The Road to the Iraq War | 2. Terror

Slow Burn

Slate Audio

Politics, Society & Culture, History, News, Documentary

4.6 • 25.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Just hours after 9/11, American decision makers had already started thinking about attacking Iraq. When the anthrax attacks began a month later, those ideas went into overdrive. Did Iraq have anything to do with mailing anthrax letters? Did it matter? Want more Slow Burn? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately access all episodes of Slow Burn (and your other favorite Slate podcasts) completely ad-free. Plus, you’ll unlock subscriber-exclusive bonus episodes that bring you behind-the-scenes on the making of the show. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/slowburnplus to get access wherever you listen. Season 5 of Slow Burn is produced by Noreen Malone, Jayson De Leon, and Sophie Summergrad. Mixing by Merritt Jacob. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.0	Larson taught at the National War College, a school run by the U.S. Department of Defense.
1:10.2	In the early aughts, he had a reputation for creating really good war games.
1:14.5	Larson had specialized in classic scenarios where one country attacked another, but the nature of war was changing.
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1:27.0	one that would show the government what it might be like if terrorists attacked the U.S. with biological weapons.
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1:32.8	The Smallpox War Game was called Dark Winter.
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