The war in Iraq has entered its third phase. The first – the attempted decapitating strike to take out President Saddam Hussein and the top Baath leadership – was made after the US CIA reported the probable presence of Saddam in a particular military facility in Baghdad. CIA Director, George Tenet, alerted President Bush about a fortified bunker where the Iraqi dictator and two of his sons were believed to be sleeping.Following the strike, the US mounted relatively light missile and air strikes …
