THE RIGHT STUFFING.

U.S. President George W. Bush made a secret trip to Iraq, which boosted troop morale and confounded cynics. Turkey and trimmings alone were not enough of a draw, and neither, was the prospect of listening to a speech by Paul Bremer, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority. Wartime requires extreme measures, and so, to attract soldiers to a Thanksgiving dinner in a makeshift U.S. Army posted at Baghdad International Airport, top officials resorted to celebrity disinformation. Only Bremer and the tightest circle of insiders knew what was up. Bush, flying aboard Air Force One in the heaviest of cloak-and-dagger secrecy, was the guest of honor. INSETS: Reluctant Witness To Terror;Saluting The Troops.