Military Predicted Rise in Guerrilla Attacks After Saddam’s Capture
BAGHDAD, Iraq _ A top-secret report prepared for the American military command in Iraq just before Saddam Hussein was caught predicted that guerrilla attacks would increase after his arrest, as more anti-Saddam Iraqis joined the resistance.
The report argued that seizing Saddam could provoke more attacks by making the insurgency more acceptable to Sunni Muslims who weren’t members of Saddam’s Baath Party elite, according to senior administration officials who’ve seen it.