US Marines – With Task Force Tarawa south of Baghdad.

• Virginian Pilot: Heat, boredom are enemies of Charlie Company

US Marines – With the Marines outside Baghdad.

• Washington Post: Troops Pause After Battle in ‘Hell on Earth’

Background – Strategy – John Keegan criticises Saddam’s strategy, and describes what it should have been.

• Daily Telegraph: Saddam’s utter collapse shows this has not been a real war