Royal Navy – Royal Marines and US Marines will lead the attack into Iraq through an amphibious assault on the port of Basra.

• Daily Telgraph:
  Marines will lead seaborne invasion of southern Iraq

Royal Navy – Aboard HMS Cardiff in the Gulf.

• Sunday Mirror: Nobody on this ship wants war

Spanish Navy – A look at what US allies are doing to help the blockade in the Gulf via Task Force 150.

• Associated Press: Europe takes lead in naval search for Qaeda
  

Canadian Navy – Aboard HMCS Winnipeg in the Gulf.

• National Post: Canadian warships ‘ready for anything’

US Navy – The USS George Washington battlegroup returns home.

• Virginian Pilot: Carrier sails into sunset and home

US Navy – Aboard the command ship USS Mount Whitney, off the Horn of Africa.

• Los Angeles Times: New Phase of War on Terror Moves to E. Africa

US Marines – More details on the new Marine Corps Special Operations Command Detachment.

• San Diego Union Tribune: Marines plan special-ops unit

Background – Burma – Burma’s role in South East Asian affairs.

• Naval War College Review: Burma and Superpower Rivalries in the Asia-Pacific