Royal Navy – The English are sending most of their naval task force in the Gulf home or to the Far East; HMS Ocean will remain on station in the Gulf.

• The Times: RAF crews are the first home, their job done

US Marines – Some Marines head toward Tikrit???

• Associated Press: U.S. Marines Move North Toward Tikrit

US Marines – ???while other Marines transition to peacekeeping.

• Washington Post: Marines Get New Mission: Restoring Law and Order

US Navy – The US prepares to rotate aircraft carriers back home.

• Associated Press: Some U.S. Carriers Set to Leave War Zone

Canadian Navy – Some of the anti-terrorism task force in the Gulf may be redeployed to the Horn of Africa.

• Canadian Press: Ships searching for terrorists in gulf could go to horn of Africa: commodore

US Navy – The Chinese continue to harass EP-3 flights off of China.

• Washington Times: Inside the Ring

Background – Strategy – John Keegan asks – why did the analysts so misanalyze this war?

• Daily Telegraph: The allies got it so right: how did the pundits get it so wrong?

Background – Strategy – Max Hasting analyses the (lack of) Iraqi strategy.

• Daily Telegraph: It was military Micawberism: Saddam simply hoped that something would turn up

Background – Axis of Evil – Who will be next on the American’s list?

• Daily Telegraph: ‘We want them to be nervous’ (That means you Ali, Bashar and Kim)