JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Pro-Syria demonstrators gather in Lebanon
U.S. military may abandon Abu Ghraib
China steps up pressure on Taiwan


The US News: Iraq News
Insurgents step up attacks against Iraqi forces
Bolivia's political tug of war
Shooting of Italians Rattles U.S. Coalition in Iraq
Insurgent Attacks in Iraq Leave 33 Dead
Murder or self-defense? N.C. Marine faces charge in Iraq killings
Insurgents Launch Attacks North of Iraqi Capital, Killing 12
Cell phones are key Iraqi terror tool
Bush Lunches With King and Queen of Norway, Says He's Satisfied With Norway Role in Iraq
Saudis tout campaign to combat terrorism
White House rejects suggestion that Italian journalist targeted by U.S. forces


Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Rabin's killer denied conjugal visits
Militants in Jordan refuse to plead


San Diego Union-Tribune
Friendly fire in Iraq takes toll on U.S.-led coalition – and Iraqis
State funeral held for Italian agent shot dead in Iraq hostage liberation
Judge refuses to dismiss charges against Abu Ghraib defendant


Katu.com
Servicemen killed in Iraq are honored in Hawaii
Gonzales says U-S can't control torture of detainees by foreign governments


Ananova: War In Iraq
Peers urge action over terrorism


Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
U.S.-Syrian Tussle Harks Back to Iraq
Britain says sabotage did not cause plane crash in Iraq
Insurgent Attacks in Iraq Leave 31 Dead

Calipari and Sgrena


CENTCOM
SUMMARY OF COALITION WINTER RELIEF TO AFGHANS
CENTCOM: News Release

OPERATION RIVER BLITZ SECURITY MEASURES TO CONTINUE
CENTCOM: News Release


CNN.com
Huge crowds at pro-Syria rally in Beirut
Bush to keep up pressure for Mideast reform
Beijing: Force an option in Taiwan dispute


Fox News
GIs Battle Iraqi Insurgents; Officials Gunned Down
U.S. May Leave Abu Ghraib
Court Retries 9/11 Hijacker
Army: Blacks Staying Away Because of Iraq War
Briton Shot Dead in Kabul
Settlement Scandal in Israel
Kosovo PM Will Resign
Blogger Gets White House Press Pass
Hawaii-Based Marines Killed in Iraq Honored
Iran Admits Nuclear Facility Is Underground
Man Dies After Winning Tequila Shot Contest
Charges Stand Against Abu Ghraib Guard
Hezbollah organizes Beirut protest


Department of Defense
Iraqis Assume Increased Responsibility — Story
Iraqi Troops Flush Samarra of Insurgents
Challenges Face Anti-Drug Cooperation — Story
Violent Contacts Down in Afghanistan
Detainee Cases Make Way Through Courts — Story

ON THE GROUND
Fort Campbell Troops Work to Save Lives — Story
Donations Help Students Continue Education — Story
'Can Do' Infantrymen Distribute Shoes to Sadr Kids
Team Helps Restore Afghan Cultural Art Form — Story
Coalition Aid Effort Honors Afghan Women — Story

IN IRAQ
Contractor Conferences Help with Rebuilding
Conference Encourages Private Agency Help for Iraqis
Deployed Seabees Mark 63rd Birthday in Iraq
Texas Soldiers Patrol Iraq’s Mean Streets
Airmen Track Terrorists Off Base
Physical, Occupational Therapy Fixes Strains, Sprains
Corpsmen Serve as First Responders in Iraq

IN AFGHANISTAN
Helicopters Move Operation Enduring Freedom

IN UZBEKISTAN
Military Police Protect Outpost in Uzbekistan

IN DJIBOUTI
Service Members, School Donate Funds to Orphans

FACE OF DEFENSE
Dream of Opportunity Leads to Duty in Iraq — Story

Girl Scouts Sell Cookies for Troops — Story

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Officials Provide Rebuilding Update
Soldiers Capture Bomb Maker
Iraq Daily Update
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Coalition Outlines Relief Efforts
Citizens Turn In Weapons
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Detainee Transfer Announced
Detainees Not Entitled to Privileges
Detainees Still Provide Intel
Special Ops Vital to Terror War
Special Ops Goal: Retain Personnel
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Mich. Marines Train for Iraq Duty
Sailors Pass Torch Aboard Raven
Army Secretary Vow: Fix Pay Woes
National Guard, Reserve Update


Weather
Weather information from The Weather Channel

Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf

Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Kuwait
Al Jahrah As Sulaybiyah Kuwait City


Today in History
1702 - Queen Ann becomes monarch following the death of William III of England.

1790 - The first State of the Union address is delivered by George Washington.

1801 - British troops invade, defeating the French at the Second Battle of Abukir, in Egypt.

1862 - Day 2 of the Battle of Pea Ridge. Confederate troops, including Indian troops, surprise Union forces.

1862 - The Confederate ironclad C.S.S. Virginia (formerly the U.S.S. Merrimack) launches. In the Battle of Hampton Roads, she destroys two Federal ships, driving a third ashore. She will be met by the Monitor the following day.

1865 - At Appomatox Court House, Virginia, General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant, ending the U.S. Civil War. The surrender takes place in the home of Wilmer McLean, who has relocated from Manassas in order to avoid the fighting. McLean later remarks that the war started in his front yard, and ended in his back parlor.

1880 - President Rutherford B. Hays declares that the U.S. has jurisdiction over any canal to be built across the Panamanian isthmus.

1908 - The House of Commons in London kills the women's suffrage bill.

1916 - Pancho Villa leads a night raid against Columbus, New Mexico. They begin the raid with 500 men, and are driven off the next day with only 310 remaining.

1921 - Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato is assassinated while leaving Madrid's Parliament.

1921- Dusseldorf occupied by French troops.

1941 - In order to squelch anti-Nazi demonstrations, martial law is proclaimed in Holland.

1942 - The Japanese capture Rangoon, Burma.
The Dutch surrender on Java, after two months of fighting.

1943 - The Japanese attack Bougainville's Hill 700, starting a five-day battle with U.S. troops.

1945 - Phyllis Mae Daley is commissioned in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. She is the first African-American nurse serving in World War II.

1954 - In Paris, France and Vietnam open talks on a treaty to form Indochina.

1957 - Egypt opens the Suez Canal.

1965 - 4,000+ Marines, the first U.S. Combat troops in Vietnam, land at Da Nang.

1966 - Australia announces that it is tripling its forces in Vietnam.

1970 - Nixon discloses the deaths of 27 Americans in Laos.

1973 - In Great Britain, two bombs explode near Trafalgar Square. 234 people are injured.

1982 - The U.S. accuses the Soviet Union of using poison gas to kill 3,000 Afghans.

Birthdays
1783 - Hannah Hoes Van Buren, wife of Martin Van Buren

1841 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court Justice

1879 - Otto Hahn, co-discoverer of nuclear fission