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Iraq's military ground forces consist
of about 350,000 soldiers split into five corps. The Republican
Guard is an elite fighting force consisting of 15,000 to 26,000
soldiers charged with protecting
President Saddam Hussein and his government. The army operates
between 1,000 and 2,000 tanks.
The Iraqi Air Force was decimated during the 1991 Gulf War,
but still boasts an array of Russian and
French fighter jets and bombers and a force of 30,000 soldiers.
The small Iraqi Navy also suffered
losses during the Gulf War, and is now thought to operate 21
vessels and a force of 2,000. Most of
the vessels are fast-attack craft, minesweepers, patrol ships
and supply and transport vessels.
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