JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Car bomb kills three U.S. troops in Iraq
Taiwanese hold major protest against China
Police confront looters in Kyrgyzstan
India objects to U.S.-Pakistan arms deal


The US News: Iraq News
Iraq parliament to reconvene
Iran Arms Stockpile Worries U.S.
From Hero To Homeless
Assassination, attacks overshadow Iraq political talks >
Wave of violence across Iraq leaves 21 dead
U.S. Guards Discover 600-Foot Tunnel in Key Iraq Prison Before Detainees Can Escape
A quiet week in Iraq ends as string of attacks kill 15


Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
U.S. Marine Killed in Action in Western Iraq


CNN.com
Taiwan protests new Chinese law
Car bomb kills 2 U.S. soldiers in Baghdad Video


Fox News
Explosion Kills Four U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
Iraq Prison Tunnel Found
Report: Ousted Kyrgyz Leader in Russia
AP: Iran Amassing Arms
Seven Killed in Afghan Battle
Warplanes Kill Five Suspected Militants
Slain Soldier's Father Paints Tribute to Him
Afghans Set Election Date
Suspect in Deadly Afghan Bombing Arrested
Rice Praises Afghan Transition to Democracy
U.S. to Sell F-16s to Pakistan


Department of Defense
Troop Role in Djibouti Vital in Terror War — Story
Morale, Sense of Accomplishment High — Story

ON THE GROUND
U.S. Forces Aid Afghan Flood Victims — Story
Coalition Medics Treat Young Burn Victims
U.S., NATO Troops View Potential Team Site — Story
Iraqi Police Recruits Tackle Screening Process — Story
Iraqi Workers Build Base for New Iraqi Army — Story
Buffalo Joins Brigade Combat Team Arsenal -- Story

IN IRAQ
Army Secretary Visits Camp Liberty Troops
Training to Provide Framework for Daily Ops
Iraqi SWAT Training Nears Halfway Point
Training Key to Overcoming Ambush

IN AFGHANISTAN
Corps of Engineers Awards Bridge Contract
Flowers Symbolize Progress in Afghans' Lives
Myers Visits Deployed Soldiers in Afghanistan
Army Secretary Visits Camp Phoenix Troops

IN UZBEKISTAN
C-130s Airdrop Critical Supplies to Afghans

FACE OF DEFENSE
Southwest Asia Deployment Reunites Family Members — Story

HOMECOMING
Rhode Island Artillerymen Return Home
Photos: 272nd MP Company Returns from Iraq
Photos: New Hampshire Guard Brigade Returns

San Antonio Spurs Host Troops — Story
Firefighters Visit, Thank Troops — Story

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Soldiers Kill Seven Terrorists
Tip Leads to Bombing Arrest
U.S. Troops 'Well Led, Trained'
Iraq Daily Update
Iraq Reconstruction
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Commander Pledges Continuity
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Army Chief Talks Transformation
Myers Outlines WMD Threat
Building MP Unit No Easy Task
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Unit Gets Presidential Unit Citation
Health Plan Benefits Some Troops
Rumsfeld in Guatemala for Talks
Support Critical to Mission
National Guard, Reserve Update


Today in History
1668 - Britain takes control of Bombay, India
1790 - The US Congress passes the Naturalization Act
1793 - Pro-royalists riot in Vendée region of France
1799 - Napolean captures Jaffa, Palestine
1804 - The US Congress orders the removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana
1804 - The Territory of Orleans is organized in the Louisiana Purchase
1862 - Battle of La Glorieta Pass, New Mexico Territory
1863 - West Virginia votes to approve gradual emancipation of slaves
1910 - US forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers & the sick
1913 - Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the 1st Balkan War
1931 - Iraq & Trans-Jordan sign a peace treaty
1935 - "RvJ" Mitchell & Major Sorley discuss the armament of the Spitfire
1942 - The 1st "Eichmann transport" to the Auschwitz & Birkenau Camps
1942 - Colonel-General Rommel launches a German offensive in North Africa
1943 - Army Nurse Elsie S. Ott becomes the first woman to receive an air medal
1943 - Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific theater
1944 - 705 British bombers attack Essen
1945 - Churchill looks over at the Rhine, near Ginsberg
- Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, and Patton attack at Remagen
- Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima
- Kamikazes attack the US battle fleet near Kerama Retto
- The US 7th Army crosses the Rhine at Worms
1954 - The US performs an atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1958 - 30th Academy Awards-"Bridge on the River Kwai", Alec Guinness & Joanne Woodward win
1958 - The US Army launches America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III"
1960 - Iraq executes 30 after an attack on President Kassem
1971 - Bangladesh declares independence
1974 - The Romanian communist party names Nicolae Ceausescu President
1979 - Israel and Egypt sign the Camp David peace treaty
1982 - In Washington DC, ground is broken for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
1989 - 190 million votes are cast in the first free elections in the USSR; Boris Yeltsin wins

Birthdays
1479 -Vasili III, great prince of Moscow, son of Ivan III
1813 - Thomas West Sherman, Union Brevet Major General
1817 - Herman Haupt, Union Brigadier General
1868 - Fuad I, King of Egypt
1875 - Syngman Rhee, President, South Korea
1893 - Palmiro Togliatti, founder of the Communist Party of Italy
1914 - Ian McGeoch, Vice-Admiral
1914 - William Westmoreland, US Army General (Vietnam)
1920 - George E. Brown, Jr. (Representative, CA)
1930 - Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st female Supreme Court Justice
1940 - Nancy Pelosi (Representative, CA)
1962 - Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, Russian Lt. Colonel/cosmonaut