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Article: Secret weapon in US war against Iraq: the CIA; Intelligence works in unprecedented concert with Pentagon in both Iraq and Afghanistan.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- March 25, 2003
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Byline: Faye Bowers Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON -- Less than one week into the US-led war in Iraq, it is already clear that the campaign involves an unprecedented level of involvement by the CIA.
The shift was clear from the get-go.
President Bush launched the campaign's first airstrikes ahead of schedule after Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet, in a now-famous rush to the Pentagon and White House, alerted the president about a fortified bunker where Saddam Hussein and two of his sons were believed to be sleeping.
The results of the airstrikes are still not fully known. But one thing is certain: ...