Quote of the Day
"I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers."
-- Harry Truman

News of Note:
Marine cleared of Iraq murder: Report
Mobile soldier remembered for love of Iraq's children
More money raised for Iraqi family that helped Guard
Wounds of War
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi may be injured

Koran-flushing scandal:
Newsweek apologizes for Quran story errors
Newsweek says Koran desecration report is wrong
Flawed Abuse Story Sparks Afghan Riots

U.N. Oil-For-Food scandal:
Iraqi Aides Knew About Oil-for Food Bribes
Panel says BayOil key in Saddam scheme
Report: Saddam used oil to reward Russia
Iraqis Say Russians Got Millions in Oil

Operation Matador:
Operation Confirms Intelligence Assessment
Marines end push against insurgents in Iraq
U.S. Calls Iraq Border Offensive a Success
Marines' families await word from Iraq


JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Koreas resume talks after 10-month hiatus
Iraqi police find bodies of 38 men
Support for U.S. sanctions for Iran grows
Rice praises creation of Iraqi cabinet


Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Son of slain Lebanon leader to seek post
Saudi court sends three reformists to jail


Ananova: War In Iraq
Galloway to fight Saddam claims


The US News: Iraq News
Rice offers support, warning during visit to Iraq
Iraq Car Bombings Kill 21, Injure 90
Britain, S. Korea to use Turkish base for Iraq operations
Family of Australian hostage starts advertising campaign in Iraq
Iraqi Sunnis may reach peace in exchange for power
Twenty-three bodies discovered in Iraq
US Secretary of State in Iraq
Japan offers Iraq power plant
Saudi crackdown on dissenters
Iraqi insurgents kidnap two drivers -Arabiya TV
Afghanistan not ready to legalize opium production
Afghanistan's new jihad targets poppy production
U.S. Marines unit begin landing at Kuwaiti naval base for possible deployment in Iraq
Some Sunnis hint at peace terms in Iraq
Diyala Governor Survives Baqouba Bomb Blasts That Kill Four Iraqi Policemen
Iraq-Turkey Pipe Briefly Resumes Pumping Oil -Official
Senate Panel Approves Defense Bill That Boosts Spending for Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
Baghdad M.D. asks Japan to aid Iraq's hospitals
Japanese Man Kidnapped in Iraq May Be Dead
Top Iraqi Foreign Ministry Official Shot, Killed
Rice speaks to U.S. forces in Iraq
Rice says U.S. will remain until Iraq `can defend itself'


Fox News:
Iraqi Cops Find 41 Bodies; Leaders Vow Justice
Transcript: Hadley on 'FNS'
Pols Mull Iran Sanctions
Bush Honors Slain Officers
Uzbek Deaths May Top 700
Ex-Professor to Face Juryon Terror-Funding Charges
Both Sides Claim VictoryIn Judicial Fight
Seven GOPers Are Key
Koreas Resume Nuke Talks
Report: Top Russians Got Oil-for-Food Bribes


Department of Defense
Rice: 'Intensify' Iraqi Political Process — Story
Afghan Forces Report Rioting Under Control — Story

ON THE GROUND
Reconstruction Efforts Progress in Iraq
Al-Oubaidy District Improvements Continue

IN IRAQ
Iraqi Freedom Combat Equipment Returns
'Desert Dogs' Keep Aircraft in the Air
Army Chief of Staff Visits Vanguard Troops

IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Paratroopers Deal Blow to Taliban Forces

IN THE PERSIAN GULF
USS Mustin Rescues 27 in Persian Gulf
Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ship Supports Iraqi Navy

TRANSFORMATION
BRAC to Reshape Infrastructure — Story
BRAC Web site

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Base Realignment and Closure 2005

IN IRAQ
Abu Ghraib Officer Punished
Iraqi Citizen Tip Leads to Weapons
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting

WAR ON TERRORISM
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Medical Team Trains to Deploy
Mobile Security Unit Deploys
Bush Approves Funding
National Guard, Reserve Update


Weather
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Iraq
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Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar


Today in History
1770 - Marie Antoinette marries future King Louis XVI of France.
1863 - At the Battle of Champion's Hill, Union General Grant repels the Confederates, driving them into Vicksburg.
1868 - President Andrew Johnson is acquitted during impeachment by one vote.
1879 - The Treaty of Gandamak (Russia / England) sets up the Afghan state.
1920 - Joan of Arc is canonized in Rome.
1943 - A Royal Air Force squadron destroys two river dams in Germany; Germans launch Operation Gypsy Baron.
1951 - Chinese Communist Forces launch a second step, fifth-phase offensive, gaining as much as 20 miles of territory.
1960 - A Big Four summit in Paris collapses in the wake of the USSR's downing of an American U-2 spy plane.
1963 - Gordon Cooper returns to Earth, after Project Mercury's last mission.
1968 - U.S. Navy Corpsman Donald E. Ballard earns the Medal of Honor for action in Quang Tri Province. When his unit was ambushed, an enemy soldier tossed a grenade into the midst of his unit and wounded men. He pulled the grenade under his body to sheild them. Fortunately, if failed to explode.

Birthdays
1801 - William Henry Seward, U.S. Secretary of State.
1824 - Edmund Kirby-Smith, CSA General.
1912 - Studs Terkel, author / historian.

Passings
1932 - Ki Imukai, premier of Japan, murdered.
1957 - Eliot Ness, of "The Untouchables" fame.
1989 - Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered.
1996 - Pierre Debizet, residtance fighter / special agent.
1996 - Mike Jeremy Boorda, NATO commandant, suicide.