Background – Strategy – John Keegan again asks, what is Iraq’s strategy?
- Daily Telegraph: Where are all Iraq’s soldiers hiding?
Background – Strategy – A summary of John Keegan’s thoughts on the war to date.
- Weekly Standard: A Real War Expert
Background – Strategy – Ralph Peters comments on the successful US strategy so far.
- New York Post: On to Baghdad!
Background – Strategy – Thomas Ricks and Michael Gordon analyse the options for seizing Baghdad.
- Washington Post: Capital’s Mood, Defenses Guide Closing Moves
- New York Times: Goal of U.S.: Avoid a Siege
Background – Kurds – The mood among the Kurds is one of anticipationóand fear.
- The New Yorker: Letter from Northern Iraq – Waiting at the Front
Russian Navy – Russia will send a task force to the Indian Ocean.
Royal Australian Navy – Australia sends new mine sweeping technology urgently to Umn Qasr.
- Herald Sun: Aussie mine-clearer rushed to Iraq
US Marines – With the Marines outside Baghdad.
- BBC: US marines close on Baghdad
- Washington Post: For Marines, A Fight With A Foe That Never Arrived
- New York Times: U.S. Force Crosses Tigris, Wondering Where the Republican Guard Went