It certainly appears that Saddam has learnt from the last conflict and stationed his loyal troops (completely immersed in his regime) with the conscripts to stop the mass capitulation we saw last time. Apparently there was fighting amongst Iraqi troops in the North Yesterday.

I think that we will have to wait till midweek when our forces arrive outside Baghdad. I can't see any point in the main republican guard wanting a conventional battle. But then how do you hide an army from satellites?

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