JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Report: Moussaoui plans to plead guilty
Sharon looks to 3-week Gaza pullout delay
Iraqi forces seek insurgents in operation


Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Bassel Fleihan, Lebanese lawmaker, dies
'I won't sign death warrant for Saddam'


US News: Iraq News
Iraq defense official killed by gunmen
Senate Asks Bush for Iraq War-Cost Estimates
Soldier blogs bring the front line to the folks at home
Truman carrier group returns from Iraq
Iraq calls Shia hostage standoff an exaggeration
Turbulent meeting for the Iraqi parliament


Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Iraqi forces recapture lawless town but no hostages found
Truman Carrier Group Returns From Iraq


Fox News
Eight Alleged Taliban Rebels Killed in Afghan Gunbattle
Gitmo Releases 17 Afghans
Bomb Kills Six Iraqis
Israel Mulls Gaza Delay
Iran Suspends Al-Jazeera
Panel to Vote on Bolton
Rep. Henry Hyde to Retire
Moussaoui May Plead Guilty in Sept. 11 Case
Oklahoma City Remembers


Department of Defense
Tripartite Commission Holds 10th Meeting —Story
Language Latest Weapon in U.S. Arsenal — Story
Task Force Makes Progress Against IED Threat — Story

ON THE GROUND
Air Assault First Mission of Operation Vigilance — Story Photos
Afghans, Coalition Hold Milestone Conference — Story
Shot in Back, Troop Owes Life to Ballistic Plate — Story

IN IRAQ
Marines Generate Continuous Flight Ops
F-16 Crew Chiefs Combat Odds to Keep Jets in Flight
'Buffalo' Finds Explosive Devices, Saves Lives
Marines, Soldiers Keep Camp Taqaddum Safe
Corps of Engineers Integral Part of Rebuilding
Advanced Combat Helmet Saves Soldier’s Life

IN AFGHANISTAN
'America’s Battalion' Fulfills Promise to Teen
Team Readies Airfield for Italian Troops
Rumsfeld: Troops Earn Place in History Photos
Afghan Toddler Treated at Bagram for Burns

IN SOUTHWEST ASIA
Airmen Cross 100-Mission Milestones

IN UZBEKISTAN
C-130 Maintainers Keep Mission-Capable Rates High

IN YEMEN
U.S. Troops Conduct Medical Civic Action Program
Battalion Helps Treat Herds in Dhamar Region

FACE OF DEFENSE
High-School Sweethearts Make Military a Career — Story

Not All Phone Cards are Alike — Story

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Medal of Honor
Two Years in Iraq
'Gitmo' Detainee Camp

IN IRAQ
Soldier Killed; Insurgents Detained
Soldiers Killed in Iraq
Two Soldiers Killed in Attacks
Suicide Bombers Are Mostly Foreign
Highway Patrol Ready for Duty
Judges Receive New Work Vehicles
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
Afghans Turn in Weapons, IEDs
Boy Dies Despite Heart Surgery
Coalition Confronts Narcotics Trade
Taliban Likely to Step Up Attacks
Tragedy Demonstrates Cooperation
Herat Airport Manager Shares View
Afghan Army Nabs Terror Suspect
Defense Leaders' Views on Afghanistan
Enduring Freedom Marks 3 Years
Afghanistan Daily
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting

WAR ON TERRORISM
Aircraft Lighter Ban Applies to All
Myers: Editors, Tell Full Story
Intel Nominees Approved
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Deployments Mean Vaccinations
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualties — Story


Today in History
1539 - Emperor Charles V reaches a truce with German Protestants at Frankfurt.
1689 - Residents of Boston oust their governor, Edmond Andros.
1764 - The English Parliament bans the American colonies from printing paper money.
1775 - The American Revolution begins with fighting at Lexington, Massachusetts.
1782 - The Netherlands recognizes the United States.
1794 - Tadeusz Kosciuszko forces the Russians out of Warsaw.
1802 - The Spanish reopen New Orleans to American merchants.
1861 - In Baltimore, secessionist rioters attack Massachusetts soldiers bound for Washington. Four soldiers and twelve rioters are killed.
- President Lincoln orders a blockade of Confederate ports.
1880 - The Times war correspondent telephones a report of the Battle of Ahmed Khel. This is the first time news is sent this way.
1927 - In China, communists declare war on Chiang Kai-shek.
1938 - General Francisco Franco declares victory in the Spanish Civil War.
1939 - Connecticut finally approves the Bill of Rights.
1943 - The Warsaw Ghetto uprising begins.
1971 - Russia launches its first Salyut space station.
1982 - NASA names Sally Ride to be the first woman astronaut.
1989 - The battleship USS Iowa's number 2 turret explodes, killing 47 sailors.
1993 - The FBI ends a 51-day siege by storming the Branch Dividian compound in Waco, Texas.
1995 - A truck bomb explodes in front of the federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.

Birthdays
1721 - Roger Sherman, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
1832 - Lucretia Rudolph, President Garfield's first lady.
1903 - Eliot Ness, Treasury agent during Prohibition.