Exhaustive review sponsored by the Pentagon finds NO link between Saddam, al Qaida

Mr. Littlejeans said

I'm sure the Pentagon bases their use of the word operational on a Wikipedia entry

Maybe I should go in and change it to "whatever we want it to mean"

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Blackadder posted a Wikipedia entry, so I responded with a Wikipedia entry.

We posted the DoD definition earlier in the thread.

But, if that's not enough, I'd recommend reading US Army Field Manual 101-5, Staff Organization and Operations along with its companion volume, US Army Field Manual FM 101-5-1 Operational Terms and Symbols.

FM 101-5
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/101-5/index.html

FM 101-5-1
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/101-5-1/index.html