Operation Desert Badger

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Operation Desert Badger was a US plan for response if a pilot was shot down while patrolling the Iraqi no-fly zones. It was designed to disrupt the Iraqis ability to capture the pilot by attacking Saddam's command and control centres in downtown Baghdad. It included an escalating attack if a U.S. pilot were captured. This attack, would allow for the President of the United States to order a small attack within 4 hours- either with U.S. aircraft or some 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles from Navy ships in the Persian Gulf.

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• http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0403/31/ltm.03.html