The 'Rolling Start' to War

The Boston Globe reported yesterday that, "About 100 US Special Forces members and more than 50 Central Intelligence Agency officers have been operating in small groups inside Iraq for at least four months, searching for Scud missile launchers, monitoring oil fields, marking minefield sites, and using lasers to help US pilots bomb Iraqi air-defense systems, according to intelligence officials and military analysts who have talked with people on the teams."

Of course, the US has had some help. As Time reported last month, Israeli agents have been leading the way, especially in the western portions of Iraq.