Has Iraq War Begun?
Turkish Troops Seize Key Airfield In Northern Iraq by DEBKAfile 10 August 2002 America s offensive against Saddam Hussein s regime in Iraq has begun as an exercise in gradualism rather than a D-Day drama. DEBKAfile s military sources report that tens of thousands of US, British, French, Netherlands, Australian troops may take part in the campaign, openly or covertly, but not in massive waves that fling themselves telegenically on Baghdad. The fact of the matter is that American military concentrations are already unobtrusively present in northern and southern Iraq. The US campaign to oust Saddam is therefore unfolding already, albeit in salami-fashion, slice by slice, under clouds of disinformation and diversionary ruses like the latest statements by President George W. Bush (No date set yet for the offensive) and British premier Tony Blair (Plenty of time before the war begins), or the grave reservations issuing from the Russian, French and German leaders. The peasoup of deception is
