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Margaret Warner discusses strategy on day three of the Iraq war with retired Colonel W. Patrick Lang, retired Air Force Colonel Samuel Gardiner, and Marine Corps Colonel Gary Anderson.

U.S. ground forces began an "intense artillery barrage" against Iraqi troops near the Kuwaiti border around 8 p.m. local time (noon EST) on Thursday and, nearly an hour later, launched an invasion into Iraq, news reports from the region said.