I would suggest.....one cannot be too stealthy while poncing around the desert in a formation of armored vehicles. The Iraqi's might not set the world on fire (Oops! Poor choice of words!) as soldiers.....but they too can probably figger it out when the Hussie's and Groundbound Cav show up in the middle of the night sounding like a couple of thousand Jack Benny's walking around! Armored formations do tend to wake the neighbors when they play.
It was a bit of a gaff.....but by the time the Baghdad Command Staff heard it....it would be too late to do much anyhow.