Documents Show 'Serious' Gaps In Post-War Plans

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Documents Show 'Serious' Gaps In Post-War Plans

WASHINGTON -- According to newly declassified documents, the State Department warned U.S. Central Command before the invasion of Iraq of "serious planning gaps" for postwar security.

In a memo dated one month before the beginning of the Iraq war, State Department officials also wrote that "a failure to address short-term public security and humanitarian assistance concerns could result in serious human rights abuses."

The memo suggested such failures could "undermine" a successful military campaign and hurt the nation's reputation.

The documents were acquired by George Washington University's National Security Archive under the Freedom of Information Act. They were posted on the research group's Web site Wednesday and first reported by NBC News.