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Shadow army for a long time. it's been in existence for almost a decade now, and about two years ago, megyn, a couple of those generals who were running this shadow early met, shall we say, an early and suspicious december poise. however, the iranians over the past couple of months now have seen just how important it is to keep assad in power. the shadow army is something that is key to doing that, and they're now working hard to rebuild it. megyn, back to you. megyn: leland, thank you. well, a man who has made the president's so-called enemies list is now speaking out about it. he now is of...

>> sources tell fox news iran has helped create a shadow army for syria to take on the most unsavory of activities. they're helping the syrian army puts down demonstration, interrogating, protesters, as well as advise on the syrian armies assault against civilian target. like the rebel stronghold on hold. they are on two forces. to syria's east, the long-time ally iran with thousands of revolutionary guard members. it gives iran a large regional footprint with access to the mediterranean. >> for iran, syria is a vital link to topple barbour, in a way, actually, to damage.

24,000 of contractors because this is an estimate because nobody knows for sure, if you can believe it, 24,000 or so working with the u.s. government in afghanistan providing only security. >> well, is getting private exacters out of afghanistan -- is that even an option? the state department is talking about it will take a look at this. is that honestly going to happen? >> it's so not doable in the foreseeable future. mike tebow, studying how the u.s. is using this whole sort of shadow army to do its duty just got back from afghanistan, and even he says there's the convoy issue and the bigger...

For the board and relationship with ceos at hewlett-packard. >> that's true. but they sell the most pcs of any company in america. >> all right. steve liesman, cnbc senior economic reporter. thank you very much. trivia time. what member of congress once worked as an accountant for george w. bush? the answer, texas's mike conaway. just in case you didn't notice, today is august 9, 2010. this is not a reference to nixon's resignation. today's date is 8/9/10. at 12:34 and 56.7 seconds newsroom roit will be 12345678910. you won't see it for another 100 years. live the moment -- i mean the seco...