CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: You know, there has been resistance as coalition troops entered Baghdad. But there has been no show of force in the air by the Iraqis. It brings us to the question, what did the Iraqis have to fight with? Chris Plante is live at the Pentagon to tell us more -- good morning.</s>CHRIS PLANTE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Carol. Well, we just got a sort of a mini briefing here in the Pentagon and at this point there is sporadic resistance still taking place within the city. We're told that some remnants of Republican Guard divisions are putting up a fight here and there, but they are, as they say, dismounted, that is, more or less on foot. These are infantry divisions. They were once armored divisions. At the beginning of this conflict, according to the U.S. intelligence estimates, there were about 800 tanks in the Iraqi military. Many of them, is not most of them, certainly the top flight versions in the possession of the Republican Guard, we are told now that they believe 19 tanks remain in their arsenal. So they're not seeing a lot in the way of organized resistance. A bit of sporadic resistance. Some Fedayeen and sporadic fighting from elements, remaining elements of Republican Guard units in and around the city of Baghdad -- Carol.</s>COSTELLO: And, Chris, in talking about the show of power from the air, the Iraqis did have war planes, but we really haven't seen that, have we?</s>PLANTE: Well, it's true. We haven't seen any of the Iraqi Air Force since this conflict began. There are reports that they have hidden some away. Some, according to briefers, have actually been buried underground, apparently in the hopes that they'd be able to use them at some future date. But, you know, U.S. air power tends to be so dominant at this stage in history that they haven't put any war planes up against the U.S. So there has been no involvement of the Iraqi Air Force at all.</s>COSTELLO: Chris Plante live from the Pentagon, many thanks.
What Did Iraqis Have to Fight With?