Canadian Navy – Canada sends more warships to the Gulf.

• CTV: Canada deploys HMCS Fredericton to the Gulf

US Marines – With Marines in Kuwait, waiting.

• Chicago Tribune: ‘Gut feeling’ tells them war is set to erupt

Background – Iraq – Thomas Ricks reviews the latest war plan for Iraq.

• Washington Post: War Plan for Iraq Largely in Place
• Washington Post: ‘A War of Bridges’

Background – Iraq – General Zinni’s sage advice on how to conduct operations other than war.

• StrategyPage: General Zinni’s Advice on Governing Iraq

Please note that there is again a slight chance that NOSI will not be updated again until March 8th???but I consider this highly unlikely.