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Early 2003 in Baghdad: A couple of weeks before the fall of Saddam, members of his regime had been planning for the “day after”. They knew they would be unable to hold out against the U.S. super power. They also knew that they could make a coalition-led occupation very difficult. Just days before his fall, Saddam sent his sons to collect one billion US Dollars from the Iraqi National Bank. Although there had been no detailed plan, the money was ready and waiting. The basic concept of resistance had been mapped out. It came into effect when US troops arrived at the Palestine Hotel, at “Hour Zero” in Baghdad…