Intelligence report from 1997 predicted Saddam gone by 2010

Just reading on BBC News about the new NCI US global trends report however this nugget of information of the 1997 report, intrigued me.


I havent been able to look at the report yet but my understanding was that Saddam was pretty much in complete control of Iraq so it seems a bit of a weird prediction to make. Anyone able to make sense out of it?

news.bbc.co.uk...

[edit on 21-11-2008 by detective_gray]

[edit on 21-11-2008 by detective_gray]

Thanks thats actually sorta cool and yet so very wierd...



For some reason this stuck out the most. "hear less about democracy", now thats interesting.

Thanks for Posting..