CSBA: U.S. Homeland Could Become Battleground In New War With Iraq

By John Liang / September 17, 2002 at 5:00 AM
The U.S. homeland has a greater chance than it did during the 1991 Persian Gulf War of becoming a battleground if the United States goes to war to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, a new independent analysis warns. "While there is much uncertainty over the state of Iraq's offensive capabilities, there is sufficient information to suggest potential threats to American soil," a Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments analysis released today states. In the 1991 Gulf War, administration officials used...

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