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CIA Warned Guerilla War May Begin After Saddam Hussein Fell

HeadlineAug 11, 2003

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.”

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