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William M. Arkin

Former member of the U.S. Army Intelligence Service, active for three years in West Berlin during the Cold War, William M. Arkin is an analyst in military issues, writer of the website The U.S. Military Online. Former report author of the Washington Post and then of Los Angeles Times.

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"Not Just A Last Resort?"

by William M. Arkin

20 May 2005

In early summer, Donald Rumsfeld
passed a top secret plan entitled «Interim Global Strike Alert Order», the purpose of which was to have the troops ready to attack any hostile countries owning mass destruction weapons. General Bruce Carlson - Commander of the 8th U.S. Air Force Division - (…)