Stardate 20030221.1446

(Captain's log): Another 28,000 troops have been ordered to the Gulf, including the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.

The government of the UK has advised its citizens to leave Iraq.

Some UN staff are "unofficially" leaving Iraq.

Plans for the administration of Iraq after the war are maturing. We won't be turning control over to the exiles immediately. We also won't be turning it over to the UN or to "allies".

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says that military preparations have reached the point where we can now begin the war at any time.

Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan says Iraq is willing to accept our surrender with no hard feelings.