Iraqi defence evaporates as US push wins minds and ground Analysis By Chris Bellamy 06 April 2003 The war in Iraq suddenly moved faster than anyone expected yesterday, as strong US columns pushed fast, far and aggressively towards the centre of Baghdad. Whatever you think of the political machinations behind this war and the spin so far, it is hard to deny that yesterday the US military were doing what they do best extremely well. This was, in US and British military parlance, "reconnaissance in force", or even more. In Russian, razvedka boyem – "reconnaissance by battle". The US may...