US Navy – Aboard the USS Comfort in the Gulf.

• Associated Press: Doctors of U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Ready

Background – Iraq – John Keegan gives the historical parallels to the current situation outside Iraq.

• Daily Telegraph: The allies don’t need to take Baghdad to defeat Saddam

Background – War on Terror – James Dunnigan on how the War on Terror is going.

• StrategyPage: Al Qaeda is Not Well