"During the transition from combat operations to support and stability operations, we did not attempt to secure these key facilities before looting started," the report says.
"The visible clues that may have provided a detailed analysis on WMD production, research and development, or storage were either destroyed or carried away by the local populace," according to the report.
The report recommends troops be sent to quickly secure such sites during future conflicts.
The report does suggest the division had unprecedented battlefield coordination with special operations forces, the Central Intelligence Agency (referred to only as the "Other Government Agency") and "information operations" aimed at making Iraqi generals and troops switch sides or not fight.
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