The US News: Iraq News
Clerics urge Iraqis to join security force
Army officer convicted in shooting death of wounded Iraqi is dismissed from military
Ex-CIA chiefs rebut knowledge of problems with Iraq source
Iraq Fraud Can Be Tried in U.S.
Iraqi exile says US report on intelligence before war clears him ...
U.S. Citizen Held in Iraq as Suspected Insurgent
Baghdad priests pray for pope, remember appeals for peace


Katu.com
Sergeant found competent to stand trial in deadly grenade attack


Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Former CIA Chief Disputes Warning Over Iraq Data


CENTCOM
MAJ GEN CASTELLAW NOMINATED FOR THIRD STAR
U.S. HANDS OVER HERAT PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM TO ITALY


Fox News
Attacks in Iraq Kill Six
N. Korea Criticizes Japan
Palestinian Security Commander Resigns
Explosives Found in Terry Nichols' Old Home
U.S. Missionaries Killed
Ex-CIA Chiefs Dispute Bush Intel Panel Claims


CNN
Iraq car bomb kills 5, wounds 4
Explosives found in home of Oklahoma City bomber
Killers hunted in rampage killing of 30 in Rio
Man found alive 5 days after Indonesia quake
Report: Colombia drug war failing


Department of Defense
Myers: Total-Force Concept Successful — Story
War on Terrorism Promotes Transformation — Story
Navy to Provide Guantanamo Bay Guards — Story

ON THE GROUND
Deployed Troops Opt to Extend Service — Story
'Bobcats' Search Oruzgan Province for Enemy — Story
Romanian President Visits Camp Phoenix — Story

IN IRAQ
Miss. Guard Soldiers Link U.S., Iraqi Schools
Iraqi, U.S. Troops Distribute Humanitarian Aid
Gunrunners Provide Close Air Support Near Border
Support Battalion Keeps Supplies Moving

IN AFGHANISTAN
Laura Bush Visits Troops in Afghanistan
First Lady Thanks U.S. Troops for Service
Photos: First Lady Visits Afghanistan
Afghan Officials Bid Farewell to Wolfhounds
Logistics Motto: Have Pallet, Will Travel

WHY I SERVE
Guantanamo Sailor Loves Navy Lifestyle — Story

City Kicks Off Troop Support Rally — Story
Town Takes Support a Step Further

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Ops Yield Suspects, Weapons
Attacks Lowest Since March 2004
Force Assessment Due Mid-Summer
Rumsfeld Discusses Insurgency
Success in Iraq - DoD Fact Sheet
Year in Review 2004 Fact Sheets (pdf)
Iraq Daily Update
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Power of Freedom Evident
Forces Airlift Injured Afghans
Afghan Academy Opens Gates
Missing Aircraft Search Continues
Defense Leaders' Views on Afghanistan
Enduring Freedom Marks 3 Years
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Report Recommends Intel Changes
Civil Support Commanders Meet
Elections Show Democratic Trend
Info Access Key in Terror War
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Bush Nominates Navy Secretary
Wolfowitz Wins Confirmation
OPM Extends Veterans' Preference
Airman Designs New EOD Vehicle
Ceremonies to Honor Fallen Soldier
DACOWITS Topic: Family Issues
National Guard, Reserve Update


Today in History
1513 - Ponce de Leon lands in Florida
1763 - At the Battle of Gherain, the British defeat the Bengalese Nawab.
1792 - The United States approves the minting of the $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins as well as the silver dollar, dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime.
1796 - Haitian revolt leader Toussaint L'Ouverture takes command of French forces at Santo Domingo.
1801 - The British navy defeats the Danish at the Battle of Copenhagen. When ordered to withdraw, Admiral Nelson lifts his telescope to his blind eye and continues to fight.
1836 - At the Battle of San Jacinto River, Santa Anna was taken prisoner and forced to recognize the independence of Texas.
1865 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis flees Richmond, Virginia ahead of Grant's advance.
1917 - President Woodrow Wilson presents a declaration of war against Germany to Congress.
1917 - Jeannette Pickering Rankin is sworn in as the first woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
1932 - Charles Lindbergh pays more than $50,000 ransom for his kidnapped son.
1935 - Watson Watt is granted a patent for RADAR.
1941 - German Lt. Gen. Erwin Rommel begins his push to recapture Libya.
1944 - Soviet forces enter Romania, one of Germany's allies.
1958 - The National Advisory Council on Aeronautics is renamed NASA.
1963 - Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King begins the first non-violent campaign in Birmingham, Alabama.
1972 - North Vietnamese troops captured part of Quang Tri. Southern Vietnamese troops (with the help of the Americans) eventually prevailed, recapturing it in September 1972.
1975 - The South Vietnamese begin to evacuate Qui Nhon.
1982 - Argentina invades the British-held Falkland Islands.

Birthdays
742 - Charlemagne, first Holy Roman Emperor.
1840 - Emile Zola, French novelist / activist.