JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Attack on U.S. convoy in Iraq kills GI
Gonzales to defend Patriot Act renewal


Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Explosion targets U.S. convoy in Baghdad
Saudi police kill nine militants


Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
US Troops Battle Insurgents East of Baghdad
Riot at U.S.-Run Prison in Iraq, 16 People Wounded
Missing Soldier in Iraq Has Become Part of Ohio Community's Consciousness
Bomb Explodes Near Iraq Army Patrol, Kills Civilian
U.S. Marine Killed in Action West of Baghdad
Iraqi Army General Kidnapped in Baghdad - Police
Car Bomb Explodes at Iraqi Army Checkpoint


The US News: Iraq News
Two US soldiers killed in Iraq
Two Iraqis Charged in Al-Zarqawi Cash Aid
Estonians can choose whether to pull out of Iraq: US
Inmates, Guards Clash at Prison in S. Iraq
Iraq charge soldier 'to be cleared'
Boy, 11, accepts his father's Medal of Honor
Iraqi prisoners stage violent protest
Suicide bomber wounds 5 Iraqis at Abu Ghraib


Fox News
Two GIs Killed in Iraq
Report Blasts WTC Evacuation
Gonzales Defends Patriot Act
British Election Set for May 5
Gore Launches TV Channel
Iraqi Lawmakers Choose Speaker
Seven Killed in Iraq Violence
Sunni Leaders Urge Iraqis to Protect Nation


CNN
Car bombs kill U.S. soldier, Iraqi civilian


Department of Defense
New Sports Clinic Honors Disabled Vets — Story

ON THE GROUND
42nd Military Police Brigade Train Iraqi Cadets — Story
Balad Medics Perform Critical Care Mission — Story
U.S. Fighter Aircraft Flying New Missions — Story
Military Police Partner with Iraqi Police — Story

IN IRAQ
Iraqi, U.S. Troops Distribute Humanitarian Aid

IN AFGHANISTAN
'Bobcats' Search Oruzgan Province for Enemy
Romanian President Visits Camp Phoenix

FACE OF DEFENSE
Marine Brings Comforts to the Battlefront — Story

HONORING THE FALLEN
256th Brigade Combat Team Honors Fallen — Story

Celebrities Encourage Disabled Vets — Story

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Vehicle Safety Improves in Iraq
Medic Receives Medal for Valor
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
Anti-coalition Attacks Increase
Power of Freedom Evident
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Security Forces Prepare to Deploy
Soldier Killed by Small-arms Fire
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Bush Nominates Navy Secretary
OPM Extends Veterans' Preference
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Casualties — Story


Today in History
1242 - Russian troops repel an invasion by Teutonic knights.
1614 - Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
1632 - After the Battle of The Leck, Gustavus Adolphus occupies Augsburg, Munich, and all of southern Bavaria. Count Tilly is killed by artillery during the fighting.
1792 - George Washington casts the first presidential veto.
1799 - In the Battle of Magnano, the French are soundly defeated by the Austrians.
1818 - In the Battle of Maipo River, Chilean forces defeat the Spanish, securing Chilean independence.
1843 - Queen Victoria proclaims Hong Kong a British colony.
1862 - The siege of Yorktown starts.
1865 - As the Confederate army approaches Appomattox, it skirmishes with Union forces at Amelia Springs and Paine's Cross Road.
1908 - As the Russians retreat, the Japanese reach the Yalu River.
1919 - Eamon de Valera becomes president of Ireland.
1930 - Mahatma Ghandi defies British law, making salt in India instead of buying it from the British.
1941 - German commandos secure docks along the Danube River in preparation for a German invasion of the Balkans.
1942 - South of Ceylon, the Japanese sink the H.M.S. Dorsetshire and Cornwall.
1943 - The British 8th Army attacks the retreating Axis forces at Wadi Akarit.
1951 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are sentenced to death for espionage.
1955 - Winston Churchill resigns as British prime minister.
1972 - The North Vietnamese launch the second front of their Nguyen Hue Offensive.
1986 - In a West Berlin disco packed with American Soldiers, a bomb explodes, killing 2 US servicemen and a Turkish woman. Ten days later, the U.S. retaliates after it is discovered that Libya is linked to the bombing.

Birthdays
1827 - Joseph Lister, English physician, founded the idea of using antiseptics during surgery.
1839 - Robert Smalls, black congressman from South Carolina, 1875-87.
1923 - Nguyen Van Thieu, president of South Vietnam.
1937 - Colin Powell, U.S. Army general, Secretary of State.