EXCERPT FROM:
INFO MEMO
FOR: SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [Donald Rumsfeld]
SUBJECT: “What Did Not Happen?” (U)
(C) You asked for a list of the things for which we planned in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM that did not happen.
• Iraq descends into anarchy.
• There is widespread vigilante justice.
• Shi’a holy sites are damaged or destroyed.
• There are large numbers of internally displaced people and international refugees.
• “Fortress Baghdad” holds out indefinitely.
• There are mass Iraqi casualties.
• Another state (e.g., North Korea) takes advantage of US focus on Iraq.
DECLASSIFIED
AUTHORITY EO 12958
