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- ↑ Malovany, Pesach (June 2017). Wars of Modern Babylon. University Press of Kentucky. p. 245. ISBN 978-0813169439.
- ↑ Malovany, 267.
- ↑ Malovany 288.
- ↑ Jane's Intelligence Review, September 1997, via Colin Robinson, 1990s Order of Battle Notes, version 3, August 2020, p.23; R.J. Lee, Key Components of the Iraqi Ground Forces, 2002
- ↑ "CNN.com Specials". edition.cnn.com.
