US Marines – Maritime Prepositioning Force Equipped Marines for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

• Sea Power: Outfitting the Operating Force

Background – Iraq – John Keegan on why the second Gulf war will not lead to an end in the conflict between Muslim and Western ways???

• Daily Telegraph: Saddam was easily defeated ñwhich is why the war goes on

Background – Peacekeeping – Thomas Ricks nicely outlines the challenges facing US peacekeepers in Iraq.

• Washington Post: A Tale of Two Baghdad