also included in the number of available troops, some of saddam's finest:
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsess...storyID=6933590
the enemy of my enemy is my friend, or so the saying goes, but i wonder aboot the long-term implications of this - replacing one regime using these guys with another (foreign) regime using these exact same guys.
if i was an iraqi i would be less than amused.