Background – Strategy – Thomas Ricks analyses the options available to the US now that it is outside Baghdad.
- Washington Post: Advance’s Dilemma: Press On, Or Wait
Background – Strategy – John Keegan asks some fascinating questions about the seeming lack of any Iraqi strategy.
- Daily Telegraph: Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hussein?
Background – Special Forces – Ralph Peters analyses the US special forces.
- New York Post: Behind Enemy Lines
Background – Iraq – Tomahawks, bunker busters, and dust storms afflict the Iraqi capital.
- The New Yorker: Ill Winds
US Navy – With the pilots aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
- Washington Post: One Pilot Finds Targets, Another One Hits Them
- Washington Post: Causing Death and Destruction, but Never Seeing It
US Navy – The Navy has used up two thirds of its cruise missile inventory.
- Virginian Pilot: Two-thirds of Tomahawk missiles have been used in war
US Navy – There are continued problems with the Advanced Seal Delivery System.
- Virginian Pilot: Costly mini-sub program is behind schedule
US Marines – With the First Marine Division.
- Washington Post: Marines Cross Tigris in Big Push
- New York Times: Orders in Place, Word Goes Out That ‘This Is It’
- New York Times: Onward Toward the Tigris, With Iraq’s Capital in Mind
US Marines – A review of Meals Ready to Eat, from the Marine’s perspective.
- Virginian Pilot: For hungry Marines, dining is luck of the draw
US Coast Guard – The Coast Guard’s traditional tasks are suffering since 9/11.
- Washington Post: Traditional Coast Guard Duties Suffer, Study Says
US Navy – Implementation of Sea Strike requires a longer reach for Navy ships and aircraft.
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