CIA • 2002
IRAQ: POTENTIAL OF A COUP DURING COALITION ATTACKS
Approved for Release: 2018/05/17 C06746044 7 -'srettrgi JIIeJIIiJie,ce(Ci1iwi,flui' larieff r, (b)(3) Iraq: Potential of a Coup During Coalition Attacks Kints (b)(3)ey Po If a US4ed Coalition attacked Iraq, the chances for a coup to topple Saddam Hussein would increase as Coalition ground forces closed in on Baghdad and as Sad- dam's system of command arid control broke down. An air campaign alone probably would be insufficient to provoke a coup. The largely Sunni military officer corps most lik...
U
Declassified
Timeline
- Created
- Dec 28, 2022
- Released
- May 25, 2018
- Publication
- Oct 7, 2002
- Case number
- F-2016-01399
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Metadata
Document #
06746044
Case #
F-2016-01399
Document Type
FOIA
Collection
FOIA Collection
Release Decision
RIPPUB
Original Classification
U
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Pages
6 pages
File Size
465.94 KB