Canadian Navy – Canada will take over command of Task Force 151 in the Gulf.

• Toronto Globe and Mail: Canadian will run Persian Gulf naval task force

US Navy – Aboard the USS Harry S. Truman in the Mediterranean.

• Associated Press: Carriers Give U.S. Options for Attack

US Navy – Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, back on station in the Gulf.

• Associated Press: Aircraft Carrier to Resume Iraq Patrols

Background – NATO – Sir John Keegan on how the fate of NATO hangs in the balance.

• Daily Telegraph: ‘Old Europe’ has gone too far this time

Background – Iraq – James F. Dunnigan on why many Gulf nations are not keen to see Iraq turn democratic.

• StrategyPage: Keeping Saddam Up and the Shias Down

Background – Iraq – A reasoned review of the evidence as to whether there is a connection between Al Qaeda and Iraq.

• The New Yorker: The Unknown