That is why reporters were "embedded" with the military and not allowed to independently cover the Iraq invasion. On the other hand, US Army M1s shelled the rooms of Al Jazeera reporters that were trying to independently cover the war. Hence no video....
NY Times esp Judith Miller acted like cheerleaders for the war. No fallout for Tony "The Poodle" Blair on "sexing up" the dossier.
Read this Matt Taibi
Article.
I digress, can we get back to the OP. Is the Egyptian Mirage deal still on? If so would they be used to augment the fleet or cannibalized for spares?