnam's communist
regime, he has paid dearly~spendlngmore than 20 years in labor camps and
prisons. Released on two previous occasions, due to international pressure, Dr.
Que seized the chance each time to agaln demand freedom for Vietnam's people.
Twice, the regime Jailed him agaln, most recently in March 2003--an outrage that
was swamped at the time by the flood of news from Iraq, as the U.S.-led coalition
went in to overthrow Saddam Hussein.
Ann tnougn i t Is cause for immediate rejoicing that Dr. Que has been released, it Is
not yet a sign that Vietnam's brbta regime is easing up. "It's likely that Iwas just
transferred from a srnal er prison to a bigger one," he says. H s release looks more
like a matter of hostage politics, as Hanoi's regime haggles with Washington over
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 Vietnam's recent designation by the U.S. as a "country of particular concern" for
' . k i n a what Human RIohts Watch calls "one of the worst violators of rellalous riahts
i n the word." ~ietnamalsomakes Freedom House's short list of the woio's most
repressive regimes. The pr sons of Vietnam are Infamous for torture, beatings and
flitny conditions. Dr. Que notes that after hls atest bout in whch he was
Imprisoned incommunicadofor two years, he is "tired out."
Or. Oue does not have access to the daliv diet of news that feeds the free world.
But given tne feats of modern technology to spread information, he knows enough
about wnat Is now happening In the Middle East so that he wished to share his
views on how America's intevention In Iraq Is like the war In Vietnam, and how it
isn't. The similarity, he says, "Is the same fighting spirit for freedom." The
difference, he adds, IS that in the fight for freedom, the side America Is on "will
tnumph this time."
Why?
"The world is changing," says Dr. Que. "There are more opportunities than ever."
He Is rioht. and if the world is chanoina. it is because the US. is hardiv alone in
pnzingfreedorn. In every country G e - b p i e wno care about liberty--and n most
places tnere are a few willing t o pay dearly and take extraordinary risks to lead the
way. Dr. Que Is one, and as we watch the Mldd e East, it k a r s rememoering, as
he says, that these are "universal values,' that In many places there are people
who given any chance at all will answer freedom's call.

Ms. Roseft i s a journalist-in-residence with the Foundation for the Defense of

Democracies. Her column appears here and In The Wall Street Journal Europe on
alternate Wednesdays.

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Confirmed Retired M i l i t a r y Analysis;

Colonel Carl Kenneth A l l d (USA, Retired)
Mr. Jed Babbin (USAF. JAG)
Lieutenant General Frank B.Campbell (USAF, Retired)
Colonel Tim J. Fa& (USA, Retired)
Lieutenant Colonel Rick Francom (USAF, Retired)
Colonel John G m n (USMC, Rcured)
Brigadier General David L.0ranp (USA. Retired)
Command Sergeant Major Steven Oreer (USA, Retired)
Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Maginnis (USA. Rftinxl)
Lieutenant General Thomas Mclncmey (USAF, Retired)
Captain Chuck Nash (USN, Retired)
General W i l l ~ mL.Nash (lenluive) (USA. Retmd)
General Glen K. Olls (USA, Retired)
General Tom Wilkeraon (USMC,Rrnrial)

Declining:

Colonel Jack Jacobs (USA, Retired)

General Willumi F. "Buck"Kernan (USA. Retired)
General Thomas S. Moo-, Jr. (USAF. Retired)
Lieutenant General Erv Rokke (USAF, Retired)

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Subject. RE: wash t i m e s story

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&ivers ig8mred warnxcqs --
a profxl= that matchee the Army's version oi events i n Priday
n y h t ' e sh0oti"g.

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If I t wants to break them, it m w t a so with a double game and ,me crafty &$r
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Me1 Seiribler, U . S . ambassador to Italy, reiterated Washington's position in a 45-minute

meeting with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi laet night, diplomatic sources said.
Robert naginnis, a retired ~ r m yofficer andmilitary analyst, ¥ai Rome should have done a
better job coordinating ~ i s ssgrena.8 exit once the Italians negotiated her release.

1 m e f that the tali an secret eervice considers thia a James Bond movie in
Baghdad, "r. naginnis said. '"They're driving around at night picking up a journalist who
a > been kidnapped and pretending they can get. through a phalanx of checkpoint. along the
deadliest road in all of Iraq without being detected, i c h 1em shot UP.^'
The Army's 3rd Infantry Division, which left week resumed command of Baghdad operations
after participating in the 2003 invasion, slid the soldiers had warned the approaching car
repeatedly before opening fire.
According to the division, the patrol ittwpted to warn the driver to top by hand and arm
signals, flashing white lights, and tiring warning shots in front of the 0-."
~ o h n~hillipa contributed to thit report in Rome.

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Sent: Tuesday. March 08.2005 1033 AM
To: 'Smrr, Barbara': Di Rita, Larry, CIV, OSO-OASO-PA
cc: Mount. Mike: Mclntyre, Jamie
Subw RE wash times story

I am not familiar with t h e memo referenced below and I appreciate your desire t o conduct a
parallel investigation on CNN, but I'm afraid you are inquiring about things t h a t will have t o be
., - -
thorouahlv, looked into bv the 15-6 Investioatino officer. The i w e s t i a t i o n will address
coordination with t h e soldiers maintainily the traffic control point and higher levels of
command on t h e transport of Ms. Sgrenc f r o m Baghdad t o Baghdad International Airport as
well as a thorough review t h e actions and training of the soldiers manning t h e t r a f f i c control
point, traffic control point procedures, the locoi security situation, enemy tactics, techniques
and procedures, and t h e rules o f engagement employed i n this Incident.

we need < o m facts on this story

please see boldface below
what this articlesays
is theirsuch a pentagon memo that s~ys
thank you
Washington Times
Much 8.2005
Pg. l

Italy Didn't Plan Safe Escape For Hostage

By RowanScarborough,The WashingtonTimes
Italian security forces failed 10 make arrangementsfor safe passage omof Iraq for a freed Italianreporter, whose
car was fired on by US. troops, killing intelligence agent Nicoia Calipari who brokeredthe reporter'sreiease,
accordingto an internalPentagon memo.
The memo says checkpoint soldiers are trained to deal with erratic speeding vehicles whose drivers ignored
warnings ..a profile that matches the Army's version of events in Friday night's shooting.
The memo says more than 500 American troops have been killed on the streets and i t checkpointsin Iraq.
Mistaken shootings of civilians resulted in "few deadly incidents" since the U S. wd checkpointsin March
e
2003. accordingto the memo.

Meanwhile, the White House dismissed as "absurd"the stated suspicionof the reporter, Giulima Sgrena, ttho
said the United States tried to kill her because it opposesnegotiations with terrons~sto free honagex Mm
Sgrena. a reporter for the Italiancommunist newspaper I1 Manifesto, pmided no evidence.
"It's absurd to makeany such sugg"tion that our men and women in uniform would deliberately target innocent
civilians," s i d White House spokesmanScott McCkllan adding: "We regret this incident. We are going to fully
1
 investigate what exactly occurred."
Maj. Gm. William G. Webster Jr., who heads the Amy's 3rd InfanttyDivision,yesterday completedthe
"commander'spreliminary inquiry." He has decided toconduct amore extensiveinquiry, called a 15-6 for the
regulation that authorizes it. Gen. Webster will name one officerto head the probe.
A U S. official said that of all the can that passed through thecheckpoimt that n i g h the reporter'svehiclewas
the only one fired upon.
"Somethingthat car did caused the soldiersto fire," said the official, who asked not to be named.
The shooting occurred at night at a checkpointon andoriously dangerousroad that links Baghdad to the
international airport.
,, The incident has put a spotlighton "friendlyfire" epi5odesthal.ow.v with some regularityin Iraq when .
motorists fail to heed wanrings to stop at roadside checkpointsandarc fired on by American troops who fear
that the vehicle might be a weapon. Cars and trucksare a common weapon in suicidebombings and drive-by
shootings.
The soldiersdid not know that Miss Sgrcna and Italian agents were headed in their directionon the way to the
airport for a flight back to Italy.
An internal Pentagon information memo states, 'Tiniswar. About 500 American service members have
been killed by hostile fire while operating on Iraqi streets and highways. The j o a m l h t w a s driving in
itchd dark and at a h'ih soeed and failed. x c o r d i c to the firat reoorts. to res~ondto mumeroas
warnings. Besides, the; i n o indication that t h e l l k n security forceskade prior Rrranpento to
facilitate the transition to the airport."
The lef1.leanmg Italian ne-er La Repubblica reported yesterday that Mr. Calipan decided not to u ~ e
I available escort protection from the elitecommandoswho protect Italy's Baghdad embassy.

1 "In Iraq, theUnited States makes the rules and the halion ally also must respect them. If it wants to break them,
i~ must do so wi~ha double game and so= m+ bkks." Mr. W A m m m t e .

I1 Italian magistrates have opened an inquity into the killing and are ananag for the truck to be flown to Italy for
examination by ballistic expcits,judicial sources said. The magistrates also have obtained from the US. military
the cellular phone that Mr. Calipari wascarrying when he was shot.
Analpis ofcalls logged on h e e l l u k phone might aUow hesligaors to determine W
vehicle was traveling when 2.S troops opened fire on it, the sources my.
&at &ch d~e

Mcl Sembler, US.ambassador to Italy, reiterated Washington'spositionin 345-minute meeting with Prime
Minister Silvio Bcrlusconi last night, diplomatic sources said.
Robert Maginnis, aretired Army officer and m i l t i analyst, said Rome should have done a better job
coordinating Miss Sgrena's exit once the Italians negotiated her release.
I t seems tome that the Italian secret serviceconsidersthis a James Bond movie in Baghdad," Mr. Maginnis
said. "They're driving around at night picking upajournalist who has been kidnapped and pretending they can
gel through a phalanx of checkpoints along the deadliest road in all of Iraq without being detected, much less
shot up."
The Array's3rd Infantry D~isioa,which lastweek resumed command of Baghdad operationsafterpara'cipating
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 in the 2003 invasion, said the soldiers had warned theapproachingcar repeatedlybefore opening fire.
According to thedivision, the patrol attempted w warn the driver to stop by hand and arm signals,flashing
white lights, and firing warning shots in front ofthe car."
John Phillips contributedtothis r e p 1 m Rome.

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Subject: march 19 Ideas

hportance: HWl

FROM: Lany Di Rita

TO SecDcf

DATE: March 3,2005

SUBJECT: March 19 Anniversary Ideas for SDDSD

Followingare some suggestions for consideration.Thanks.

SD Speech. We did not do such a speech last year so we should give this some real consideration.
There arc several local venues we could tap for marking the occasion.

Pentagon Town Hall. I believe we did a town hall last year and one would be appropriate again this
year. Mediawould monitor via studio or PentagonChannel,

Talk Radio. We should pitch the SecDef and DepSecDefto national and large regional programs.
Two to three interviews could be conducted on one or more days the week of March 19.

Satellite Media Tour. Perhaps we should consider pitching the SecDcf to television stations in media
markets with large military viewine audiences. The SD could conduct such interviews from the studio
and ideally we would be able to doat least 5 stations in a 35-minute time frame

HannMy & Colmes. This would be a natural venue for allowingthe SccDcf to assess where we stand
and reflect on progress that has been made.

New York Times. Suggest we approach Thom Shanker or Brie Schmin about doing an exclusive Q
and A with the SecDef or DepSecDef, about Iraq and the GWOT.

Editorial Board Conference Call. We could invite editorial writers from five major regional
newspapers (metro dailies) to talk with the SecDefor DepSecDef about Iraq and the GWOT. (

i
Morning Show Round Robin. Explore interest in getting the DepSecDef out 10 the morning shows on
the day of the anniversary.
,
I
The Pentagon Channel/Internal Communcations. Documentary for the Pentagon Channel . ,I
(Dictatorshipto Democracy), Radio message fromSccDef lo troops, Web Special on two-year
contribution of the military, Op-Ed for Stars & Stripes 1
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Public Liaison. Military analysts call, special brochure for tour groups (Dictatorship to Democracy)
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SubM: Today's Spectatorf-ted Babbln)

March SGO
By 1al.BiHibln
PuMlsned 3/7/2005 12-07 44 AM

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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Creating a new Job market for hit
men under the age of 18, opined that American law and that dusty old

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Constitution that sits in increasing irrelevance behind a plate of glass down
Capitol Hill from Kennedy's perch was out of step with the rest of the
world. Thatwould be enough SGO for any month, but ifs certainty the
clearestwritfenexcogitationof this month's theme. (For those just joining us.
' S G O is the immortal acronym that sprang from the overly-active mind of
my pal and former SEAL A1 Clark for the phrase. '%$%Igoin' on ")

We are, thankfully, so out of step with Europe that even when we appear to
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be in step as in klling Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad to get out of
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Lebanon no one, inciuding Assad. takes it seriously France has joined us
in telling the Syrians to and their occupation of Lebanon forthwith, tf we can
count on the French for anything, it's only that they are likely whispering to
Assad whatthey told his Baathist pal Saddam three March's ago: that they
won't really do anything, and can tie us up in the U.N so that we wont
either. Assad is dancing the Saddam waltz, playing for time with
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meanlnnless ~romisesto withdraw Swim forces from Lebanon aradualiv.
meaning not at all The latest -.announced yesterday - is a withdrawal
,.
bemnina todav to move Swan trooDs back-to the Syrian-Lebanese bander
in
butstill ~ebanonThat which is moved today can be moved back
tomorrow, with equal ease

We have both underestimated and overestimatedAssad. He's notthe I

dummy we have thought, but his personal power is limited. His generals and
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advisers most leftovers from h is father's reign -are his power base, and
they'd trade him for a short beer V they saw the need.Hezbollah. t i e
tailan-bacheo tenorm organization sontlols much at southern Lebanon
and has been use= by Assaa to threaten Israel Hezbolian is not mder
Assad s wmroi t wi 00 wnat the m i l ahs in Tehran te I 110 00, and tneyre

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not about to tell them to withdraw

Syr a will have to be solved militarilyand tne longer we wait to do it the

easer rt will be for the terrorists to escape to move weapons, money, ana
~eoole to another sanctuary Duova is senna h'mse f UD tor another bna
bout oiouaomire dldomai-v in thf* u N it wont work a& better than it didon
Iraa Betterto act and ask foraiveness than to wait for &mission Es~ecialiv
when Bad Vlad Putin is on the prowl

THE MOST DANGEROUS HEADLINE of the week Is the one leading the
story of Russia's imminent launch of two Iranian spy satellites. Planned for
launch sometime between Aoril and June. the "Meabah and "Sinah-1"
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satellites Iran's first - will be a major strategic increase of Iran's military
and terrorist capabilities. There is no mason to think that the satellites
which must have been built by the Russiansfor Iran -will do any iess.
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Moreover, these satellites almost certainly have secure communication
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iabilities. which will make Iran's terrorist oDerations throuah Hezbollah.
al aaeda, and other groups it is allied with -'much more effective and iess
vulnerable to attack. Our anti-satellite weapons capability (which is still
aborninai should be out hiah on the aaenda for devekwment and
imple&ntation. ~ n d t h lrinlan
e satellites should be taken out at the first
opportunity.

Russia's alliance with Iran makes Impossibleany effective U.N. or European

diplomatic action to defuse the Iranian nuclearweapons program. President
Bush is making a major mistake in creating an easy politicalenvlmnment for
Putin to push Russia's centuries-old ambitions in the Caucasus by helping
Iran achieve Its nuclear ambitions. By joining in the European effort to
negotiate Iran's nuclear program away, the President is emboldening Russia
and Iran both, and further muddying our incoherent policy toward the
mullahs. By doing so, he will neither lead the Europeansto divorce
themselves from feckless diplomacy nor isolate Iran. Europe will always
appease, even when appeasement means the rise of another nuclear power
that will threaten it directly, as Iran wili. We need to sort out what we wili do
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about Iran. and get on with it. Peace -- here and in the Middle East cannot
be achieved until we do There will be no progressthis week, because the
world's attention wili again be on allegations of American prisonerabuse at
Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay.

LAST WEEK. THE BBC called to ask what Iknew of the allegationsmade
by a Libyandetainee (who. until captured in Pakistan. was a resident of the
UK) that Libyans had interrogated him at the Baghram air base in
Afghanistan, having been flown there secretly by a CIA aircraft. One Omar
Deghayes claims he was threatened with removalto Libya, where he would
be treated ungently by Qaddafi'ssecret police. When I checked with an

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 intelligence source, it oenied knowledge d any tibyan involvement (which
means dose to ncihing). When Iasked a Defense Department source, he
laughea uproariously oJI said not a wcfa Which means, methinus. that a
coupe of Mido e Eastern-100%ng guys o n o ~ payroi
r (dressed in Libyan
uniforms) visit.% Mr. Deghayes to menogate him an0 succeeded in scaring
[he red 0-I of h m [Were in cnaroe r COJ d also mean lha: tne whole
incidentwas concocted s mply to see how long it would lake for the rumor of
Libyan involvement to be picked up in the Bnt media ) But regardless of the
mind games we are playing with Mr Degtrayes and the Beeb, this will be a
very rough week on the prrsoner abuse issue

On Thursday VAdm. Albert T. Church Ill-former Navy inspectorgeneral,

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and now director d Navy staff will report in Senate testimony the results of
the DoD inquiry into detainee interrogation methods. Senators will dredge up
every abuse at Abu Ghraib, every allegation ofabuse coming out of the
International Committee of the Red Cross, and every other horrible thing
they can, seeking yet again to score a soundbite on the CBS Evening News.
(Gunga Dan Rather gives up the anchor chair on Wednesday. Pity. It'd be
worth p m n g up with him for one more night to see how he slanted this
story.) Despite the Senate theatrics, there may be some light shed on whafs
going on.

Church will probably say, as the Schtesinaef panel said before him, that
there is no pinky permitting torture, that our interrogators are well
supervised, and that our intefrogatorsaren't permitted to mistreat or
deqrade detainees. What wont be asked will be more important than what
will be. Are we imposing false limits on interrogation methods that a m
hampering our ability to get information we may need desperately7At-e we
limiting techniques such as degradation, body clock manioulalion and such,
more than we legally and morally must? Seems to me that our people
should be able to do more than say. 'Your momma wears combat boots."

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Two US. miners (KC Sw and Lexineton Herald Leader!. As1 .mil (most) . of "Pentwon Seekine

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Leeway &&as" in their print editions;
Twu Canadian papers that printed "original"articles citing the Post's woric;
Twelve Newspaper websites and one TV news website that republished the Tyson/Priest article
online,

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Military analyst David Grange characterized h e initiativeas ulming to "improve fkxibilq in
discussing the article on CNM'i Lou Dobbs Tonight program iiranscnpI and ~ d c o c l i pincluded),
and
A number of blog comments (representative soinplea included). Those comments varied only in
the degree of their criticism of having the Doll late on the alleged new role.

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Two Canadian p a p e r s that printed "original" articles citing t h e Post's
Twelve Newspaper wcbsites and o n e TV news website t h a t republished
the T y s o n P r i e s l article online;
Six news websites t h a t published "original" articles citing t h e Post's
work (all were foreign): - ..
Military ane.yst David Grange characterized t h e initiative as aiming t o
" ~ m p r o v eflexibility" in discussing t h e article o n CNN's Lou Dobbs
Tonight program (transcript and videoclip included); a n d
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of their criticism o f having the

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Houston Chronicle -Jenlaem seeks leeway on overseas onerations

Kansas City S t a r - Countecterrorplan draws opposition
KenIucky.com - Pentaeon seeks new anti-terror operation
Lexington Herald Leader - Penla~onseekinewanti-terroroperation
MSNBC-More freedom soushi for special force;
O m a h a World Herald - Ptntncftnseeks 10 weaken envoys' nowertodecide mi
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February 24, 6 : 0 0 P M E S T 1
Well, coming up. how special operations forces a r e taking o n a larger role In I
U.S. Military operations around it is globe. 'Granee on Points is next.
I
PILGRIM: In "Grange o n Point" tonight, t h e increasing role ofAmerican I
special operations troops in the global war o n terror, the T h e Washington
Post" today reported, t h e Pentagon wants t o give special operations troops
new flexibility t o hunt down terroristsin foreign countries. The Pentagon is
I s building up its h u m a n intelligence capabilities. Well, joining m e from
Chicago to talk about t h a t is General David Grange. Thanks for being with
us, sir

BRIG. GEN. DAVID ORANGE (RET.), CNN MILITARY ANALYST: Thank you.

PILGRIM: What do you m a k e of this report. i t i s a "The Washington Post"

article. The Pentagon i s disputing certain points of it, but what d o you think.
in theory, of this plan?

GRANGE- Well. 1 think what i s true, is that the U.S. special operating forces
a r e trying t o improve t h e flexibility of their organizations. Any adaptability of
tt9 persoonel t o *ctudly conduct opcmttons arottnd t h e world 8s ~t bs today
or into t h e future, n o t like it via&.

PILGRIM: What s o n of missions could you envision t h e m doing?

GRANGE: Well, special operating forces. and they c h a n g e from Green Beret
Special forces t o Navy SEALS, t o rangers. t o counterterrorism forces. There's
this - every service h a s s o m e type o f special operating force t o add lo quite
an extensive capability of our country. The type of stuff they would is, for
instance, mainly reconnaissance. Reconnaissance of specific a r e a s o r areas

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in general that future operations may t a k e place.

And w h a t t h e y call this reconnaissance or o t h e r tactics i s t o s h a p e an

environment for future operations. Special operating forces are an enabling
for eenerai purpose forces. T h e y a r t a - they can conduct operations
unilaterally, but t h e y also e n a b l e general purpose forces to accomplish their
missions more successfully.

PILGRIM: Now t h e CIA, also, h a s paramilitary forces. How might you s e e this
compete or work with?

GRANGE: Well, hopefully not compete. S o m e t i m e s s o m e of that goes on in

the interagencies our a government. The idea here is that they -- it would
e n h a n c e the D e p a r t m e n t of Dcfense only, not l a k e t h e place of agency
operations.

The agency h a s more of a covert. other words, hide t h e s p o n s o r type of

requirement. Where military special operating forces h a v e a more
clandestine. In o t h e r words, they just hide the act, like, they're sneaking
into a place. They're parachuting in. They're s w l m m i q , w h a t e v e r t h e c a s e
may be. And so they're not going 10 compete. But it's very important that all
of the governmentai agencies h a v e a robust capability. And the type of
e n e m i e s this country faces today, it's essentially to our success.

PILGRIM: We're talking about countcrinsurgeocy operations .basically. One

fine point on this, a n d you just touched o n this point, there's a discussion
over whether there should be, what they call, explicit concurrence of the
U.S. a m b a s s a d o r s in t h o s e countries, t h a t they know t h a t they're going in.
Do you think that i s quite a n important point, isn't It?

GRANGE: Well, it is a n important point. And t h e a m b a s s a d o r of a particular

country is t h e honcho, they're in charge, Now, w h a t is probably happening is
that t h e D e p a r t m e n t of Defense and the D e p a r t m e n t of S t a t e i s doing pre-
approval of c e n o i n t y p e s of operations t o streamline t h e process. Because in
today's environment, today's world, as fast a s things happen, t h e military in
particular h a s t o be a b l e t o d o things quickly. And you can't wail w e e k s for
an approval process t o t a k e place. S o they're front-ending, I would imagine,
a lot of t h e s e types of requests. And they're giving a s t a m p of approval
through t h e D e p a r t m e n t of S t a t e and those a m b a s s a d o r s in those specific
countries to OK those t y p e of missions for special operating forces.

PILGRIM: General g r a n g e , do you think they're front-ending anything at this

point? Anything being planned t h a t you could ...
GRANGE: Oh, 1 think s o , y e s . And 1 would hope so, because it's prudent lo
stay ahead o f t h e e n e m y . And when you're dealing with places like, let's

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 take Syria. I mean, they're training terrorists right now in Syria t o go into
Iraq. And 1 would hope t h a t we're doing something 10 counter that. And one
o f t h e best tools t h a t w e h a v e a t our disposal is special operating forccs.

PILGRIM: Thank you s o much. General David Grange

A Sampling of Blog comments about "Pentagon Seeking Leeway Overseas"

'Steve Glllnni'a Nciw" btoe:

But as Rummy builds his empire. and Bush and Rice remain mute, just
envision this:

July. 2005: a s a second day of riots engulfed Central Baghdad, t h e trial of

the US commandos caught inside Iran enters it second week. After being
spotted by local farmers, t h e six man team w a s tracked and caught in the
suburbs of Tehran in April,

The more operations you run, t h e risk o f e m b a r r a s s m e n t increases

exponentially. Ycllowfrult c o m e s t o mind, Dick Marchinko also c o m e s up.
&oth'mvdvÈ(i-se~ftdAte-wk'h-t-he-U-Sb'~ros<-eMc-uniW-,-Oetia-aftd-SBAL'T-eaÃ
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@6fif^er what this m e a n s : Special Operations forces a r c covertly entering
countries a n d conducting "military operations," t h a t i s to s a y killing people
the Pentagon doesn't like. Iran. Syria. Cuba. North Korea. a n d other
WBllftorftWtiM l'R@SWWW'W'\S+?BWstt"lIM)de, if Special Operations
forces started killing off the Iranian mullahs and their supporters and Iranian
covert a g e n t s entered t h e United States and revenged t h e s e killings by
assassinating U . S . officials, would there really be a n y room t o criticize the
Iranians? Fair Is fair, after all.
Problem here is. since t h e s e ooeratioos will b e "covert." t h a t i s to sav we will
not know a b o u t them since t h e Pentagon will h a v e no accountability t o
Congress or t h e American people, any revenge operations will be considered
prima facie terrorism a n d serve a s an excuse t o attack Iran or whatever
country reacts in kind. Only knowing half the story-they attacked us
u p : ~ x o ~ ~ ! ~ A m u i c ~ ~ e ~ k . ~ U ~ g n ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ e r ~ a ~
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As ifthcir ineptitude h a d n ' t already reached epic proportions, t h e Pentagon
Is pushing hard not t o be held accountable by anyone, especially the State
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We'll go where we w a n n a go, kill who we wanna kill, a n d P$U@you. host
nation, we're t h e only hypcrpowcr in the worid. Eat our dust. We are t h e
champions o f t h e worid. Bow down and acknowlege us o r be crushed.

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The check and balance s y s t e m with the ambassador d o e s not work when he
is an evil person like Negropontc. but it is still better than giving military
special o p s carte blanche. Good grief. t h e y arc read. I u s e d t o be in the US
-- Bottom oulls out all the stops in
foreien service and I h o p e t o hell that Focey
getting this insane idea rejected
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American citizen conspiring to asaaasinate President Buoh (HSSSC)
a e d the topic of poteattally having the 0 S. take more agqreaeive nenaures
toward the insurgents IMSRBC)
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refioeries and electric plants around Baghdad (Pox Mews)
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Syria will have to be dealt with (Fax Hew1
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> > >people w h o may have concacc through internediaries with the
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.A:-- Tha BBC cal 8 it President BwWs "charm offensive " Off to Eunuch-land
for a weeK of conciliation. thà President is doing n s cost to heal me rrfts
mat 0 v oe >JSfrom oaf traoitiona! NATO allies ma oroblem nations
better known to our readers as the Axis of weasels: are greeting ~ r .
Bush with profusionsof smiles en0 hugs while they go about sharpening
shivs to stick in his back is it really worth the effort for the Presidentto
even try? Yes. but not because It will change anything.

Two facts drive the Presidentto Europe. First, the allies we sill taw
there, such asBrilain's Tony Blair, are weaker now than they were
before the Iraq campaign began in 2003. Blair has often come to
America to consult with Mr.

so two years ago, the Brits

might feel more appreciated, and the anti-Bush feeling there at least
prevented from rising to its current heights. Second, the President has
some faint hope of convincing the Euros that they are making the worfd

The Ultimate
less safe in their dealings with China and Iran, and in trash-talking
NATO.
in a speech i n B ~ s s a l syesterday. the President said we are ready for
1 new em of bnnsatnnbci-n.ty"and "no temporary debate, no r&s.ng
dnagreemantof governments. no power on earn w l evefdivrde US
n e c a d d on the Euros to a 0 tnansa ofdemocrat.~raa to oeal
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reahsticallvwith Irans nudear weapons Droaram and to MID confront
Russ an st-angma- viaaim r P m n s dnve tosmomer tne new R u u an
democracy Trie European pol Qca environment canrot produce any of
mose r e s m Edrone s n a state of SB 1-nvonosm aea.inn w.n its own
reality to the exclusionof everything else

FACTS DONT MATTER to IliaIn Europe any mom than they do to Ibs
here. Only fealiins we imoortant On Sundnv. Soanlah voters ionlv fom
or so percent botheredto vote, but the overwhelmingmajority i f those .
who did) began the dissolutionof Spanish sovereignty by approving the
new European Union constitution. But according to the Telagmph
newspaper, "despitea widespread government promotional campaign.

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nine out of 10 people had little or no understandingof the charterthey

approved." But they felt good about It How do the Europeans feel about
me rest of me world? Just as they usually do: anxious to appease, and
to make a buck.

After the 1969 Tiananmen *are massacre. we and tfw EJmpeans

Imposed an armscmDargo against Communist China Tne only mlng
Lnat nae cnanoed in Cri na s m e tnen 16 that trie Ch.nçs te for
modernwe& systems has mown enormouslv Since about 1994
China has spent 2 least $13 billion buying the most modem ships,
submarines and arcran from R s i a Last week. Big Dog Don
Rumsfe d CIA D :emr Porter Goss a i d Defense tnte lngeice &enQ
en cf A m Lowe dacobu wameo Conares mat the Cftrnese a m
binldm is aireat and orowinn d a n n e r ~ h eQuadrennial Defense
Review -the periodic recraftingofour defense budgets, strategies, and
-
capabilities that is being done again this year 1s aimed in Part,to deal
with the growing Chinese threat But where we see dangers, the Euros
see markets.

The Eums don? want to mtos out on the profits to be made by samno to
the Chinese, so they are about to lift their arms embargo. ~ k i d e n t -
Bush will try to convince them not to, and he wilt fait. They wlll sell ships,
aircraft, and otherweapons toChina, and by doing so wlll place greater
burdens on our armed forcesand our defense budget. China is building
-
-and buvino a "blue water" naw, to be able to threaten Taiwan and
every other nation within the reachof a global navy. Threatened India 1s
already we -armed am w l continue to seed Its own defenses against
Cn na An As an arms race o n an0 !ne sftookeepare of Europe 01 *
w f e onv for tne ~ r o f t sme#ca? maw in t Gerna'o Scnroeoer d
~ermanysaid as much onkebruary 14 when he called for a revamping
of NATO

Schroedu, locking to strengthen his weak hand In national election

slated for next vear. called for a m w l of e m * to recommend
cnanges to me NATO treaty making t mom a aol.tw~forum man a
m Itaq a.Iiance Scrvoeoers vis on of a transatlanticvers on of me U N
WOL 0 eliminate me res-ma1wide mat NATO no 0s America m a
Europe don't need another diplomatic mechanism.President Bush also
wants 10 revamp NATO to restore its rea va e as the 01 mary means
0 rdtual oetense of tne Nest Schroeaer ana me rest w. Inave n- of
It hor v. I1mey accept tne Presiaenrs warnings atod ran

THAT IRAN IS THE central tofrorut nation and the greatest mmedam
threat cannot be restated often enougn. even to tne deaf ears of
Eumoe Time after t me in aoreement after aareemant the Euromana
try to buy Iran's corn? iance wim me Nuclear con-~roliferaoonTreaty
with more traoeand assdrances to the mU ans Ana each m e tney try,
tney are reoi-ffea The m.i4ahs won t trade tneir heavy-water nuc ear
plant wn en can p m ~ c enncnea
e ,iron urn usefu lo, wapon. for a
gnt-water pant inat cant They wont permit intenaiiona nsp8cmon~of
meorsusoeaea nuciaar weavons-orocuctionsues ran 15 oem upon
becoming a nLcear m ~ c Tne r Israeis *no feel me %reat mow say
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year Even If they ore exxngeratrfo the threat. Iran is not far from the
day wnen it w I be abe to oroodm nurfes, and oel ver tnem by miss, e
as far as EJIODS Tn's (MU cnanae tne em re aeoool bcai eo~atlonin a
way we -- andthe Europeans -should not tolerate. But the Euros will,
even if we won't. Facts don't matter to Old Europe, which won't even
agree to label Hezbollah a terroristorganization

If M could, Europe would replace PresidentGeorge W. Bush with

President Elwood P. Dowd. Mr Dowd (Jimmy Stewaffs greatest role)
sao tnat no fat ne nm to cnoose tatinwen being smart and k.ng n<e
i-fe cnose to oe n'ce. odl bma his re iao e gow nature answei~dn
kin0 0n.v hv an imao narv fnend Mr Rdsn cnooses to be smart and
refusesto temoer decisive action with the indecisivedmiomacv Old
Europewould like. He will return from Europe with his agenda.

TAS conbfbntfngeflHorJW Btbtto b the author of lml<le lha

Asylum: Why the W and Old Europe Are W o w Than You Think
(Regn~ry,2004).
 Prom: Ruff. Eric. SES, OASD-PA
Sent:
To:
Febmaly 10,2005 7:38 PM
CIV, OASD-PA
Sllbltl; ' Re' Images for SECDEF

To! Ruff, Eric, SES. OASD-PA

S a t ? Thu Peb 10 L7:28:45 2005
<B!ic.R.ft^W)ÑÑÑÃ
Subject: Images tor SXCBEF
Mr. Ruff please find ftttached picture video montage that OSH Retired Captain ChuckN-ih.
who participated in our brieifmg wanted the SECDEP to look at, tie Kent two but only the
BE- one work#-- **You have to copy and paste the link and it will take you to the
mite.
The first one r not a working ice-- but it nay work on your conpucer. The second one
does work
See blow

1 aee the email below that I forwarded te a friend ¥a neighbor. I would
appreciate it if you would forward it t o the Secretary. The videos are powrful a* they
.pall out clearly thà n.crifice and tho rctwrd that m~ka. ttut ..critic* so vary noblç
See you at 0 9 4 5
All the beat.
Chuck

mry,
but powerful,... look at then and you will surely agree. Both
the story of mçcrific and of courage.
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in their own right -
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btept//l06.153.229.i3/babbywrir/B6bby.wnv

Ixat image - -n with facà covered -

only çyc oxposed with a tear coining down
he: purple finger.... representing MILLIONS now and. MILLLOUS to come.
- showing
http~//ada~keiper.blog~.c<im/coniparevideo/fileç/Ii:*uq_Electioi.
All the beat.
Chuck

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Smt: Thuedq. February 10.2005 12:14PM
To: Ruff, Eric, SES OASDPA
Subject: RE: FYI

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the sd is on tv now live be sure to get babbln a transcript of lbs mmaiks as he hasjua sottena g about n (core*
I ttianks, eric
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To: Slavikik, James. VADM. OSO
cc: Rhnedance Georoe. COL. OASO-PA
subpct: R i [Fwd-Mary MUSTsee]

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To: Ruii, Eric, SES, --PA <tBric.Buff
Sent: Tho Feh 03 14:35:01 2005
Subject: RE: (Fwd; Mary: HOST see?

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Sent: Thursday, february 0 3 , 2005 1:42 PH
TO: stavridis, James, VADK, OSD
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Subiect: FW: 1Fwl: Mary: MUST see1
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jin, at the analyata briefing today capt. naab mentioned these two videos to the aecdef.
who said he wanted to f e e them. C ~ S eric
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Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 12:t6 FH
To. e r i c . r u f t & f
Subject: [Fwd: Mary: MUST see1
Eric,
For the Sacrfttary. The tirsc is about: a Marine eaueftliby and -tionally ¥bow the
personal burden of oaerifice WITH HOROR.... the çecon is the uplifting video that mhowa
the RESULTS of that, saciifice. They are ft compelling view. That 1000 oâ this nation's
best have sacrificed cheir lives and tens of millions NOW are free and million^ more will
certainly follow, just nrkes their ~ c r i c i c nand t h t of thair loved ones more noble.
All the best,
Chuck

http://206.152.229.13/bobbymima/Bobby.wv

last image - . -
wcnaan 4 t h face covered only eye. -sed with a tear coming down
her purple finger.. . representing MILLXOHS n o w ud MILLIONS to come.
- showing
http://a&keiper.blt>go,~~~n/c-revi<leo/filea/lra~Election.ww
All the beet,
Chuck
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From: SBnMk.JxllM,VADM. OSD

SÇn Thinsdiy, Febniw 03.2005 236 PM
1 : R u t Eite, SESi OASD-PA
cc: 01 Rita, ~ a i r yCIV,
, OSD-OASD-PA:~CIV.OSD
SubJtCt RE: IF-):Mar$ MUSTseel -
Eric. =discussed, plane just send un a video wtti bcm on one tape,thx, Jim

ÑOrtolniMssane-
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To- SBÈrld J a m s VADM OSD
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cc! Dl Rita, CiV,OSD.OAS&-PA;~'X~)OV,
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subject: RE: [Fwd; Mary: ~ w s e e l

I M, I am not able to open the bobbpams- i have been a& toopen the second. I'm checking with our
tech f o b to see what the problem might be. thanks

i, OASD-PA
nary 03,2005 W2 PM

Eric.
For the Secretary. The first is about a Marine causality and emotionally shows
the oersonalburdenofsacrificeWITH HONOR...the second is the unliftinnvideo
thaishows the RESULTS of that d e c . They arc a compelling view. That 1000
of this nation'sbest have sacrificed their lives and tens ofmillions NOW are free and
millions more will certainly follow. iusl makes their sacrifice and that of their loved
ones more noble.
All the best,
Chuck

WX~BZ~L-BS-

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last image wonu~iwith &ce covered only eyes exposed with a tear coming down
....
-showing her purple f u r representingMILLIONSnow and MILLIONS to
come.
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All the best,

Chuck

4/5/2008

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Attachments; Military Analyst Coverage - Iraq 020105 doc

TV Broadcast Summary:
Analysts Tommy Franks, Jcd Babbin, Don Sheppcid, Montgomery Meigsand Jack Jacobs wereall
featuredon national news stations (Fox News,CNN and MSNBC). Generally speaking, all agreed that
the election was not as violent as expected and that the Iraqi security forces a n d h e r i & troops did a
very good job. Severalanalysts alluded to ihe fact that there will be more danger ahead. The analyst
mood was positive as Iraqi events unfolded.

Pht/OnOfdXadio Summary:
Military analysts'discussion of Sunday's election in print, online and radio outlets was minimal, limited
to accountsquoting William Nash and Bob Scales. GeneralNashwas featuredonNPR before and
during Ihe election process (January 30th) while Bob Scales was quoted in The Baltimore Sun (reprinted
by The South Florida Sun Sentinel) on keeping troops safe in Iraq. In addition, a WashinsfonTimes
reader wrote a letter to the paper conunenting on Scales'Op-Ed piece from earlier in the week on the
need to raise troop levels.

The attached memo provides Information on what each analyst said and how often they
appearedon television.
 IRA01 ELECTIONS

Prmt/OnGne/RaSioSummary:
Military analysts' discussion of Sunday's election in prim-online and radio outlets was
minimal limitedto accounts qnoting William Nashand Bob Scales. General Nash was
featured& NPR before and during the election process(3anuary 309 while ~ o scales b
.
was omled in The BaltimoreSun frenrintcd bv, The South Florida Sun Sentinell on
kctping troops safe in Iraq In addition, a Wmhngwn Times reader wrote a letter to Die
paper commentingon Scale; Op-td piece from earlier in the week on the need to raise
mop levels.

Willinn Nash (NPR)

. Iraqi troops "doing their duty" and enforcing security well

Siatements made about US. troopspulling out within 18 months "may be

. ambitious, but ifsa good start."

Nash emphasized the importanceofthe US. supporting, not leading efforts for
the new Iraq, and avoiding being asked to leave Iraq.

(Bdtimrc Sm - &Udm)
. The Sun piece described the Pentagon's plans to take U.S. soldiers from their own
units and add them to Iraqi units.
Scales: "It (embedding with Iraqi units) would put our troops'safety at risk, as

. they'd be more vulnerable to insurgenl attacks."

The key here is to quickly solidifythe Iraqi troops as astandalone force from US.
troops.
TVBmdcair Summary:
Analysts Tommy Franks.Jcd Bobbin,Don Shcppenj,Montgomery Mcigs and Jack
Jacobs were all featured on national news stations (Fox News. CNN cid MSNBCI
Generally speaking, all agreed that the election not as violent as expected and that
the Iraqi security forces and American troopsdid a very good job. Several analysts
alluded to the fact that there will be marc dancerahead. The analvst mood was oositive
as Iraqi events unfolded.

Representative remarks per analyst arc as follows:

.
Tommv Frmb (Fox News - Haunity & Col- / Fox & Friends)
Troops feel great about what they'vedone inrelation to the elections
* Any election in the Arab world is a t i g deal"
This is the first practical example ofdemocracy in the Arab world
Does not a- with comments made bv SenatorKerrv and Senator Kennedv
He is proud of the work troops have done
Last thing you want 10 do n announce vow "timetable" for withdrawal

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Jtd h b b h (MSNBC Live Coverage Iraqi Elections)
Withdrawalfrom Iraqis "Simplythe worst thing we wulddo"
Withdrawalwould strengthenthe terrorists and weaken the Iraq people
We have to look at the bigger picture, we have to deal with all the Jihadist nations
that are influencing Iraq

.
Don SheMierd (CNNLive From....)
What we did in the run up to the election made a big difference (i.e. controlling

. traffic flow around polling areas)

There were extensiveoffensive operations to stop terroristbefore voting took
place especiallyin relation to foreign insurgents
à This weekend was very stressful for coalition forces
It was very important for the Iraqis to pull this off
I

.. (MSNBC Live Covmgc - IraqiElcaions)

Events ID Iraq have gone surprisingly well

. It is avery tough process in inventinganew government

We will see more Iraqi forces comeon board with fewer American troops

.. We will have to watch how Sunnis are brought into the process
Doesn't think the coalition will change afterthe vote -
Need to continue to watch insurgents from Syria and Iran

~
.
J D C Jambs (MSNBC Live Covmge - h . i Elections)
Highlighted "hot spots" in Iraq in real-time during the polling process
Jacobs, during fee polling, predicted high voter turnout

.
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Securilvexpectations were "inamiced well"
Provided an overview of how insurgents might inflict violenceduring the vote
Said the training of Iraqi forces by the US.militaiy was key
Questioned whether "two Iraas" would arise until the next election in October
(&igious and cultural dividesa potential after Sunday's election)

WHERE THE ANALYSTS APPEARED

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S."t Tuesday,February 01,2005 1259 PM
To: 'Piman, CAP1 Hamd E. WNY: Oi Rite. Liny.CIV, OSD-CMSD-PA
cc: Whman. Bryan, SES, OASD-PA, Thorp, Frank, CAPT, OCJCSIPA
Subtect: RE:

Feb0105Draft
Newmeek Letter...
hal--
t h e r e is a t e r r i b l e article i n t h i s week's tinrsweek t h a t s a p abixaid asked for more
.
troops i n I r a q and was denied and t h a t i t wae done in a çra t o lee the secretary toe
t r u t h f u l when he maye the c-ndars have gotten all they a ~ £01 k
i t i e ficurriloue, and a proposed d r a f t re-ee tar your conniaeration i s attached, ehe
reeponaft r e a l l y should be from genera1 'bizaid or you, i n my view, becçua genera1 .bi.~.id
i a being oortraved as someone who has had t o deceive the ¥ecret&r of defense and hedge
hie ~~GAGcB f o r forces.
please cake a look ac t h i s draft. whether you choose t o use the d r a f t ox not, 1 urge you
t o strongly conaxder responding. leaving the a r t i c l e #band aoea a t e r r i b l e d i ~ ~ Ã § r vt ioc
both secretary runsfelc! and general abiaaid.

Larry --
, USA ~oday,and ~ u l i a n~ a m e a ,USHLWR -- along with an ATIS writer. Attar
we currantly t w o p r i n t r e p o r t e r s t r a v l l n g tilth che Boss oil wx next t r i p in country
-- ~ a v em i z hwc
t h a t , t h e next opportunity l i k e l y won't be u n t i l l a t e ma.
Am pleased to add Dan to the l i e t . would also be intereatwd i n knowing hew hard you want
me co push for him to go i n MAS... We were plowing on Campbell B r o w n from HBc to
p o t e n t i a l l y travel with "a, and there may be only one window for travel t h a t month ...
B r e t B*lÈ erkvçle with us i n KO", so POX has b u n with l a s e c e n t l y .

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activities.
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MY TIMES 4406
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Amartaan Spectator (aabbr

Thought you might be interested i n this article.

Iraq's Election Day

By led Babbin <MailTo:e(lltor@lsp<ctfltff.org>
Pubhstied 1/31/2005 12:09:34AH

Yesteretey. for the fret time in their history.Iraqis went to Ihe polls to exercise one of the most
basic rights of a free people. They voted despite the U N ' s failure to help. despite liberate'predictions
-
of disaster, and -most imftOrtanUy despite the terrorist declaration that democracy cannot exist in
an Isiamicsociety.The leader of ai Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. declared that those who
vole in democratic elections are "apostates." the Islamic term for those who violate Islam'slaws and
advocate competing religions. Zarqawi's meaning was clear, that Islam requires its believers to
accept religious dictators as their only kgitimate leaders. When the Iraqis went to the polls in droves
. -
-many losing their lives to do It they rejectedZarqawi's message and opened a gaping wound in
the jihadist Ideology.

The Iraqi election is a milettone in the war against terrorism, but whether it is a major victory wont be
mown for years to come Yesterday's electionwas oniy to select a provisionalnationalassembly
(and leaoersnip) tnat wn.. over the next year. draft a permanentconstitutionfor Iraq that w.1 be
Dresenteo to tne w t e n Whether the açftçrnsucceeas or whatnar the ~isumentsorevent it. are
still open questions But the turnout among iraqivoters -something over 70%- sh& that the
insurgents do ncrt have the popular support that's necessary for them t o w n

No matter how many times Ted Kennedy, Barbara Boxer, and John Kerry Insist otherwise, Iraq looks
more like 1945 Germany than 1972 Vietnam. Oneof the reasons we've had so little success in
establishing effective Iraqi security forces has been the fact that before soldiers and policemenwill
risk their lives, there must be a something for them to swear loyalty to. Until yesterday, there was
nothing in Iraq for them to swear allegiance to other than the tribal, ethnic, and religious groups that
have comprised Iraq from Its birth, or the American-appointedAlbw government. Now. even though
the national assembly is temporaw, it is Iraqi. chosen by Iraqi voters themselves and not aDpointed
by an outside power or imposed by a home-grown despot. It is such things that soldiers and
policemen can claim to be their own and willingly risk their lives to defend Difficultiesremain, but one
of the biggest obstacles to creating a self-sustaining and self-protecting Iraq has just been overcome.

IT WOULD BE AN ENORMOUS mistake far us towimaraw from Iraq, or à § vestablish a d a b to do

so.On Sunday evening I had the bizam pleasure of debating this point on MSNBC wrth Rap Lynn
Woolsey (D-Ca1.f Need you even ask? who sad That we new to take 0.1: soldiers 021 of I-aq now
ana let Iraq's ne ghbors come in to ne p Tms member of the Democrats' Von Braun Caucus
apparently tninrts that Syra !ran an0 Saua Araoia are chafing a1 the bit to help raqi oemocraqnse
above the Hall b~rtondnvenU S occ.,paiion Smthinks tne tenousts wont oe ma0 at us anymore If
we replace our troops with peacekeepers am h~manmnanam workers Fonmate y. no one oulsxie
of nonhem Canfom a knows or cares wno Ms Woolsey is far teas w\a\ she tnlnks
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The insurgents - now unable to escape the label'enemy of the Iraqi people" are stil s u p m e d by
Syria. Iran. and Saudi Arabia. Those despotisms realize that their days are numbered if Iraqi
democracy succeeds. They will become increasingly desperate to make the Iraqi democracyfail, and
vwwili have to be in Iraq to protect if from them for the foreseeable future. President Bush iscorrect
in saying that the election creates momentum bhmd the Iraqi democracvexDRriment.But
momentdm can be lost rf we auri too soon h a t is one of the centrai poinu we wlf hear on
Weonesday wnen Mr Busn oe Ners his Stale of the Union adaiess And -t is one that the Democrats
-
an0 tneir noly of holioc the U h -cant 01 no IhemseivÈ to answer

President Bdsh mil call for more natons to come to the a d of the fledghng Iraqi democracy He will
praise me sacrifices of our real a lies. challenge the U N and all its members to support freedomw m
econom c aid with eng neers. co-istrucbon crews and ail those things needed to put rraq on tts feet
They wil sm4e polrte y, applaud feeoly. and again ignore his call to action

Yesterday, on Mwl the Press John Kerry sea over and over again that the road to success In Iraq
depends on our obtaining me suppon of the 'international community." by which he means the U N
-
an0 Oio Europe President Bush rea ues as the American people did in choosing to reeled him -
that MB cannot depend on the EUnJchs and the aespots and dictators who mane up three-quarters
of the d N 's membership to do anything to fight trronsts an0 tne nationsmat back them To take
any r s< to SJpwrI oemomcy In Iraq woub be too rnucn for Kofi Annan became ne doesn t want
President Bush to si-cceed in what Annan cailea an I boa- war" The U N and Od Europe are too
Ousy to nelp The fnst thing on tneir agenda 1s stili cowra rung the UnHed Staias tn this war
Convincingthem -or the democrats -to do otherwise is simply impossibk

THE PRESIDENT WILL SOON ASK Congress f a a supplemental apompriationof $80 billon for
Iraq. (Five bllion of it is for ffà State Department'seffortsthere which are. to be charitable, n m to
discern ) The Democrats will fignt against the appropriation, seeking to .averagesome pian for
mtnarawal of our forces oefore thepo .sdone They have obviousfy mused tne lesson theelectron
taught former senator Tom Daschle obswuctionlsm is not a policy Butiney will obstruct as best they
can on the funning for the war an0 on everything else tne Pres dent seeks to do

George Bush cant win the global war against terrorism by the time he leaves office h 2009. But he
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can as the Iraqi atection proves make enormous progress toward victory. In his State of the
Union speech, the president should issue a call to all Islamic nations to follow the exampleof Iraq.
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The sooner those nations ere nd of iihadism and reliaious dictatorshlos bv us or bvtheir own
p w p k s -- the sooner the war against terrorists and their ideology wili be won. hemi is every reason

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to be skeptical that the Islamic nations can reformthemselves. But as more of their people see what
freedom looks like, the momentum the President sees in Iraq will grow. and so long as we stand
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ready to help grow fastest in places where it is least welcome.

TAS contributing çdteJod Babbin to tÈH ÈlrtÈK>r lnçldthe Anylum: Why thà UN and Old
Europe Are Worse Than Y o u Think (Regnmy, 2004).

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SÇn Monday. Janiwy 31,2005 6:45 AM
To: Whitman, Biyan, SES, OASD-PA
Cc: Rhynedance.George, COL, OASD-PA
s~bltct; . FW Response to IG Report

Anm,w. CPA 10 REPORT.doc

CPA IG
7 m . O t X (31 KB:
m n pulled ttieç together. I note cnn ià m-rting to run BOW etorieà on it.
ao we ought. t o get these point. into the mix.

s c q c c t , Response to IS Report

~ t t a c h e dis a d e t à § i l Ãset of points raspoading to the cm 10 Report

NY TIKES 4409
THE I6 REPORT KSNORES SeCWHTY, rOUnCAL, AMD
ADMJNlSTÈAnW CONTEXTIN WHICH THE CPA OPERArmG.

Security context Th* report nun^ tint wuteni-çM

bodftlng and acoounting m o o l o i * * mold be lirmodlatotv and
fullylmpiemented In the k d à §of a war.

L For example, the draft suffi<Mtl that CPA mould h a m

delayed oavlne Iraol
. mubllc
- farvanto until we had fully
modem pay records.

Ihls weald have -ken many month*. If not years. Mom

than a million In01famlllu itoDMidedon the I r w l
governmenttor their talaris*. When the CPA arrived InI r q
after Liberation, unemployment was over 50%. Not paying
the civil servantswould have been destabilizingand would
have Increased the security threat t o Iraqis and t o
Americans. I n brief, such a course would have cost lives.

2. At another mintthe draft report criticizes the Coalition's

handlingof Facilities ProtectionService (FPS). Here agate
the drafl m h e s the context.

As a matter of America! riovrnment ~oller,a i r military

-
commanders were lnstructedto build up the FPS force
aulekty. The purpose of the FPS was to relieve the
~morlian military of tasks such as providing static Ñcu
to governmentbulldlngs. This would free our military to
deal with tho terrorists.

In November, the CPA decidedto five Iraqi*

rosponslblllty forthese sacurHyforces by ahlftlncUn
force*' payroll from the military commanders to the Iraqi
Mlnlstrles. Many Ministries, already strumlng to cope with
the new budgetary demands, had difficultl& maMngthe
transfer.

The CPA was aware of thto problem and accepted that

the payroll systemwas still Imperfack There was a war
 fioInK on In Iraq, and It would luw beendangerenfor
securtty-oun and Iraq's-to stop payingarmed youngm a

The Political Context: TMÃ Is the report-smot slgnlflant fault.

For tho CPA's entire period, American rtrategy was to transfer to
the Iraals as much rewonslbllltvas wsslble as aulckhr as
possible, Includingresponsibilityfor the Iraqi budget,

1 . Thls w not JuslAmerican amrnment policy. it was

mandatedbv successive UnitedNations Socurb Council
resolutions.-
2. The CPA worked o u l c k l ~ .
to ÑtaMls aa In01GovunhK
Council. Thls w& doniwtttiln 8 weeks.
-
3. The CPAthen oushed to det a new Iraal Cablnet named
quickly. lraql~inisters took over lraq's Mlnlrtrle* on
September 3.
4. Contraryt o the draft report's assertion, (he coldanca to
CPA's inl lor Advisor*wax dew. Branrr toid the CPA
Advisors that henceforththe Iraal MInlit*rs. not the
American Advisors, would run lraq's Mlolstrles. The
Advlsors were to counsel the Minister* as requested by the
Ministers but to leave the operations of the Ministries,
Includingthe budgets, to the Iraqis. Bremor restatedthis
pollcy directly to the Iraqi MinistersIn his first meetingwith
them In September.
5. The draft suggests that Instead of giving the Iraqi Minlcten
responsibility for thçlbudget*. the CPA should have placed
hundredsof CPA auditors Into the Mlnlitrle*. Thiswould
have been directly contrary to US government p o k y and to
the mandate of the UN. And what would kind of messade
would that have sent to the new Iraq1ministers and their
staff, If they were belntf monitored by American 'mindem'?

Admlmxtrftlw context:Tho I 6 auflten mwnetint tin

CoJi~on v standard of ~ o t a r tramparmcy
mirid a c h ~ e a y
and eKaeution which o w n peaceful Western natlons would ham
trouble meatingwithin a year, especially In the midst of a war.

HY TIMES 4411
Giventhe s t u i t i o n tin CPA foaod In Iraq<rt LIbenrtIon, mla is an
unrealistic standard.

L When the CPA wu eçtabHçhe< there wan m functioning

Imql government.
2 Essential services h Iraqwem priinltiv or non-existent.
Them was no nation*l telephone m m . Mod Iraqi
mlnlstrles had no computers. Use of the Internet. whkh the
previous governmentheavilyrestricted, was limited to less
than 3%of the population.
3. Iraqi government budget and personnel records, already
inadequatebefore the war, had been deltmyed by lootlnfi
and by willful criminal wbotage.
4. As the OAO has renorted. Saddam's dIetatonhIn Imatod the
national budget and ecoiomic ctatlatlcÃas state secrete.
CPA determined that less than 8%of the annual state
expenditureswere even run through the Ministry of
Finance. The vast majority of governmentexpendttums
were directly controlled "off budget" by the Presidency. We
could find no reliable records of these expenditures.
5. The CPA discovered that the Iraai Ministries had no reiflar
a
payroll çytems Nor w u there untried civil mervloe pay
system. The system had been corrupted beyondrepair by
decades of cmnylsm and -fixes.
6. At Liberation, the Iraq1economy was dead In the water. So
CPA's top priority was to get the economy golng. The
auickert way was to pay the country's 1.2 million civil
ççrvan who had not beçpaid fortwo month*. WIthlna
week of arrival, the CPA eitabllahed a four grade pay 8 4 0
and t a r t e d payingcivil servants. We also established an
Iraqi-Coalition task force to deslgn a modem, p r o f e ~ l o n a l
civil service pay 8ystem This was put i n place In Augurt.
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C o n t i r i ~ dRetired M i l i t a r y AiÈlyçt.
C i d Carl K-th Nlard W h , Retiredl
M r . Jed Bobbin (OSA?, JAG)
L e i : Gançr. R a n k B. CÈmpbÈ (USAP, Retiredl
Dr. Jçme Jay carafano ILTC, WSA,Retired)
Colonel (Tim) 3. Eada [USA, Retired)
colonel John ~arretc IUSHC. R e t i d l
command sergeant Major steven Greer (USA,r e t i r e d 1
Colonel ~ a d e~ i c 0 8 8 [USA, Rccirçd
~ o l o n e l ~ e fHEc C a u ~ l ~ n d . (USA, Retiredl
Lieutenant Genacal ~h0rn.e Mema-y (USA?, Retired)
Oencral Montgomery Heigm (0%. Retired1
Captain Chuck Hash (USN. Retired!
General William I*. Nftlh (USA. Retired)
Major Oenerxl Robert H. Scçlea Jr. (USA, Recircd)
Major General Donald È Shçppç <CSAr, Retired!
Major General Parry Smith (USA?. Reti-redl
Major General Paul S. V a l l t l y (USB, Retired)
e r a 1 Torn Milker- IUSMC, Retired!

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AdairçDÇnni C. B l a i r (USN. i f t i n d l
Cmmnder P e t e r Brooke. Reaervel
Lieutenant colonel n i l 1 cawan (USMC, Retired)
M t i o r Dana R Dillon Reclfdl
acne-1 waynà A . Downing (USA, Retiredl
e u t . à § n * n ~ener.1 nuatmr (31oçç (USA?, Retired)
Brigadier General David L.Grnogt IUSA, Retired)
Admiral David x . Jeremiah (USN, Retired)
General william F. "~uck"K ~ ~ D K I [USA, R a t i r t d l
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L i n t Colonel Robert L. Kxgini (USA, Retired)
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M r . Wayne SimnioilB Retired)
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Sergeant Major S t a v n ~ r e e r (USA, Retiredl
Colonel Jack Jacobs (USA. Retired)
Colonel Jeff McCausland, lOSA, Retiredl
Lieutenant General Thoour Mcltrroey ( D W , Retired)
General Montgomery Heigs (USA, Haired1
captain Chuck Hash (USN, netiredl '
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Lie"re"a"< oen.r.1 suacer 010~.0"
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Attachments; MIlitavAnaqsts 1,lO.doc; MililaryAnalyslsExcerpts.1.19.doc

Media coverageof the seven dmary analysis'visitsto Iraqwas containedto. Paul Vallely, BIH Cowan, Steven
Greer and Ken Altard. Vallely, Cowan and Greerappeared only on Fax News show; from January 13th 17th, -
discussing then recent trips to Iraq in primarily positiveterms. Allard wasquoted in a Washingtonlimes pieceon
[he need lor a larger U.S military force In Iraq,wtiich was reprintedby a handful of foreign newsoutlets.

Among issues highlighted by the analysts in Ifflevmioncoverage:

.. TIM Marinaarea key force in mahtainm security and stiOllity In Iraq. and W i n g Hie bad guys'

...
The extensivesecurity measures being implemented tor the upcomingelections
The "outstanding"training of Iraqi armies- we are "aggressively moving forward"
The expected high voter turnout lor me elections -could reach up to 80% of residents

. Fallujsh is now the safest city in Iraq

And, to a lesser extent, Iraq as a potential training ground for terrorists

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HIGHLIGHTS

Paul Vallely a p p d on Fox's DaySiwith Linda Vester (talk show) on January 1 3 ,

discussinc his recent trio to Iran. He was cxtremelvunbent and sooke about the
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uocomin~elections
, in . .in nkitive terms. savinethev
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,will ab&lutelv h a m a:
scheduled Hesaid he's very comfortable with theelection situation, and lhm voter
turnout will most ikely be bmer lhan expected A possible issue could be voter
registration in certain provinces, due 10 security threats from insurgents

Aim appearing on Fox News Live on January 14* he noted: the positivemoraleofthe
military in Iraq, the Marines as a key force in Iraq, and extremely tight. organized
security measuresfor the upcoming elections. A sununaly of this appearance was
available on a Fox News-focusedblog, bin the Fox transcript is not yet available.

Fox featured Paul Vallely again on "Fox and Friends" Saturday on January 15"'where he
repeated the sameupbeat description ofthe voting situation in Iraq. He also mentioned
that 13 million Iraqis have registered to voteand that the elections need to go forward a
scheduled.

Fox News Channel:

The Marines are "doing a greatjob" in Iraq
Fallujah is probably now the safest city in Iraq right now, as citizens are corning
back into neighborhoods, getting IDcards, supplies,etc.
Iraqis are very active in helping their people, and finally taking the initiative,

- which they havent been able to do up until this point

Syria & Iran are causing a great deal of problems in the region by providing
support 10 the instirgcnts
Images of a Humvee --fitting plant in Iraq

Blll Cowan

Blll Cowan is also fcaiured on the FoxNews Channel on January 14* 16'*and 17"'on
shows such as "Headand with John KasichSmd "Fox and Friends." Like Paul Valkly,
his lake on the Iraq situation was also upbeat. His one overriding siaicmentwas that if

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the U.S. pulls outof Iraq now,then it would look like Afghanistan before we invaded
(i.e. insurgent training camps). He also said he felt that the US. would bedown to
50,000 troops by the end of the year.

Key points ofdiscussion highlighted by Colonel Cowan:

The U.S. is being aggressive in training an Iraqi police force
It has trained "quick response" teams to respond to insurgents threatening Iraqi
police forces
There is increased communication between the Iraqi and U.S. soldiers
He is upbeat about the number of Sunnis, Kurds and Shiites dial will participate in
the election process

Ken Allan)

A story originally written by The Washington Timeson news dial US.military officials
are seeking more Troops in Iraq included commentary by Ken Allard. The piece was
reprinted by several publications, including New Kerala (India), Big News Network
(Australia), Assyrian International News Agency (Switzerland) and the World Peace
Herald. Specifically, Aliard said the currenitroop number; are not sufficient to sustain
fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, or to deter aggression in Europe and South Korea.

Stcvcn Greer, also on the Fox News Channel,addressed the primary issue ofwhether Iraq
is just turning intoanother training ground for insurgents. This became a common theme
across manv of the rnilitarv analysts interviewed and was w i o u s l v a bie stow in The
~ashingtonpost (it.~ationalintelligence Council ~ e ~ & ) . . - .
Sergeant Major Greer had the following to say:
lie focused on the fact that the U S m d Iraq need to work closely logeiherto beat
down and contain current terrorist activities in Iraq
Said Iraq is not a "breeding ground" for terrorists but may possibly be providing
"on theJob training" to tcmrists from other countrieswho have joined the fight m
Iraq
Note: The following military analysts did not appear in media coverage:

. RobertMafiinnis

. JohnGarrett
JefTMcCaijslaiKi
 MILITARY ANALYSTS - IRAQ TRIP
EXCERPTS
AS OF 1/19/05

Indicates c x c m was distributed as canof Friday's analyst update.

ONLINE COVERAGE
KENNETH ALLARD

V.S. officers In Iraa aeek more troops: report

Pakistan Dawn - January 17
Originally produced by The Washington Times;reprints by New Kemia(Indla), Big
News Network (Australia), Assyrian International News Agency (Switzerland) and The
W0t.d Peace Hemd (global online source)
Ken Al.ard. a mired colonel and author of four oookson national security, told the
(Wtishin~ronTimeslnewspaper that America needed toexpand Hamilitary if h wanted to
continue to shoulder us rcsoonsibiiities abroad.
According to him, the cum& strength of 500,000-tioop active force was not enough to
Fight wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and to deter aggression in Europe and South Korea.
"I would start addinc forces until it is demonsmtivelv too much." Mr. Allad said. "What
happens if somewhere something else goes wrong ...We areeatingseed corn. In an 18-
division requirement, we have a 1Odivision force," he said.

STEVEN GREEK
Fox News Channel
1/14/2005 5:05;24 PM
Steve Greer is a retired U S . Army command Setgeant Major and asenior fellow at the
National Defense Council Foundation. The big question today, is Iraq a breeding ground
for the next generation of icrrorlsis? Greer: Hi, John, no, 1don't think so, not yet.
anyway. It cmainly has the potential to becomeso. What yousee here is Iraq is atraining
base. An area where your opportunistic terrorist - can do on diejob training. There arc
other breeding grounds in the Muslim world. Syria, Lebanon. Those are breeding grounds
where the government and the military structure really lets these terrorist operations work
unfettered. It was blown into a big story. Apparently sort ofwavlng this at President
Bush. You said it was going to be a free, fair democracy in Iraq that was safe from
terrorists and now we have terrorisis there. John: Why is it - why wouldn't one conclude
that Iraq is a terrorist training ground when ihey have so much oppotlunity 10 Win killing
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Americans? Greer: Well. i cenainlv think dial Iraa is a trainins eround bur it is not a
breeding ground for terrorists. The breeding ground comes from when the young
terrorists or young individual and they teach them theideology ofhate. I think part ofthe
issue --die issue is that inside of Iraq the difference is that you have terrorists flooding in
from other nation stales. The reason why you have that is the nation states like Syriaare
reluctant to do anything. They're not happy that Iraq may turn into a democracy. The
 monarchies are not happy that you may have an elected government next to them in their
border region.

PAUL VALLELY

Fox New#Chunel1/13/2005 1:33:28 PM

DavSide with Linda Veiter
~ailelv:We had m a t mwiinei with the fir-it cavalrv division and the Marimun in
I-al.ujah They redoing so many things. but it's security, n s finding the bad guys We're
finding thcrc s more foreigners now than we though that have come across the borders,
so ihey re wotknig it and doing a great jobbut what they're doing forthe peopie n e can
talk atout lust wonderful v^al were doing for the people of Fallujah right now In 60
days, it's the safest city they say in Iraq right now. The marines control it. Now the
citizens are starring to come back into the neighborhoods, they're being given
identification cards, which they really like, by the way. It gives them some status...I can't
say enough about the marines up there doing a great job, the men and women. It's just
fantastic.

1:3S:38 PM
?ox NwÃC h a n ~ l 1 / 1 3 / 2 0 0 S
DiySldc with Llnda Veiler
Linda: We have a question Iram a viewer by email. He says what more can be done to get

blow to the insuroencv? Vallev , Great7

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more Iraais to come forward 10 helo the U S soldiersdeliver a ~innointand decisive
- mestion Two thin-r hammini! here We're
unning more baiulicna each month I Ã § many Iraqi soldiers out there. National Guard
Tney redomg the sc~urnywork for the comoys over there I saw thcm in downtown
Fallujah were trying 10 put the best Iraqi face out there, and that s what wneed 10 do. so
the Iraqis are m y active, they re very active m the polling stations, in gening those <el up
tnmughout the country for thetlecuon So they're taking the mtiativc final.y ..Linda. but
bonorn line, you were comfonable with the votcgoingoff Jan- 307 Val ey" Vcr)
comfortable. 1 think it may be better than we ihmk but there will be problems up in that
area only because of registration

Pm News (Pox and Friends Saturdiv)

01/15/0508:2^:06
Vallely Thereare 13 million people registeredto vote... upto 80percent could vote ...
The people in Iraq have done a wonderful job of mapping out security for the polling
stations... The elections need to go forward, the people there need to get involved in the
process of democracy. The Iraqis have taken a lot of initiative, doing positive things in
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the midst of a lot of terrorism... but security will be the key. In Fallumh the most
marvelous, inspiring trip, to see what the Marines have done up there- it's now the most
secure ci ly...

BILL COWAN

Fox NcwiChaond 1/14/100310:17:U A M *

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 Wel1,joining us now with some insight-Lieutenant Colonel Bill Cowan who actuallyjust
relumed from Iraq last week and live in 1raq"Ncwswcek" magazine's Baghdad bureau
chief. Gentlemen,welcome both of you. Colonel Cowan. us your take on this i*
thai Iraq may be the new terrorist training ground. cowan: Any fundamentalistout ihere
who wants to be part of their future needs to be in Iraq to start honing up his skills to find
out bow to fight western, US. or coalition forces.

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01/16/05 04.3549
John Colonel, I know ttwre is a sense that i f w e en continueto train &em, you have
been there you are more optimistic abom the train. 1 look at Bosnia, it took us ten years 10
inun the Bosnian Army I mean youare not advocating weslay ten years What's the
responsibleexit strategy here? Cowan: John, we have seen good results with the training
we have done. In speakingto our American forces over there, those Iraqi battalionsthai
nm alongsideus in Najaf, Samarra and Fdlujah did anoutstanding job. No complaints,
One key part is we had American advisors alongside the guys and that's what we have
now. A program to get American advisors with all of these Iraqi units that are coming out
we can take Iraqi units have that combat experience now, well trained, we are finding
good lead merits there. Our primary goal now in Iraq besides reconstruction, employment
and all other things has to be to build an effective fighting force with the Iraqi Amy.
John: Colonel, would you send your family there now? Cowan; My son has been in Iraq.
I had a son who went there. He was in Afghanistan also. Like any parent whose children
are worried over there I was worried the whole lime. But it is interesting. I mel with
young troops, young troops in the reserves over there who bad nothing bad to day. Good,
highly motivated kids doing amissionand they felt strongly about it.

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Joining us now to discuss that from his first-hand account is Fox newsmilitary analyst,
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Cowan back from Iraq. Nice to be with you. Brian: the big
differencebetween the last time you were there and this time. Cowan: Well, seeing
what's happeningto the Iraqi security forces, how we're really moving forward
aggressively. Lieutenant General Petraeus to get qualified Iraqis out there, one putting
advisors alongside the Iraqi forces, it bolsters their offense,capabilities and confidence,
puningtogether quick reaction forces, so when they run imo trouble, they have folks to
help them out. Bener communications, better equipment, getling things ready for the
Iraqis to take over more responsibilities.

BLOC COVERAGE

PAUL VALLELY
'Hannv Iraq" Turns Oat To Be Not That Hanpv
NcwsHounds.us - blog - January 14
On FNL today (1/14), one interview stood out amongtheusual crop of likely suspects:
Rick Folbaum (who substitutes for David Asman on Fridays) interviewed Paul Vallely,
Fox News military analyst, who had recently returned from a trip to Iraq. The topic was

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"Happy Iraq" & to listen to Valkly. you'd think the US militaryhad leaned nothingh
Vietnam.
The interview was long on hyperbole, short on actual facts.Vallely claimed there's
"more successesAan failures" & offered asan example of "success" that the "Marines
have made Falluiah the safest city in Iraq" because "we lookout the bad guys..."He
added "We'redefeating the enemy every timewe can find them... '"Folbaumacted
enthusiastic abom how "We arc so proud" of what the US military is doing in Iraq 4
asked Vallely what he thought we should bemost proud of. Vallely said he is "most
proud of their morale" 4 of their "very, very positive attitude'' in the face of "isolated
incidents likethe attacks today," Folbaum asked if there were any surprises while Vallely
was there. Vallely replied that he was surprised by "how well organized they are for this
election." Vallely added that there will be "extraordinary security" for the upcoming
election 4 he expects everything to go pretty smoothly "except up in Anbar province."
He alsoadmined tha the "amount offoreifners [is] p t e r t h a n we thought ..."
VaUely has been mentioned often on this website because of his frequent appearanceson
FNC, where he is always very gung-ho 4 rah-rah. Today was no exception.

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Following please f i n d acne comments Iron one of t h e m i l i t a r y analyet8 on t h e 17 Jmuq

statement by Dl Rita on Herah a r t i c l e bent as today" calking p o i n t s p e r M r . Di R i t a l .

Hr. Cowan as you know i s an a a a l y a t For Pox (wears t h e black t u r t l e n e c k s and has t h e white
h a i r and beard). Retired LTC tor Harinea.
c o l . mynedance - f o r you to forward as you see t i c t o ~ r ~i
. ~ i t a .

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please paas t o ~ a r r ym u i t a and o t h e r s as f u r t h e r support co hersch's c r a p
1 i the OpsO at ISA during t h e period herscti t a l k s about. Yellow F r u i t about
ISA, as he ~ l l a g e a . it was *bout (.he Armyb#ODSO. h i e BASIC p i à § à § iof 'run-amuck'
commandos i a wrona from t h e outset.
went t o j a i l .
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t h e Pentagon p o l i c e d i t s owi.
ISA wasn't involved in supporting t h e contras and had no c e n t r a l American ope t h a t went
awry. MOREOVER, 1 was a senior acftffer on t h e ~ z ~ n l c o n t hearings
tt s h o r t l y thereafter, i n
which ISA was USm mentioned.
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go after t h e BASIC premise. mecops guys. and ISA i n p a r t i c u l a r , have done a CTKAT job of
supporting t h e Pentagon and the nation.

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 sfcatenen~from Pentagon Spokesman Lawrence ~iaicacm u t e a f c ~ e y m o u rHerç ~rticle
The Iranian regime's apparent nuclear anbitiona and its demonstrated q w r t
for terrorist organiaaciona is 4 global challenge that deserves much more ierioua
treatment than seymour ttcrsh provides in the New torker article titled 'me coming wars."
~ r ~erah'a
. article is SO riddled with errors of fundamental face chat the
credibility of his entire piece is deacroyed.

Mr. mcrsh'a xauree(fi1 feed him with rumor, innuendo, and assertions about
~ t i n tph m t i n v r h à § p p m d pi-ogrç eh*e do not çxiç and .~acçmçn by officiçi that
were never made.

A sampling from thia article alone includes:

The post-election ~eetinghe deacribee between the Becratary

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-1 Defense and the Joint Chiefs of staff did not happen.
The only civilians in the chiin-of-cwiiMd are the President
and the seorscary of mfense, device m. wezsh.a cafidemt aaaertion that the chain of
ccnwand now includes t w o Department policy officials. Hie AHnertion iB Outrageous, and
con~titutionallyepeciws.
ArxanqeflentB Mr. Herah alleges between Under Secretary
~ouglasm i t h m d Israel, govemnnic or nan-government, do not exist. mare, Mr. n e r ~ hifl
building on links created by the soft bigotry of some conspiracy theorists. This reflects
poorly on ~ r ~. e c a hand the new ~ o r k e r .

. ME. "crsh cannot even k e w crack of hi* own wanderina.. At

one point in his article, he makes the outlandish assertion that themilitary operations
he deacribeo are BO secret chat the operations are being kept oecree even from O.S.
military Combatant Coimnandara. Mr. Her-h later states, though, that the locus of thia
super-secret activity ia ac the 9.5.
Central co~imandheadquarters, evidently without cue knowledge of the commander if Mr.
n e r m ia t o be believed.
BY 111.- owi admisaion, Mr. m r s h evidently ia -king on an "alternative history*
novel ~e is well along in that work, given the high quality of 'alternative present1'
that he has developed in several recent arti-cles.
ir. ~exsh'spreference for aingle, anonyous, unofficial sources for his moat
fantastic cl'lms makes it difficult to parse his discussion of Defense Depai-caenc
operation..
Finally, the viewa and policies W . HerBh ascribe# to Secretary mmmleld,
Deputy secretary Wolfowit=, Under Secretary with. and other Department of Defense
ifficiale do not reflect their public or private conoenca or adminiaeration policy.
(link to the Jan. 17, 2005 release
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SuJ3:ect: m : ~ e wIdeas for M i l i t a r y ftiulyet coverage - Iraq trip

BACKGROUND:
One of t h e moat i n t a r e s t i n g things coming f m t h i a t r i o t o Iraq with the media
a n a l y s t s was learning how their iobà have been undergoing a inetamorphosl~. There are
1 seaaona behind che nioeph ... with an all voluntary m i l i t a r y , no one i n the media
has current m i l i t a r y background. Additionally, we have been doing a good job of kçepin
the.- guys informed SO t h a t they have t h e ready anewers when t h e network ceniç c a l l i n g .
CURREKT ISSUES:
The key -sue here i à t h a t more and more, media analyst. are having a g r e a t e r impact
01t h e t e l e v i s i o n media network coverage of m i l i u r y i ~ u e a . They have now become t h e go-
t o guya not only on breaking a c o r y , but they influence cha viewe on iaçuç Thw  ¥ l a
have a huge amount of influence on w h a t atorie, t h e network decide# t o cover pcoacelvely
with regard* t o m i l i t a r y .
In media opm, I have been w i n g t h a more frequently t o g e t our s i d e of the *tory a t
with media aenaitive dçparcmenc much an USDI, which i s t y p i c a l l y hard t 0 penetrate with
traditionally media, but chat we have found t o be receptive co t a l k i n g to t h e analyam
such aa Ken Robinson.

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Below LA a a u m r y o t t h e inert r e c à § nmilicçr a d y a t w d i à i t e m tMfc appexred as ft

r e s u l t of die t r i p to Iraq. we w i l l diacribuce another report e a r l y next week on
forthcoming i n m m .
Attached plea" f i n d th f i t t e d media e x n r p t s and l i n k x .

HIGHLIGHTSi
Paul Vallely appeared m Pox on January 13th. on DaySide with Linda VeSter ( t a l k *hWl.
d i i s i n g hi, recant t r i p t o r r a q . HB w e mxermnely upbaat and .poke about the upcoming
l e i i n Iraq i n positive terms, saying they w i l l ahaolufly happen aà scheduled. H e
a i d he'a very comfortable with t h e e l e c t i o n situation, and t h a t voter turnout w i l l m o s t
l i k e l y be better than expfcfd A p o s ~ i b l oissue could be v o t e r r e g r t n c i o n i n certain
provinces, due to s e c u r i t y t h r e a t * from maurgema.
H e a l s o noted that:

. he ax-Iaea are "doing a g r e a t job" i n 1r.q

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l l u j a h is probably now t h e s a f e a t c i t y i n m a q r i g h t now. as c i t i z à § n ar. coming
back i n t o neighborhoods, g e t t i n g I D cards, cuppliet. etc.
i r a q i a are now very a c t i v e i n helping t h e i r pçople and f i n a l l y taking t h e
i t v e , which they haven't been a b l e t o do up u n t i l t h i s point
Paul Vall.1~ appeared On FOX New Live On J - u W 14th. i n Which he noted: t b e P S i t i V e
morale of t h e m i l i f r y i n Iraq, t h a Narineà no à key force i n Iraq, and extremely t i g h t ,
organized s e c u r i t y measures t o r the upcoming e l e c t i o n s . A mummary of thin appearance vaa
a v a i l a b l e on a FOX ~ews-focusedblog, but. the FOX t r a n s c r i p t i e not yet a v a i l a b l e .

I n military analyst b r o ~ d c a . ~appaarancea focusing on subject* o t h e r than Iraq:

.. Paul Vallely appaarxd On Fox'. Hannity 6 Colnre on January l l t h , diçcuç~i t h e

s i t u a t i o n i n Indonesia, and t e n s i o n about U.S. foreign a i d
John Garrett appealed on FOX on January 12th to dieeuae U.S. m i l i t a r y death benefit8
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Analysis from Bill Cowan WÇ included in a Pox Neva report from January 14th about
Friday's CIB report on new terrorist threats ["Mapping the Global Future")
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 "Hannv h a ' r Turns Out To BeNot That H aw
NewsHounds.us - bloc - January 14
On FNL today (1/E4), one interview stoodout among the usual crop of likely suspects:
Rick Folbaum (who substitutes for David Asman onFridays) interviewed Paul Vallely,
Fox News military analyst, who had recently returned from a trip to Iraq. The topic was
'"Happy Iraq" - - & t o listen to Vallely. you'd think the US militan' had learned nothing in
Vietnam.
. T h e interview was long OB hyperbole, short on actual fads. Vallely claimed there's
"more successes than failures" & offered as an example of "success" that the "Marines
have made Fallujah the safest city in Iraq" because "we took out the bad guys..."He
added "We're defeating the enemy every time we can find them ..." Folbaum acted
enthusiastic about how "We are so proud" of what the US military is doing in Iraq &.
asked Vallelv what he thnnnht we should bemost m i i d of. Vallelv said he is "most
proudof the'kmorale" & oftheir "very, very positiveattitude" in the face ofUisolated
incidents like the attacks today? Folb- asked if there were any surprises while Valkly
was there. Vallely replied that he was surprised by "how well organized they are for this
election." Vallely added that there will he "extraordinary security" for tho upcoming
election & he expects everything to go pretty smoothly "except up in Anbar province."
He also admitted that the "amount offoreimers [is] greater than we thought ..."
. Vallely has been mentioned often on this website because of his frequent appearanceson
FNC. where he is always very gung-ho & rah-rah. Today was no exception.

Fox News Channel 1/14/21MI! 10:17:23 AM

Well, joining us now with some insight, Lieutenant Colonel Bill Cowan who actually just
returned from Iraq last week and live in Iraa "Newsweek" magazine's Baehdad bureau
e of you. colonel Cowan, giveus your t
chief. ~ e n t l e m e ~ w e l c o mboth akeon this news
that Iraq may be the new terrorist training ground. Any fundamentalist out there who
wants to be part oftheir future needs to be in Iraq to start honing up his skills to find out
how to fight western. U S or coalition forces.

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We have aquestion from a viewer by emaii. He says whal more can be done to get more
Iraais to come forward to helo the U.S. soldiers deliver aninmint and decisive blow to

battalions each month -~1 saw man"

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out then , National
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the scciirny work for the convoys over there 1w* inem an downtown Fallujah. we're
tryingto put the best Iraq) face out hem. and thats what we need to do, so the Iraqisare
ver. active, they're very activc in the paling siauoni, in gettong those set up ihrou@hout
thecountry for the election So theyre takinglhc miuatwe final!>. And they haven't been
able to 00 that l k y otdnl mow what taking the inmaiive was under Saddam Hussein
N o w they're findins out as ue norit with hem, they're takingthe inmilive for prqects
and nelping their own people and this ~ S L S wonderful
I n w s Linda: from the troops >ou
were able to talk to, when you're out and about the -- Syria, Iran, a bigger problem and
what we hear Baathlsts in Syria still funding the insurgency, some of the fighters n'ghl
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after they kill them I mean, they were being killed, they were found with cash on them.
That's right. As they found the insurgents in Fallujah. many of them had $200 to 5300 in
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American money, cash,which means they had just got paid, so this is all being Linda:
didnt get paid by Joe's construction company. That'sexactly right. Didn't get work -
paid from work in Fallujah, from outside sources paying them, so the situation with Syria
is very bad, and we need to really take some action over there in some ways because
they're Aiding the fires there. Linda- but bottom line, you were comfortable with the vote
going offJanuary 307 Very comfortable. I ihink it may be belter than we think bui there
will be problems up in that area only because of registration. Linda: wow, thank you for
coming here on zero sleep and welcome back home.

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That's half, so the numbers are looking good and this wasdone by an independent poll.
Linda:this is even thouch the A1 Anbarmovince is the real challence un there because
they haven't been able to go out and register them because of the threatid the insurgents
that are out there to terrorize them Linda: what do vou
, do about it? Well. to continue
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that were &mu Wc nad peat mfflings with the first cavalry division and the Marines
up in Fallujah. They re dome so many things, bm it's security,it's ending the bad guys
Were finding there's more foreignersno- than we thought that have come across [he
borders,so they're woricing it and doing a greatjob but wSiat they're doing for the people
we can talk about. Just wonderful what we're doing for the people of Fallujah right now.
Linda: yeah, I was surprised that you saw in Fallujah that it's so safe. 1 mean, that was
always considered the worst. We know what happened 10 American contractors when
they rolled in there and its now really that safe? In 60 days, it's the safest city they say in
Iraq right now. The marines control it. Now the citizens are startingto come back into the
neighborhoods, they're being given identification cards, which they really like, by the
way. It gives them some status.Linda: really? Yeah. They come through. get identified,
they come to the next tent, they get a big box of food, water, and some other staples, and
then they move out and they're open from 8'00 to 5 every day so more and more arc
coming back in, and it'sjusi -- 1 can't say enough about the marines up there doing a great
job, the men and women. It's just fantastic. [Applause] Linda: I'm going to tell you, it's
by pure accident we happen to have two marines in our audience and I just want you to
know, he wasn't pitching that for you. That'swhat he really saw. Those are pictures of
General VaJlely during the trip. We have a question from a viewer by email. He says
what more can be done to get more Iraqistocome forward to help the us. soldiers deliver
a pinpoint and decisive blow to the insurgency?...

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Local Forces & US Troops in Iraq:
Turning over Responsibilities
Presentation to Security and Stability Operations
(SASO) Conference on 17-18 Dec 2003
fci Preparing for SASO at infantry level
Honored to be invited to this conference
We were in Iraq together until Sept, now you are going
back - 70% have been there before
We know the fighting & terrain but new locale
Old missions still apply - provide stability & root out the
fedayeen
New mission - work with the Iraqis so they can take over,
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* especially the new CDC
I worked with CAP Lima-One over its 485 days, and was
throughout Vn in '66,'67, '68, '69 in pacification and as
Ass't Sec'y of Defense for Int'l Sec'y oversaw several ,
counter insmgent efforts in the '80s I

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So what can we learn by looking at past efforts?
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 The Challenge
Iraq sharply divides the political parties and the
American public
Not in our national interest to have US in drawn-
out, politically divisive combat like in Vn
Iraqis must take responsibility for own internal
security in a pluralistic, democratic nation
.- How do you, as US infantry, help them, instead
of doing the job for them?
 Iraq Security Basics
-24 million
, 60%Shiite, 15% Kurd, 20-25%Sunni problem
No enemy tactics as organized as a rifle squad
Four sources of hostility
+ 1 former regime loyalists fedayeen main problem
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2 terrorists from outside

3 anger against actions of US forces
4 Sunni sullenness fomented by satellite TV

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 Current Iraqification Plan
By April, 36 Civil Defense Corps bns of 1,000 men trained
at small unit level ($3,000 per man per year)
11,000 police ($13,000 per man per year)
By July, 16 regular Iraqi battalions ($50,000 per man per
year) (40,000 men)

I THE ABOVE USES ALL OF THE A VAZLABLE US.MONEY

- Problem 1. Longer-term sustainability if US funds decline

2. Variability in cost per man
3. Trooplpolice density thin on the ground

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Merits of a written Msn & GONOPS
- - Example: your msns of in descending order o f
importance might be to:
1) provide a security umbrella, 2) secure LOCs 3) attrite
enemy, and4) train up Iraqis to replace the US troops
OR, 1) provide a security umbrella 2)train Iraqis OJT, 3)
secure LOCs and 4) attrite enemy
- Note the above priorities are quite different
- So writing down a clear Msn, Intent & CONOPS enables
everyone to understand where headed & why
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! What is the worst case?
Disdain of the Iraqis or the Mission
, Excerpt from recent The New York Times, (Nov 03):
In ----, US Army plans to pull out and leave the security to
the local sheik and his police.
"It'll never work," Specialist -said. "When the shooting -

starts, the Iraqis start running. The only guys I trust are in
my own platoon."
The reason US troops are in Iraq is to buy timefor the
Iraqis to organize their own security. You must help
them. The troops will reflect your attitude.
 This is a war about confidence
Poor firepower & tactics on both sides
Fedayeen rely on IEDs, intimidation and encouragement of
local Sunni resentments
Satellite TV magnifies problemslfears of Sunnis,
encourages resisters, and feeds them back success
In Sunni area, doubtful US can win hearts and minds and
thus stop the violence
(Mafia neighborhood hearts and minds never won)
Sunni area needs tough, fair Iraqi security forces who
know they are going to win, + future economic promise
and local federal rule + severe public punishment of
fedayeen who kill
 a
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Precedent: Vietnam from 1968 vs 69
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After TET '68, war portrayed in US as lost
I Then Gen Abrams took over, changed strategy &
I ordered 120 US teams to train 90,000 militia in a year
I US squads combined with RFRF in 100 villages in the
toughest area up north
US pulled out in '70; internal security then excellent
(Five years later, after the US cut off air support and
most supplies, S. Vietnam did fall - due to 18 NVA
divisions supplied by Russia and China, not due to
internal insurgency.)
li How did Vn situation turn in year?
1 there was in place a Vn gov't and security
structure
2 50% change in local leaders
3 district fusion centers, US and Vn
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4 a decent quantitative evaluation system
5 US quickly trained militia to a basic degree of
competence (squad level)
 Combined units in Iraq: Why?
Need a mission and metrics for US withdrawal (or for a pull back
to cantonments)
Combined units are the intermediary step necessary for a logical US
withdrawal. The fewer the combined units, the longer US forces
remain on the front lines.
But without a mission statement and measurable commander's
intent, we could be in combined units for a decade
Why? Because without a means of measuring how much we
Americans are training the Iraqis to do the job, we will continue to
do the job for them
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o Without a clear CONOPS, most 'can-do' US units will do the job
themselves, year after year.
3 EXAMPLE A. OF A MSN STMT & INTENT

"Our primary mission is to work with the armed

forces of the GO1 - police, civil defense, facilities
protection, border and military - to enhance training
and instill a winning spirit. The front line patrols
within six months should be done by the Iraqi police
and civil defense, with the US in much more of a
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support role. My intent is that USforces work
themselves out of a job byfocusing on the training of
the Iraqis, especially by joint operations, on-the-job
training and constant encouragement. Most of our
ops andpatrols, mounted or foot, will be with
1 Iraqis. "
 EXAMPLE B. of Msn & Intent
"Our primary mission is to break the enemy's will to
resist. The front line patrols will be done by us, with
the Iraqi police and civil defense in a support role.
My intent is that USforces willplace unremitting
pressure on any who seek to resist and will control
all major LOG. Most of our ops andpatrols,
mounted or foot, will be unilateral, with careful
protection of our forces. I f attacked, we will respond
with overwhelmingforce, while respectful of the
safety of the Iraqi people. "
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! What are the in CONOPS?
primary Ops are:
1 local defensive foot and mounted ptls (US only)
2 raid & search teams (include Iraqis as joint)
3 foot patrols to sweep LOCs (joint)
4 foot patrols in town for presence (joint)
5 mounted LOCs to protect convoys (US only)
6 reaction force (probably US only due to immediacy)
7 friendly activities with locals (joint)
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8 crowdlmob control (joint, with US providing the discipline)
9 Iraqi only - subtly observe them & constantly encourage
i A clear CONOPS needs metrics
Metrics are basic to internal security: E.G., a US police officer works
200 8-hour days
A metric for a battalion might be inputs like, "conduct 25% off duty,
25% fixed defense & stand-by, 20% mounted patrols, 20%

- dismounted and 10%joint with Iraqis"

Or it might be goal oriented: "It is my intent there be throughout this
A 0 within six months we will establish a degree of security such that
three or four Iraqi troops will not hesitate to walk or drive
anywhere."
Metrics enable the staff to point out inconsistencies between intent
and resources or measure of effort
The Hamlet Evaluation System worked in Vn; it showed trends
^ Without measures, every US unit will do its
best to train Iraqis, & go in different ways
One battalion may assign 30 MPs to training, another a
fulltime platoon, while a third conducts a combined raid
each week
None has a plan or an end point for handing off mission
responsibility to the Iraqis
Each of the three hypothetical bns above is doing its best,
while none is allocating 10% of its effort.
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In Vn, MAF in I Corps assigned 100 of 700 rifle squads
to the combined mission. MAP had one US division
fighting NVA along DMZ, so was putting 28% of forces
available for internal security into genuine combined ops.
Why should we measure how much time
we spend training or working alongside
Iraqis?
Because in Vn we worked ourselves out of the internal securityjob
in a year.
Gen Abrams put the Americans behind the Vn militia & fielded
90,000 in one year
Because 40,000 Iraqi army cost $50K each; 70,000 police cost
$13K, & 40,000 militia cost $3K. The militia need us.
We must measure what we're doing; firefights in Iraq are too
episodic to be a measure.
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Time - the allocation of our squads or platoons is a measure
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Set goals to achieve by your
turnover time
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Goal should be something like every CDC squad

conducts at least two patrols w/US per week
Examples of the goal achieved by turnover time: !

I Four-man Iraqi foot patrols go anywhere wlo US

I . Three-vehicle Iraqi patrols drive anywhere w/o
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 When to withdraw?

1 Those on the ground will know when it is time

Violence will continue after coalition troops pull
back
E.G., rate in Rio today is 70 homicides per
,. 100,000 = 17,000 killed in a year in Iraq!
Must build substantial Iraqi force density before
coalition forces can all leave
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Personnel Selection & Command

- in Vn, PFs were local hire; district chief had final

say
Police in villages were in different chain of cmd
To protect their families, PFs and police often
stationed not in their own villages
(huge issue for Iraq, given depth of tribal roots)
Tunisia & El Salvador (pink teams) stationed at
province level, like PRUs in Vn, not at local level
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n You must advocate to equip & pay the CDC

CDC has no high-level civilian guardian
CDC needs GPS, radios, technicals, NVG
GPS to immediately report location& to grid area
grid map system in towns at 1:5,000
Iraq is vehicular; CDC needs 30 pick-ups per bn from Japan fund;
mod in-country w/MG as a 'technical'
You should bring some CDC on practically all your patrols; that
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requires technicals for day transport and NVGs at night
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Iraq, based on prior wars
Never flinch in firefight or confrontation: you're THE MAN
Convey that confident attitude to the CDC
Always be aggressive. No matter the carnage, do something to show
you are still the hunter.
Keep putting the Iraqis out in front & get them local PR
They will believe it's your gear, not you. This is a tough one. You
have to show it's not the gear, yet get them what they need:
marksmanship, NVGs, GPS, radios & technicals.
Encourage them as your equals.
 Language & Culture
Language : skill in CAP school not achieved
Pidgin "4-months'' language result: English overwhelms in
country, due to indigenous incentive for a better life
No CAP spoke good Vietnamese; no CAP unable to talk
IADs & code words best in English; have NATO code book
Employ dual-language Combat Decision Range to teach
IADs
30 Iraqi-Americans bring language/culture for 30 platoons!
Cultural training: ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL
Basic teaching point: "They is us."
Stress: you will never have this opportunity again
 Immediate Action Drills
Use a dual-language CD to practice the critical scenarios
requiring predictable Iraqi response
Examples include:
1 Sniper in a crowd
2 RPG/small arms ambush vs mounted patrol
3 IED explodes on LOC
4 Crowd in angry demonstration
5 Crowd turning mean
6 Employing base of fire and maneuver
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Districtkown 'fusion' centers are essential to gather & coordinate info
& planned ops from US troops, OGA, Iraqi army, police, CDC,
Although txrf trumps war unification, try to appoint best Iraqi as
fusion cntr chief regardless of his ministry
Don't get too worried about OPSEC penetration; assume a spy &
compartment; OGA can brief on how to do this
hard for opponents to hide in plain sight without ceasing to resist;
fusion increases their visibility
Publicize success; key to this war is public confidence that the
outcome is inevitable
 Summary:Working with local
forces: why is it so important?
Because they can replace you
CDC is the intermediate step between the army and police
Most of the threat does not require army tactics above a
squad, but it does require that the Iraqi police have a larger
presence with them, not trained in p l i c e work, but there
in numbers, and not afraid
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7 View them like the National Guard
Iraq is in a crisis which requires all the Guard to be on the
streets
This is a war about confidence in the future