Meanwhile: Spy agencies forsaw Iraq resistance
Spy agencies forsaw Iraq resistance
Intelligence concerns proved broadly accurate
By Walter Pincus
THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 — U.S. intelligence agencies warned Bush administration policymakers before the war in Iraq that there would be significant armed opposition to a U.S.-led occupation, according to administration and congressional sources familiar with the reports. Although general in nature, the sources said, the intelligence agencies’ concerns about the degree of resistance U.S. forces would encounter have proved broadly accurate in the months since the ouster of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his inner circle.
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