And it’s go, go, go, go, go!
I plan to continue to update, once a day, slightly after midnight Greenwich Mean Time.
I’ve just seen incredible live video on CNN of the US Army 7th Cavalry racing towards Baghdad.
US Navy – Although it is unclear whether he is dead, it appears that the decapitation attack against Saddam has been effective in that he does not appear to be in control of his military.
- Washington Post: Hussein’s Fate Still Uncertain
Background – Strategy – Thomas Ricks on how we are seeing “Shock and Pause” rather than “Shock and Awe.”
- Washington Post: Calibrated War Makes Comeback
Royal Marines – The Royal Marines have staged an amphibious assault outside Basra.
US Marines – Along with the US Army, US Marine units have crossed the border into Iraq in a dash towards Basra.
- Washington Post: Ground War Starts, Airstrikes Continue As U.S. Keeps Focus on Iraq’s Leaders
- Washington Post: In the Heat of War, the Best-Laid Plans Can be Ditched Fast
US Navy – Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
- Washington Post: Beginning of War Surprises Crew
US Navy – Aboard the USS Harry S. Truman.
- Virginian Pilot: ”Nuggets” train for air strikes as untested pilots
US Marines – With the Force Recon Marines.
- Washington Post: No-Frills Force Paves Way in a High-Tech War
US Marines – ???meanwhile Marines are exercising in Korea.
- Associated Press: Marines storm beach in US-South Korean war games
NAVINT – Antony Preston’s naval news from the Greek, Indian, Latvian and South African navies
NOSI - Naval Open Source Intelligence™ 