The Boston Globe is reporting that the Bush administration largely ignored a CIA briefing in February that predicted the U.S. would face armed resistance from Iraqis following the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime. A month after the briefing was produced, Vice President Dick Cheney told NBC’s Meet the Press, “My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.”
CIA Warned Guerilla War May Begin After Saddam Hussein Fell
HeadlineAug 11, 2003