Background – Strategy – John Keegan analyses coalition progress to date.
- Daily Telegraph: Tough decisions at Baghdad gates
Background – Strategy – Thomas Ricks analyses coalition progress to date.
- Washington Post: Unfolding Battle Will Determine Length of War
Background – Airpower – James Dunnigan on how the JDAM GPS-guided bomb may fare poorly as a weapon in support of street fighting.
- StrategyPage: Is JDAM Smart Enough for Street Fighting?
Background – Fedayeen paramilitaries – A clear explanation of the situation on the ground in Southern Iraq that I have yet to see on TV – a look at how Saddam’s Fedayeen paramilitaries are the main threat to coalition ground forces.
- Daily Telegraph: ‘Time to stop being Mr Nice Guy’
- Daily Telegraph: Attacks prevent peaceful occupation
Royal Marines – Life with the Royal Marines in the field.
US Navy – Aboard the USS Harry S. Truman.
- Virginian Pilot: Truman launches its largest strike effort yet
US Marines – With the Marines in Task Force Tarawa.
- Virginian Pilot: At Iraqi river crossing, danger increases for Marines
US Coast Guard – Patrolling US ports from the sky with Coast Guard aviators.
- Virginian Pilot: Eyes in the sky keep waters safe
Background – War on Terror– An analysis of using terrorism as a way to wage war against the US.
- US Naval Institute Proceedings: The New Arab Way of War
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