U.S. TRIES FADE TO BLACK
Entering the second week of the war, Iraqi forces continue to put up stiff resistance against the coalition. Iraq state television became a new target of U.S. warplanes overnight as air strikes blasted the television building in Baghdad. After several hours, however, all but one of the Iraqi TV stations recovered and went back on the air.

A second soldier has died in the Kuwait grenade attack by an Army sergeant on his fellow troops. Suspect Asan Akbar has been transferred to a military base in Germany to await formal charges.

The U.S. Navy has brought in two trained bottlenose dolphins to help search for mines in the waters off Umm Qasr. The port city is expected to be the funnel for humanitarian aid to southern Iraq.


U.S. soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 70 Armor, dressed in their chemical protection suits, sit on top of their tank waiting out a desert sandstorm near the Iraqi city of Karbala, March 26, 2003. (Reuters)

The Other Side - Analysis, angles and opinions on the Web

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Remembering the Last Road to Basra, Republicons - Was the first Gulf War's "Highway of Death" really necessary, and can the U.S. avoid another one this time around?

Lofty moralists blind to stark truth, Sydney Morning Herald - Comparing the U.S. to Iraq in the treatment of POWs is unfair, says this writer.

Body Count, Tech Central Station - While the American public gets more anxious about allied casualties, this military scholar puts the week's death toll in perspective.

War's a fact of life, and sometimes even necessary, New Zealand News - Fighting is an intrinsic part of the human condition and sometimes essential for the greater good, argues this columnist.

War on Iraq - Your Views, Sky News - A collection of reader emails reacting to the war.

Gulf War II: The Sequel, The State Hornet - This writer compares his perception of the Iraq war, then and now.

Hyperpower nightmare, The Globe and Mail (Canada) - The Iraqi conflict is the defining war in the post-Cold War era, says this professor.