Rumsfeld - Siege may help avoid urban war

Friday, March 28, 2003

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld suggested on Thursday that U.S. forces bearing down on Baghdad might lay siege to the capital and hope anti-Saddam Hussein citizens rise up against the government before American troops have to invade the city of 5 million.

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