U.S. Central Command OPLAN 1003-98
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OPLAN 1003–98 was the United States military's pre-2002 contingency plan in event of a war with Iraq
. It originally called for 500,000 troops for the invasion and control of Iraq.
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. It originally called for 500,000 troops for the invasion and control of Iraq.
Sources
- http://www.commondreams.org/views02/1110-06.htm
- http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB207/index.htm
- http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19197