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Postwar planning for Iraq 'ignored' 
<http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/9937387.htm>
Insiders say the White House failed to develop a realistic strategy for 
winning the peace.
In March 2003, days before the start of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, 
American war planners and intelligence officials met to review the Bush 
administration's plans to oust Saddam Hussein. Near the end of his 
presentation, an Army lieutenant colonel showed a slide describing the 
Pentagon's plans for rebuilding Iraq after the war. He was uncomfortable 
with his material - and for good reason. The slide said: "To Be Provided."