Israeli Navy – Will Israel use its cruise missile equipped Dolphin-class submarines to retaliate against Iraq, if Iraq strikes Israel?

• Washington Post: Israeli Defenses Much Improved Since Gulf War

US Marines – More elements of the I MEF are on their way to the Gulf.

• San Diego Union Tribune: More Pendleton Marines ordered to Persian Gulf

US Navy – A tour of the hospital ship USNS Comfort.

• Washington Post: Taking Comfort and Care to the Troops

Background – Transformation – Another look at how Defense Secretary Rumsfield is trying to change the Pentagon.

• Los Angeles Times: Pentagon’s Biggest Fight May Come From Within

Background – Terrorism – An essay on the root causes of terrorism.

• Naval War College Review: Socioeconomic Roots of Middle East Terrorism