Planning for post-Saddam regime change began as early as October 2001
Newly declassified State Department documents show that planning for the transition in Iraq began in October 2001, according to a "Project History".
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB163/index.htm
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http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB163/index.htm
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