Backup Link: (Use if CNN.com is slammed)
http://robots.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/war.tracker/index.html

The "War Tracker" has CNN's current news on the battles, air strikes, etc. Not too much information there right now.

CNN.com | War Tracker

] A DC-3 aircraft on a flight out of Cuba was hijacked
] Wednesday evening with 35 people aboard but landed safely
] in Key West, Fla., under military escort.

] THE AIR TRAFFIC Center in Miami observed an unknown
] aircraft headed northbound toward the United States at
] 7:45 p.m. ET, according to Kathleen Bergen, a public
] information officer with the Federal Aviation
] Administration.

DC-3 hijacked from Cuba

] On one extreme is the title of an editorial in the Syrian
] government daily "Teshreen," which characterizes the
] tripartite meeting in the Azores on Sunday as "The Summit
] of the Bloodthirsty." On the other extreme is an
] editorial in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Watan which calls on
] Saddam Hussein to "Leave or You Will be Dragged," a
] reference to a known event in Iraq's modern history when
] its leader's (Nuri Sa'id) corpse was dragged behind a car
] in the streets of Baghdad amongst the enthusiastic cheers
] of the crowds.

Translated excerpts of editorials about the war, pro and con, from daily newspapers in Kuwait, Syria, Libya, Iraq, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt.

MEMRI: '[Saddam] Leave or You Will Be Dragged' - Editorials in the Arab Press

] This war is a test of the concepts behind the theory of
] "effects-based warfare".
]
] This is the new "in-phrase" in military circles - the
] idea that you can achieve military goals by carefully
] selecting critical groups of targets whose destruction
] could effectively collapse the regime and disorientate
] its armed forces, thus avoiding the need to defeat the
] Iraqi military unit by unit.
]
] This is uncharted territory.
]
] The US planners are putting great store in their capacity
] for swift movement and the ability of their air power to
] deliver whatever the commanders on the ground need.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Comment: New US theory of war

Fake Google Iraq^2 web hack.

Google Bomb

Deborah Branscum's weblog. Good oped on media matters.

] I'm a former contributing editor to Newsweek. I've also
] reported or edited for InfoWorld, Macworld, The New York
] Times, Fortune Small Business, Wired, PC World and other
] publications. I wrote the "Valley Talk" column for
] Fortune.com between December 2000 and February 2002.

Official Sources Say... buzz.weblogs.com

Multi-layered interactive map of Iraq from the BBC, showing locations of UK forces, Iraqi bases, oilfields, weapons sites, Presidential sites, dissident areas, Iraq missile range, a map of Baghdad, and a ton of other info.

BBC: Maps of Attack Strategies

] "Steve and his team have done an incredible job in making
] Apple once again the very best in the world," Gore said.
] "I have been particularly impressed with the new Mac OS X
] operating system and the company's commitment to the
] open-source movement. And I am especially looking forward
] to working with and learning from the great board members
] who have guided this legendary company's inspiring
] resurgence."

Al Gore joins Apple's board | CNET News.com

] In the 1991 Gulf war the strategy of the US-led coalition
] was shaped around an overestimation of Iraqi strength.
] Saddam Hussein promised the "mother of all battles" and
] was said to have assembled the world's fourth-largest
] army, packed with battle-hardened veterans and noxious
] weapons. In the event, the Iraqi leader made every
] mistake in the staff college manual and by the time the
] serious ground fighting began the only strategic decision
] left for most of his troops was whether to run away or
] surrender.
]
] This time, the Iraqi position looks hopeless from the
] start: virtually no air force, air defences battered by
] US and British aircraft and an under-equipped and anxious
] army. Stretches of the country are already in opposition
] hands and more soon will be. The only conceivable Iraqi
] war plan involves conceding everything but Baghdad and a
] few strongholds and making a determined last stand. Mr
] Hussein may have nasty surprises for the invaders, such
] as igniting oil wells or releasing chemical weapons, but
] he cannot keep them in reserve since territory and
] systems will soon fall into enemy hands.

Title is misleading.. More like "Occupation may take longer then we believe"..

FT.com / The war may take longer than we believe

] With coalition warplanes striking Iraqi artillery sites,
] a military convoy headed toward Iraq, and Iraqi troops
] already surrendering to U.S. forces, there are clear
] signs of impending war in the few hours remaining before
] the U.S. deadline expires for Iraqi President Saddam
] Hussein and his sons to leave Iraq.

Here is CNN's roundup for hours before it all starts.

CNN.com - Airstrikes, troop movements and Iraqi surrenders - Mar. 19, 2003