yak - poignant one, you'll understand., page-23

desperate throes of seppos and jews General Wesley Clark, the front-runner in the Democratic race for the White House, in a book due for publication later this month, Gen Clark will accuse the Bush administration of having a five year plan to attack seven nations across the Muslim world, a British daily reported on Saturday.

General Wesley Clark, launched a high-risk attack on American foreign policy yesterday when he said the Bush administration should face an investigation into possible criminal conduct in its drive to war.

Gen Clark, who as Nato supreme commander led the war in Kosovo, accused the Bush administration of entering office already determined to attack Iraq, then seizing on the September 11 attacks as justification. He called for an independent review of what he called the possible manipulation of intelligence to convince the American people that war with Iraq was necessary.


Bush should face an inquiry over Iraq war, says general
Daily Telegraph -04/10/2003

...In Winning Modern Wars, Gen Clark records a conversation with a "senior military staff officer" he met at the Pentagon in November 2001, at the height of the Afghan campaign.

America was headed next for war with Iraq, Gen Clark says the unnamed officer told him.

"But there was more. This was being discussed as part of a five-year campaign plan, he said, and there were a total of seven countries, beginning with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Somalia, and Sudan. So, I thought, this is what they mean when they talk about 'draining the swamp'," Gen Clark writes.

He has argued that America is wrongly ignoring Saudi Arabia and Pakistan as terrorist sponsors and called for the war on al-Qa'eda to be pursued through United Nations resolutions and an international tribunal for prosecuting terrorists.


Page 130: A revelation
MSNBC -Oct. 1

...As I went back through the Pentagon in November 2001, one of the senior military staff officers had time for a chat. Yes, we were still on track for going against Iraq, he said. But there was more. This was being discussed as part of a five-year campaign plan, he said, and there were a total of seven countries, beginning with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Somalia, and Sudan. … He said it with reproach — with disbelief, almost — at the breadth of the vision. I moved the conversation away, for this was not something I wanted to hear. And it was not something I wanted to see moving forward, either.


Another attack plan was revealed in January 2003, attacking also Non-Muslim countries
SF Gate -March 9, 2002

"...a classified Pentagon report..., which was provided to Congress Jan. 8, says the Pentagon needs to be prepared to use nuclear weapons against China, Russia, Iraq, North Korea, Syria, Iran and Libya.


Israel Bombs Alleged Terror Base in Syria
(AP - Sun, Oct 05, 2003) - Israeli warplanes bombed Syria on Sunday, striking what the military called an Islamic Jihad training base in retaliation for a suicide bombing at a Haifa restaurant.