We know that Syria is harboring some of the senior regime leadership, at least their families, probably some of the senior members. We know that, |
We know there are going to be times that our forces have been shot at, U.S. and coalition forces have been shot at from time to time and we're going to take some casualties, unfortunately, |
We know this is the most intensive time of training for them. That's always the winter training cycle, where they conduct the majority of their training, their most intensive training. |
We may see some progress in that area here in the not-too-distant future, ... (The Taliban) are unable to reinforce as they had planned on it. So that hurts them. We think they are trying to reinforce. They're also trying to bring back wounded. |
We think they'll dig in and fight and fight, perhaps to the end, |
We're basically on our plan and moving toward Baghdad, but there are still many unknowns out there, |
We're going to have to put these pieces together, ... We have people that are working that. |
We're never going to hide those numbers, |
We're now in there on the ground and starting our investigation of exactly who's up there and what's up there, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. |
We've got about 100 Iraqi force battalions that are equipped and trained, |
Well, that's obviously a very big worry. ... We are probably, I think without question, the country that is most dependent on information technology. So we know we have those vulnerabilities. |
What we are trying to do is what we are trying to do throughout Iraq, is get Iraqis to help deal with this issue, |
When you get to the point where Baghdad is basically isolated, then what is the situation you have in the country? ... You have a country that Baghdad no longer controls; that whatever's happening inside Baghdad is almost irrelevant compared to what's going on in the rest of the country. |
While it's a sad day for those who were killed, and their families and their friends, we continue to be optimistic about the situation on the ground in Iraq. |
Who would have access to the DNA in the future? What if the company goes bankrupt? Would they actually sell the DNA commercially to someone else in order to make money? |