据《纽约时报》3月17日报道,美国高级军事官员透露,为加强首都地区的防御力量,伊拉克已经在巴格达周围建起了比1991年海湾战争期间更加强大的防空火力网。美国及其盟国地面指挥司令部空军司令官丹·利夫少将上周表示,萨达姆“已经把几乎所有重要军事资源都撤了回来,用以加强巴格达地区的防御力量。巴格达现在的防御能力就象一个大黄蜂的巢,可以说是水泼不进。” According to the New York Times reported on March 17, senior U.S. military officials disclosed that Iraq has built a stronger air defense firepower network around Baghdad than during the Gulf War in 1991 in order to strengthen its defensive forces in the capital. Major-General Dan Lev, the commander of the ground command of the United States and its allies, said last week that Saddam Hussein “has withdrawn almost all important military resources to strengthen the defensive forces in the Baghdad region.” The current defensive capabilities of Baghdad Like a hornet ’s nest, it can be said that no water can be poured.