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gWESMAhyRNAL THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2002 mm StatesmanJournal.com 5A Attack Iraq could be sodden Cetera Cis enenwefl Guard A surprise attack on Iraq might give the United States a strategic advantage. Getting enough troops and equipment into position is one challenge the military would face. If Bush plans a military rather than the six months he had before the 1991 Gulf War. It also might eliminate America's need to rely on bases in neighboring countries whose governments say they want the U.S. to leave Iraq alone.

A risk is that Saddam still would have time to launch missiles perhaps carrying poison gas or anthrax toward U.S. troops in Kuwait or civilians in Israel, say military experts eyeing the options if President Bush decides to take on Iraq. Such a surprise attack also might fall short of the main goal of toppling Saddam, requiring a backup plan involving thousands more American troops. For now, Bush seems focused on covert action: He signed an order earlier this year directing the CIA to increase support to Iraqi opposition groups and allowing possible use of CIA and Special Forces teams against Saddam. Bush also recently unveiled a new policy allowing preemptive action against enemies who have weapons of mass destruction.

If covert attempts fail, many expect Bush to try military action and perhaps look for an element of surprise. "We could have a situation where on Monday, it first looks like there will be a war, on Friday troops are in Kuwait and by (the next) Thursday they're in Baghdad," defense analyst John Pike said. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Wednesday that Bush has indicated that he's made no decisions on Iraq. "The president is, of course, consulting with nations around the world about all of America's plans in the war against terrorism," Fleischer said. Many U.S.

officials and lawmakers think the 200,000 or more soldiers needed to topple Saddam would require months to move to the region. 200 mi 200 km Iraqi Military TROOPS IRAN "1 Active 429,000 Reserve 650,000 An attack would likely tap I. SYHIA IRAU en ruvi trnc. nr mA aghdacP' inducing tnose stationecK VEHICLES Tanks 2,200 i Armored 4,400 Bahrain, Kuwait Oman, xi uaiar ana omer 'JORbAN xyvvvvsurrounding countries. AIRCRAFT Fixed wing 350 Rotary' 500 SOURCES: Department of Defense; Center tor Defense Information; Encyclopaedia Bntannica; ESRI The Associated Press i is SAUDI ARABIA BAHRAIN A i vi 2 E3 Majority Kurdish n.T.vn a chips 1 Bg No-fly Zonee QMAN strike, there may be little notice for Saddam.

BY SALLY BUZBEE The Associated Press WASHINGTON The United States is capable of launching a rapid attack on Iraq by marshaling 50,000 troops at the Kuwaiti border in roughly a week, airlifting them in and bringing their tanks and heavy equipment on ships through the Strait of Hormuz. That would give Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein just a few days' notice, fill Fsffi 13 IWot ilsftl IV CsTS til fifcl il 1 1 Ti ffiiia ft VirJi V--- 7-' IfcVV V- w' w- r'm'V'V urn 1IU i IIJIU1 iterate 4 4 Justice takes on police beating Ashcroft sends an aide to investigate the videotaped incident. BY ERIC LICHTBLAU," MITCHELL LANDSBERG AND BETH SHUSTER Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft dis- Imtched his top civil rights awyer to Southern California on Wednesday to help investigate the videotaped police beating of a 16-year-old boy in nearby Inglewood, as local prosecutors began bringing witnesses before a grand jury. The officer pictured on the tape, Jeremy Morse, has been the subject of repeated complaints to the Inglewood Police Department, records show, and now faces the possibility of assault charges in the alleged attack on Donovan Jackson.

He also was named, along with the city of Inglewood, Los Angeles County and five other law enforcement officers, in a lawsuit filed Wednesday by Jackson's family. In a report written Saturday night, apparently before police became aware of the existence of a Morse acknowledged punching Jackson, authorities said. He claimed to have done so only after the handcuffed boy grabbed his testicles. The report does not contain any reference to Morse picking up the boy and slamming him face first on the trunk of a police cruiser, the act that is most prominent in the videotape. It is not clear whether Morse said the boy grabbed him before or after that point.

Morse's lawyer, John Barnett of Orange, criticized officials for what he called their "rush to judgment based on a video. Public figures are already declaring the officer guilty before finding out what happened." Barnett won the 1992 state court acquittal of Los Angeles Police Department Officer Theodore Briseno in the Rodney King beating. Morse, 24, was relieved of duty Monday after the videotape, taken by a man who was staying in a motel across the street from where the incident occurred, began airing publicly. Authorities say Morse and three other Inglewood police officers had arrived at a gas station where Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department deputies were tussling with the boy. The deputies said they had been questioning Jackson's father about expired tags on his car's license plates when they became involved in a confrontation with the son, who was failing to obey their orders.

Family members say Jackson has a mental impairment that causes him to react slowly to commands. The national profile of the case was lifted still higher when Ashcroft expressed concern and announced that he was taking the unusual step of sending Ralph Boyd, the head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, to take a direct role in the case. The attorney general had called Inglewood Mayor Roosevelt Dorn on Wednesday morning to offer his support in defusing racial tensions. Jackson is black, Morse is white and some community activists have charged that the case is an example of racial profiling. "The role of law enforcement officers in our society is to protect and serve the American people," Ashcroft said in a written statement.

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