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.

• Interfax: Russia to hold naval exercises in Indian Ocean in May

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