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Thursday, March 20, 2003

All war, all the time. Blogs with ongoing as-it-happens war news (veracity not guaranteed):

Professional media:
CNN correspondent Kevin Sites has a"personal website not affiliated with, endorsed by, or funded by CNN." Pretty gnarly looking dude.
The BBC is hosting a Reporters' Log.
On March 18th New Republic Senior Editor Gregg Easterbrook began filing regular dispatches focusing on such matters as tactics, weaponry, technology, and logistics.
Longtime Iraqi dissident Kanan Makiya is also writing a war diary for TNR.
Howard Owens for the Ventura County Star.
Jeff Jarvis for NewJersey.com.
San Jose Mercury News warblog.

Blogosphere:
The Command Post is an ad-hoc group weblog reporting for the duration of the war, staffed by some of your blog favorites. (I just joined the fun.)
Constant war posts at Blogs of War (check out this photo), Rantburg, and Winds of Change.
And Salam in Baghdad, of course.

Armed forces personnel:
Lt. Smash.
From the Sandbox with Captain Steve.
Sgt. Stryker.
Group Captain Mandrake.
Lots of military weblogs, including spouses and families at MSNBC.

This is the blog equivalent of keeping the TV on and channel surfing, except on the net you'll get a wider variety of news and opinion. (But you knew that.)

UPDATE: Kevin Sites was told to shut down his blog by CNN.