[Population of Baghdad: 4 million people]
US battle plan 'shock and awe' 27.01.2003 -
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storyprint.cfm?storyID=3098038
WASHINGTON - A US war plan calls for the launch in March of 300 to 400 cruise missiles a day at the start of a war on Iraq, more than were fired during the entire first Gulf War, according to a weekend television report.
US officials have predicted for months that an attack on Iraq would be swift, massive and designed to catch Baghdad by surprise...
"Iraq Faces Massive U.S. Missile Barrage" http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/24/eveningnews/main537928.shtml
>"There will not be a safe place in Baghdad," said one Pentagon official who has been briefed on the plan.
"US plans to start war with missile barrage on Baghdad: daily" http://www.irna.com/en/head/030125181035.ehe.shtml
>International military analysts have repeatedly warned that any
American attempt to conquer Baghdad would result in heavy Iraqi
civilian losses.
__ 'In the face of this approaching disaster, it behooves men and women not yet overcome by war madness to raise their voice of protest, to call the attention of the people to the crime and outrage which are about to be perpetrated on them' -Emma Goldman