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"It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil."
-- Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz
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Sharon gives outpost removal reassurances
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U.N.: Assad committed to Lebanon pullout
Ohio prosecutor works to help bring peace to Iraq
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The US News: Iraq News
Two Iraqi police killed
Ukraine begins Iraq pullout
Iraqi Media Relations Office Denies Reports of Headless Bodies South of Baghdad
Egypt Helped Iraqi WMD Program Used Against Iran
Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
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Jordan, Egypt to supply power to Iraq
3 Iraqi police, US soldier killed in violence
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Terror row simmers
CENTCOM
CIRCUMSTANCES OF DETAINEE INJURIES UNDER INVESTIGATION
CENTCOM: News Release
CNN.com
Syrian troops to stay in Lebanon until April
Gerry Adams: IRA may cease to exist
Fox News
Iraq Attacks Kill 2 Contractors
Strong Earthquake in Iran
Minister: Commission to Decide Syrian Timetable
Saudis Fight Militants
Palestinians Enter Israel
U.S. to Confront Abuse Critics
Department of Defense
Soldier Killed; Possible Abuse Investigated — Story
Afghan National Army Receives New Vehicles — Story
IN IRAQ
Marine Aviation Excels During River Blitz
Troops Help Iraqi Commandos to Communicate
IN AFGHANISTAN
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IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Daily Update
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WAR ON TERRORISM
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Today in History
1519 - Cortez lands in Mexico.
1777 - Congress orders European envoys to appeal for troops to reinforce the American army.
1814 - At the Battle of Reims, Napoleon routs the Prussian and Russian forces; he does so by taking a position between two armies. Each outnumbers his own forces.
1861 - Jefferson Davis signs authorizes slaves to be used as Confederate soldiers.
1868 - The U.S. Senate begins President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial.
1881 -Czar Alexander II is assassinated when a bomb is thrown at him near his palace.
1915 - German troops repel a British Expeditionary Force attack at the battle of Neuve Chapelle in France.
1940 - Finland capitulates conditionally to Soviet terms, maintaining its independence.
1941 - Hitler calls for the invasion of the Soviet Union.
1942 - Julia Flikke becomes the first woman colonel in the U.S. Army.
1943 - Japanese forces end their attack on American troops on Hill 700, in Bougainville.
1951 - Israel demands German reparations for the cost of caring for war refugees.
1963 - China invites Khrushchev to visit Beijing.
1970 - Cambodia orders Hanoi and Viet Cong troops to leave.
1974 - Arab leaders decide to end the oil embargo on the U.S.
1981 - The United States plans to send 15 Green Berets to El Salvador as advisors.
1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the new leader of the U.S.S.R., following the death of Konstantin Chernenko.
Birthdays
1764 - Charles Earl Grey, British Prime Minister
1798 - Abigail Powers Fillmore, First Lady, wife of Millard Fillmore
1820 - Louis Herbert Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1913 - William J Casey (headed CIA 1981-87)
1933 - Frank H Murkowski (Senator-AK)
1958 - Rick A Lazio (Representative-NY)