Saddam's War Strategy

March 12, 2006 By MICHAEL R. GORDONand BERNARD E. TRAINOR As American warplanes streaked overhead two weeks after the invasion began, Lt. Gen. Raad Majid al-Hamdani drove to Baghdad for a crucial meeting with Iraqi leaders. He pleaded for reinforcements to stiffen the capital's defenses and permission to blow up the Euphrates River bridge south of the city to block the American advance. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/international/middleeast/12saddam.html?ei=5065&en=5ff8718c91a409d3&ex=1142830800&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print