[Cicero]

Sure. The Saddam regime is paranoid as it is. Nobody trusts anybody. Say the wrong thing and you're thrown into a torture cell. Telling them that there are secret agents all over the city will only make them even more nervous and unable to coordinate the defense.

Even if Saddam is alive, he doesn't trust anybody to get near him. So communications and organization of the defense are bound to suffer.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #6

Now if some from these special force roam around Baghdad, eliminating some members of execution-squads and officers who still resist and sowing paranoia, the defender's cohesion will completely break down. Let these die-hard Iraqis frantically look out for elusive Americans targetting them. Let them worry about traitors among their ranks, ratting out to Americans.

As in Afghanistan, instead of chasing elusive local defenders, let local defenders chase elusive American hit teams. Turning the table, so-to-speak. We are playing guerrillas against those who want to play guerillas against incoming American troops.

This way, their best military plan will become totally useless.