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Quick recap on the war so far for T*P:

US forces find suspected chem agent factory in An Najaf, so well camouflaged it could not be seen from the air or space. By sheer luck a GI noticed something out of the ordinary with this factory and they found it.

British Army 'Black Watch' soldiers find cache of Iraqi cruise missiles, supplied by Russia. According to some of the date codes on the missiles, they're recent, which means the Russkies or some other greedy arms dealer got 'em -- in clear violation of the Iraqi arms embargo.

101st Airborne division soldier 'frags' command tent, killing one and injuring 12 others. Almost at the same time a British Royal Air Force Tornado attack aircraft is blown out of the sky by a Patriot missile. Crew of two dead, probable cause is an IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) transponder malfunction.

At least five members of an Army transportation company are captured by the Iraqis, another six or seven appear to have been killed, possibly executed. Arab TV network Al-Jazeera transmits graphic footage of dead soldiers and POWs paraded around by Iraqi TV, the latter a clear violation of Article 13 of the Geneva Convention on the treatment of POWs. President and other high government officials extremely p*ssed.

Baghdad locals go apesh*t over reports that a Coalition aircraft was shot down and the pilots seen to be bailing out in downtown Baghdad. Whipped up by the local militia and Saddam's Fedayeen, they shoot up the Tigris river and burn down reeds in the shoreline in an attempt to flush out the pilots. Turns out it was a false alarm.

Troops are about 100 miles south of Baghdad, and they're expected to reach the outskirts of the city by late Monday or Tuesday.