Background – Iraq – James F. Dunnigan lays down a scenario for how civil war may develop in Iraq in the coming days and weeks.
- StrategyPage: The Coming Iraqi Civil War
Background – Iraq – Ralph Peters nicely documents Saddam’s record of atrocities against his own people.
- New York Post: Baghdad Butcher
Background – Iraq – When did Bush decide that he had to fight Saddam?
- The New Yorker: How it came to war
US Marines – The Commander of the 1st Marine Regiment has been relieved of his command.
- Washington Post: Key Marine Commander Is Relieved
US Marines – The Marines are establishing an innovative medivac system.
US Marines – With the Marines outside Baghdad.
- New York Times: Little Resistance Encountered as Troops Reach Baghdad
Royal Marines – Royal Marines are patroling the waterways of southern Iraq.
- Daily Telegraph: Britain rules the waves with goodwill
US Navy – Aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort.
- Detroit Free Press: Medics treat allies — and enemy forces
US Navy – Aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
- Virginian Pilot: Everyone’s a night owl on Roosevelt
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