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US Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks enters briefing room in Doha2. SOUNDBITE (English) US Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, Central Command (Centcom) spokesman:\"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Operation 'Iraqi Freedom' continues this 8th day...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. US Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks enters briefing room in Doha\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (English) US Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, Central Command (Centcom) spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Operation 'Iraqi Freedom' continues this 8th day since coalition ground forces entered Iraq.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e3. Cutaway of Brooks addressing media\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) US Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, Central Command (Centcom) spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"During the past 24 hours we continued combat operations against regime forces. We conducted strikes against regime command and control and took major steps forward in setting the foundations for the future Iraq. In places where we encounter paramilitary forces and terrorist-like death squads we are inflicting severe blows.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Cutaway to journalists\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) US Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, Central Command spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"A total of 12 missiles have been fired - we believe them to be in the Ababil-100 or Al Samoud family and those have been launched from within Iraq toward Kuwait. We're seeing a rate of about one per day at this point and all of the threatening launches have been intercepted by Patriot missiles.   \u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of briefing room \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) US Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, Central Command spokesman: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I want to show you a recent example of an attack against an Ababil-100 on its carrier, or as we call it a 'transporter- erector-launcher'. The target was near Karbala.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e9. Video footage of carrier being hit by missile (OVERLAYING AUDIO) \"Again the missile is aboard and so you will see a further significant secondary explosion.\" \u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) US Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, Central Command spokesman\u003cbr/\u003e\"I have one 'before and after' image to show you today. The target is a military barracks or a division installation near Baghdad.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e11. Various satellite photos of barracks with arrows showing direction from which missiles will impact (OVERLAYING AUDIO) \"Again as you can see the specific places where we target are by design. That's to achieve a specific effect against a particular part of a structure like this one. The in-points are as you see them. And this is post-strike the results of the attack. The degree of destruction that is sought after varies depending on what type of weapon system we use and what the desired effect is.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) US Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, Central Command spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"A particularly effective operation occurred last night in An Nasiriyah involving special operations aircraft destroying two paramilitary headquarters. Our land component consolidated territory ...\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Basic map of Iraq with coalition positions marked (OVERLAYING AUDIO) ... \"gained over the last several days and conducted active security operations to eliminate identified terrorist death squads.\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English) US Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, Central Command spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Concurrent with our combat operations our efforts to preserve Iraqi resources and our humanitarian efforts are picking up the pace.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide shot of Brooks at podium\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (English) US Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, Central Command spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Clearly there is much work ahead for the combat action to remove the regime and humanitarian action to help those that are liberated from the regime. The coalition is up to the challenge and more than ever the outcome is not in doubt. I'm ready for your questions.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Sky News journalist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Have you broken the first rule of soldiering, and underestimated you enemy?\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) US Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, Central Command spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We believe that we're still consistent with our plan and how we designed it. There will always be things that occur on the battlefield that are not precisely as you calculated them in your design. The strength of a plan is the ability to adapt it to the realities of the circumstance while still remaining focussed on what it is we seek to do.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) APTN journalist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You spoke a moment ago about your ability to degrade the various levels of the regime within Baghdad. Can you speak specifically to what evidence you have that you have been able to accomplish this at all. Have you crippled the regime - one of the stated goals of the war?\" \u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (English) US Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, Central Command spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We do have indications that the regime is in disarray and its abilities to command and control are clearly being affected by the work we are doing.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide of a journalist asking a question   \u003cbr/\u003eThe US Central Command said on Friday that American military planners had not underestimated Iraqi troop strength and fighting ability in preparing the invasion of Iraq, contradicting the assessment of a US general in the field.\u003cbr/\u003eIraqi paramilitary forces have put up strong resistance as US troops have moved north from Kuwait toward Baghdad. American forces sought at first to bypass towns in the south in the drive to reach the Iraqi capital quickly.\u003cbr/\u003eUS Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks said Iraqi paramilitary fighters, known as Fedayeen, have changed in and out of uniform, used civilians - including children - as human shields and were forcing Iraqi regular troops to fight on threats of death.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Our enemy always has a vote in how the circumstances go. I don't think that we have necessarily underestimated (the enemy). No one can ever predict how battle will unfold,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Army's senior ground commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. William S. Wallace of V Corps, told reporters of The New York Times and Washington Post on Thursday that unexpected tactics by Iraqi fighters and stretched supply lines were slowing down the campaign.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The enemy we're fighting is a bit different than the one we war-gamed against because of these paramilitary forces. We knew they were here, but we did not know how they would fight,\" Wallace said.\u003cbr/\u003eBrooks said 12 Ababil-100 missiles had been fired from Iraq to Kuwait since the war started and that all had been intercepted by US Patriot missile batteries. 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