Quite! Saddam still owes billions to France for all the Mirage F1s, AMX-10 APCs, naval hardware and nuclear technology they've bought from France over the years - you can see France's point: No Saddam=No pay-cheque!
Just found out that it was two Challengers after all - one was engaged in a stiff close-range firefight with Fedayeen armed with RPGs, when it engaged the other Challenger - one would assume that the visibility was absolutely dreadful and they were probably buttoned up.
Mark