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>> at any point, ivan, because from my vantage point, i could not see soldiers on the ground, although i heard shots, i could never tell if there were soldiers on the ground firing in the air. did you ever see that? >> reporter: i did not see that. and directly to the left of those tanks, you can see then, we're going to try to push out a little bit, is the entrance to the egyptian museum, and soldiers had been there. i can see them milling around. i see some of them walking around in their helmets and their flak jackets. they were maintaining a perimeter there. they were keeping people from e...

>> reporter: i did not see that. and directly to the left of those tanks, you can see then, we're going to try to push out a little bit, is the entrance to the egyptian museum, and soldiers had been there. i can see them milling around. i see some of them walking around in their helmets and their flak jackets. they were maintaining a perimeter there. they were keeping people from entering the egyptian museum. and they were just yards away from these vicious clashes and the only time i really saw them intervene at all was to fire hoses into the flames that had been made by the petrol bombs and ...

Were when u.s. troops left this country 2 1/2 years ago. the government is considerably weaker. the armed forces are considerably more divided along sectarian lines. when we go out and see soldiers here, they are often wearing religious patches, shiite patches on their flak jackets, on their u.s.-issued flak jackets. so the army that the u.s. is coming to advise and assist is not necessarily the same army that the u.s. trained and equipped a few years ago. it could be quite a shock for those trainers who are already starting to show up now as they try and lead the iraqis or guide the iraqis in...

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