Over the last several months news reports of Bush Administration plans concerning the invasion of Iraq andthe toppling of Saddam Hussein have appeared with relative frequency in the mainstream media. However, withvery few exceptions those reports have emphasized either that these are contingency plans that have not beenoperationalized or the target date has been postponed until next year. In light of some recent circumstantialevidence and on-going signals from the White House, the later story especially, published in the New YorkTimes, now seems like a case of Pentagon disinformation. The invasion of Iraq may be sooner than we are beingled to believe by the propaganda machine.