Royal Navy – HMS Iron Duke is off of Sierra Leone, to lend support if needed.

• Daily Telegraph: More troops deployed in defence of Sierra Leone

US Navy – Pearl Harbor is an al Qaeda target.

• Washington Times: Terrorists aim at Pearl Harbor

US Navy – Aboard the fast combat support ship USS Camden in the Gulf.

• The Herald: Supply ship maintains torrid pace

US Marines – With the 2nd MEF exercising in Kuwait.

• Virginian Pilot: n Kuwait’s barren desert, Marines wait

Canadian Navy – Canada sends more warships to the Gulf.

• CTV: Canada deploys HMCS Fredericton to the Gulf

US Marines – With Marines in Kuwait, waiting.

• Chicago Tribune: ‘Gut feeling’ tells them war is set to erupt

Background – Iraq – Thomas Ricks reviews the latest war plan for Iraq.

• Washington Post: War Plan for Iraq Largely in Place
• Washington Post: ‘A War of Bridges’

Background – Iraq – General Zinni’s sage advice on how to conduct operations other than war.

• StrategyPage: General Zinni’s Advice on Governing Iraq

Please note that there is again a slight chance that NOSI will not be updated again until March 8th???but I consider this highly unlikely.

US Marines – The USS Iwo Jima amphibious ready group deploys early.

• Virginian Pilot: Iwo Jima to lead last large Hampton Roads deployment

US Coast Guard – The Coast Guard moves out of the Department of Transportation into the Department of Homeland Security.

• Virginian Pilot: Some question Coast Guard’s expanded role under Homeland Security

Background – North Korea – Is the US drifting towards war in Korea?

• Washington Post: Observers See Rising Risk of U.S.-N. Korea Conflict

Background – International Law – Ralph Peters on how countries should not take their sovereignty for granted; they should have to earn it through good behavior towards their citizens.

• New York Post: The Sovereignty Con