A secret internal report by the Joint Chiefs of Staff criticizes the Bush administration for failing to adequately plan for the reconstruction and policing of Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein and for failing to predict that a guerilla war would emerge.

The report titled “Operation Iraqi Freedom Strategic Lessons Learned” was obtained by the Washington Times.

The report also shows that President Bush approved the war plans last August, a month before the U.S. approached the UN Security Council for a war mandate. And the Washington Times reports that the U.S. kept in close contact with Israel over the war plans. A meeting to discuss the invasion was held in mid-February with “key Israeli leaders” according to the report.