Detroit Free Press December 9, 2002
PREPARING FOR WAR: Troop deployments
1. NORTHERN IRAQ: Iraqi army's 1st Corps headquartered at Kirkuk; 5th Corps is at Mosul. An Iraqi corps may have 30,000 to 50,000 troops. The better-equipped Republican Guard's northern corps also operates in this region.
2. EASTERN IRAQ: 2nd Corps is based in Deyala.
3. SOUTHERN IRAQ: The 3rd and 4th corps are based southeast of Baghdad and are positioned to fight Iran, Shiite rebels and U.S. troops attacking from Kuwait or Iraq's small coastal region.
4. BAGHDAD: A special Republican Guard, which can muster up to 25,000 troops in an emergency, protects the city and President Saddam Hussein.
Assistant Nation/World editor Azlan Ibrahim , who compiled this information, can be reached at 313-222-6465.
Sources: Center for Defense Information; Center for Strategic and International Studies; Jane's, GlobalSecurity.org; Periscope; Free Press news services.
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