Background – Iraq – James Dunnigan gives the top 10 myths about the war.
- StrategyPage: Top Ten Myths About the War in Iraq
Background – Strategy – John Keegan analyses what the next steps may be.
- Daily Telegraph: Pentagon looks north to bring on the back-up divisions
Background – Strategy – Ahmed Rashid compares and contrasts the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
- Daily Telegraph: It’s time for America to apply its Afghan lessons to Iraq
Background – Strategy – Thomas Friedman on what the US must do to declare victory in Iraq.
- New York Times: How to know if the U.S. is winning
US Marines – With the Marines in a firefight where close air support saves the day.
US Marines – The problems facing convoys trying to resupply Marines on the front line.
- New York Times: Endless Supply Convoy Is Frustrated Endlessly
- Washington Post: One Shot, and War Becomes Real
- Washington Post: A ‘Turkey Shoot,’ but With Marines as the Targets
Royal Navy – RFA Sir Galahad’s humanitarian aid is being held up by mines in Umn Qasr.
- Associated Press: Mines Delay Food Aid for Southern Iraq
US Navy – How the US Navy is trying to open up shipping lanes off of Iraq.
- New York Times: Cat and Mouse on Iraq’s Crucial Waterways
US Navy – The effect of the sandstorms on ships in the Gulf.
- Virginian Pilot: Norfolk ships, crews cope with sandstorms
US Navy – The effect of the sandstorms on air operations in the Gulf.
- New York Times: In an F-18, Five Seconds From a Deck Veiled by a Sandstorm
US Navy – Aboard the guided missile cruiser Cape St. George, the problems of deploying ahead of schedule.
- Virginian Pilot: Fast deployment adds to strain at sea
US Navy – Aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort.
- Associated Press: Doctors on U.S. ship avoid taking of sides
US Navy – The USS Carl Vinson shows the flag off of Korea.
- The Christian Science Monitor: Carrier sails in a sea of conflict
US Navy – Further demonstrations of the maritime capabilities of the Global Hawk UAV are planned.
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