US Navy – The USS Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard, deploys to relieve the USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group.

• Virginian Pilot: 4,500 sailors and Marines deploy with Wasp amphibious group

US Navy – CINCPAC on how important US allies are in the war on terrorism.

• Washington Post: Allies Called Essential As Terror Hunt Widens

Iranian Navy and Taiwanese Navy – Iran’s navy has received Crotale-compatible surface to air missiles from China; meanwhile the US still cannot figure out how to supply Taiwan with diesel submarines.

• Washington Times: Inside the Ring

Background – Hunt for Bin Laden – Has the hunt, now being run by the SAS and Delta, moved to Indian Kashmir?

• Daily Telegraph: SAS joins Kashmir hunt for bin Laden

Background – Iraq – Has an attack on Iraq by summer become a foregone conclusion?

• Washington Times: Uniting mission and coalition

Background – Paul Wolfowitz – James Fallows on deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, how he is influencing the pursuit of the war against terrorism, and his future view of the world.

• The Atlantic: The Unilateralist