most of them, though not all of them in baghdad. we also have the george h.w. bush carrier strike group in the area. those are combat troops too. so we really do have lots of combat troops in the region. >> the defense official emphasized that the president still has not authorized air strikes. will there be more pressure now since the equipment is there? >> well, that's an interesting concept. if you've got it, maybe you are supposed to use it. the thing to remember is that a lot of those forces there are there to protect the americans who are still there. and you can bet that there's a great political component to this just sending the people there in the first place as a political component. because we can't do nothing. we can't send troops on the ground. this sort of satisfies the