Post-war unrest in Iraq blamed on hurried, inadequate planning
The classified report on lessons learned in the war says US commanders were so busy preparing to defeat Iraq’s military and directing the fight that they were given too little time to properly prepare for “Phase IV” peace, according to the officials.
It also flays planning for so-far fruitless efforts to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The threat from such chemical and biological weapons was cited by US President George W Bush and the Pentagon as a major reason for the invasion.
