The US Marines near Baghdad are rationed to one meal a day until supplies reach them from Kuwait. They've been put on hold for a week until the convoys reach them.

Bush said on the radio yesterday that Saddam is in control of only 'a very small part of Iraq'. Unfortunately, this is a desert country, with a quarter of its 24m population in Baghdad, and another million in Basra, neither of which are yet under our control.

The US military are reportedly losing their hearts and minds strategy by being heavy-handed with the locals. Not bloody surprising, considering the way US troops generally behave in friendly countries, as occupiers above the law. Take the various murders, rapes and accidents in South Korea.

Meanwhile, the British, having spent thirty years in Ireland, are apparently doing a bit better, although we're not having it easy either.