US Marines – The Marines take over in Fallujah.

• Associated Press: Marines take over Iraqi city from U.S. paratroopers, but problems expected to persist

US Marines – Contrary to a recent preliminary U.S. Army War College study that downgraded the importance of speed in Operation Iraqi Freedom last year, the Marine Corps strongly believes that speed was absolutely essential in the rout of Saddam Husseinís forces.

• Sea Power: Corps Combat Assessment Team Cites Need for Speed in Iraq

Background – Iraq – This piece is the first in a series of periodic Inside the Command Center articles on the 2003 war in Iraq. The author spent six weeks of the war as an ìembedded reporterî at the Coalition Force Land Component Command headquarters at Camp Doha, Kuwait.

• Inside the Pentagon: Inside the Command Center – Decision to Hasten Ground Attack into Iraq Presented New Risks

Background – Wargames – James F. Dunningan on what can be learned from wargaming the war with Iraq?

• StrategyPage: Wargames and the War in Iraq