-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! U.S. Not Planning D-Day Invasion on Terrorism By Charles Aldinger WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will not launch a massive D-Day invasion to win the war on terrorism, but is preparing for a long, deadly fight following the Sept. 11 attack on America, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Tuesday. As U.S. forces intensified a major buildup within striking range of Afghanistan (news - web sites), Rumsfeld said the war would not open with an invasion like the 1944 allied attack on France that sparked the fall of Nazi Germany in World War Two. ``There is not going to be a D-Day, as such, and I'm sure there will not be a signing ceremony on the (battleship) Missouri'' such as the surrender of the Japanese in the Pacific that ended the war, he told a Pentagon (news - web sites) news conference. ``It will not be an antiseptic war, I regret to say. It will be difficult. It will be dangerous. And ... the likelihood is that more people may be lost.'' The Sept. 11 hijacked plane attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington have prompted the biggest U.S. mobilization since the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites), with heavy bombers, warships and elite Special Operations troops moved to the Gulf, Central Asia and Indian Ocean region near Afghanistan. The military buildup code named ``Operation Enduring Freedom'' is in apparent preparation for an anticipated strike on Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, who have refused to hand over fugitive militant leader Osama bin Laden (news - web sites), the prime suspect in the attacks that have left nearly 7,000 dead or missing. 'MASSIVE INVASION' NOT THE ANSWER Rumsfeld, responding to questions from reporters, cautioned against expecting a major invasion in President Bush (news - web sites)'s newly declared war against terrorism. ``It is by its very nature something that cannot be dealt with by some sort of massive attack or invasion,'' he said. ``The truth is (that) this is not about revenge. It's not about retaliation. This is about self defense. The United States of America knows that the only way we can defend against terrorism is by taking the fight to the terrorists,'' he added. ``And they do not sit in a big country with big buildings and big armies and big navies and big air forces. They live in shadows. They're all across the globe. They're in dozens and dozens and dozens of countries. And they're getting help from an awful lot of people who ought not to be helping them.'' The code name of the U.S. military buildup was changed to ''Operation Enduring Freedom'' after the initial name, ``Operation Infinite Justice,'' ran into objections from some Islamic scholars on grounds that only God, or Allah, could mete out infinite justice in their view. With a possible U.S. attack on Afghanistan drawing closer, the Pentagon said on Tuesday that the military had been authorized to prevent thousands of key troops from retiring or otherwise leaving the service. Rumsfeld authorized a ``stop loss'' order under which the services can keep troops on duty if necessary, even if they were scheduled to retire. MILITARY RETIREMENTS ON HOLD The move will temporarily affect thousands of members of the 1.4 million-strong military in areas ranging from aircraft and warship crews to air traffic control and intelligence for Washington's declared ``war on terrorism.'' The Air Force announced on Monday that it was preventing any member from retiring or otherwise leaving for at least 30 days. Those already approved to depart this month were exempted, as were people retiring because of disability. The Navy quickly said that said it planned a limited stop loss affecting approximately 10,500 personnel in 11 critical specialties. The Marine Corp planned to complete such a plan later in the week, but the Army said it had no immediate plan to implement such an order. In addition to the buildup, Rumsfeld has called more than 10,000 members of the part-time military reserve and National Guard to active duty under authorization from President Bush to activate as many as 50,000 troops. Most of those called to date would serve in increased ''homeland defense'' efforts to protect American skies and ports. But others have joined the buildup, including forming an ``air bridge'' of big refueling jets used to aid the movement of heavy bombers and other warplanes toward the region near Afghanistan. In a major crackdown on security, defense officials have put a tight lid of security on information about the deployment of forces, including exactly how many aircraft and elite Special Operations troops are being moved. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. 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