BTW the Iraqis at this time were next to useless.
LOL! According to who?
according to history. The Iraqis got utterly stomped in the Golan; their first time in battle, they drove a whole division straight into a 'kill box' set up by several Israeli brigades, and the Iraqis retreated after losing 80 tanks, with a loss of 0 Israeli tanks. Days later, the Iraqis attacked again, in (poor) coordination with Jordanian armor, and lost again, leaving 60 tanks on the field. Over the next few days, they continued to attack, but proved incredibly unable to coordinate with their allies (once hitting Jordanian positions with artillery fire). Their last major attack of the war saw a huge armored/infantry attack against several Israeli brigades, and this time they did manage to inflict some damage, but still lost the battle and 60 more tanks. The general analysis was that the Iraqis were too hesitant and slow in the use of their big armored forces; plus, they just didn't seem to want to coordinate their efforts with their allies...