Sunday, March 02, 2003

Is it time yet?
Niles Latham in the NY Post:
March 2, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - Tomorrow evening was earmarked weeks ago as the optimum time for the United States to strike Iraq because of a moonless sky and cool weather.

An attack almost certainly won't happen because of ongoing diplomacy.
Appears to be true - I reset my "prediction" counter in the header based on my latest unfounded guess. But there's still some action:
A different kind of warfare is being waged using computer codes, phantom radio programs, exotic technology and electronic pulses. And it has been going on for months, sources say.
Many more details are in an AP article by Anick Jesdanun - Strides in technology magnify info war potential, but there likely isn't much you haven't heard before.
"One thing I can tell you for sure: People who really know about these programs can't tell you about these programs," said Bruce Berkowitz, a senior analyst with Rand.
Ya think?

The article does reference the mildly amusing online CENTCOM archive of leaflets that have been dropped.