Background – Information War – Iraq’s communication infrastructure is being dismantled.

• Washington Post: In Shift, Air War Targets Communications Facilities

Background – The Arab Street – Ralph Peters surveys the Arab world and finds it sadly lacking in many ways.

• New York Post: Tragedy of the Arabs

Background – The Air War – The view from the banks of the Tigris.

• The New Yorker: The Bombing of Baghdad

Canadian Navy – HMCS Iroquois arrives in the Gulf.

• Canadian Press: Canadian destroyer arrives in Gulf to take over at command-and-control base

US Navy – The US is moving more escorts from the Med to the Red Sea so their cruise missiles will not overfly Turkey or Saudia Arabia.

• Virginian Pilot: Pentagon won’t confirm ships’ move to gulf for Tomahawk

US Navy – Sorties off of carriers in the Med continue to increase.

• Virginian Pilot: Bombing runs from carrier jets in Med have doubled

US Navy – Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.

• New York Times: Carrier in the Gulf Gets More Striking Power, and Maybe the Hint of a Return Home

US Marines – The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit hits the beach in Kuwait.

• New York Times: Troops Heading Home Redirected to Gulf

US Marines – The Marines push forward towards Baghdad.

• New York Times: Orders in Place, Word Goes Out That ‘This Is It’

US Navy – More on the Sea Power 21 vision.

• SeaPower: To Dissuade, Deter, and Defeat