News of Note:
Rice Chastises Syria for Loose Iraq Border
Bush Nominates No. 2 to Head Air Force
Newsweek Controversy:
Official Calls Desecration Story 'False'
Newsweek Retracts Koran Story
Newsweek urged to do more to repair damage
Review Finds Problems with Mitch Albom's Columns
Abu Ghraib Trials:
Harman guilty on 6 Abu Ghraib abuse counts
Abu Ghraib Conviction
In Iraq:
Extremists targeting Iraqi civilians in attack spree seen aimed at stirring up civil war
Iraq's Qaeda claims suicide attacks in Baquba
Militants, GIs Battle in Mosul
In Afghanistan:
Afghan investigators hunt for kidnapped Italian
'Thieves' Kidnap Relief Worker in Afghanistan
UN Oil-For-Food Scandal:
Ultranationalist Russian Lawmaker Denies Wrongdoing Under Iraq Oil-for-Food Program
Oil-for-Food Committee Probes U.S. Graft
War on Terror:
ETA blamed for 4 bombs at Basque businesses
Gunmen kill 5 police in Indonesian islands
Fallen Heroes:
2 Pennsylvania GIs die in Iraq
JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Police foil missile plot in Jerusalem
At least 24 Iraqis killed; 50 bodies found
The US News: Iraq News
White House refutes UK Iraq memo
US Secretary of State heartened by talks with Iraqi leaders
U.S. forces wrap up Iraq offensive near Syrian border
U.S. blasts Uzbekistan government
U.S., China to exchange president visits
Special U.S. visa approved for Australians
Musharraf says al-Qaida is broken
Nepal army rescues 600 kidnapped children
Iraqi Government Vows to Crack Down as More Bodies Are Found in Iraq
Uzbek authorities tighten grip on rebels
UK's Galloway arrives in U.S. to clear name on Iraq
With Liberals losing control, will Canada shift to right?
Body of Pakistani killed in Iraq arrives
Iraq Shiite leaders plead for end to sectarian killings
Various Sources
Probe said to give sensitive info to Annan
Four Iraqi soldiers killed in attack on army camp
Rice: U.S. will put more pressure on Syria
Fox News
N. Korea Sought Nukes in '60s
9/11 Prof: I Am an Indian
Senate Filibuster Talks Fail
Israel: Jewish Radicals Plotted to Disrupt Pullout
President Promotes Alternative Energies
Rumsfeld: Panel May Have Released Secrets
Support Grows for Iran Sanctions
Bush Honors Slain Officers
Department of Defense
Counterterrorism Initiative to Focus on Africa — Story
Army Leaders Salute Task Force Danger — Story
Bush Adviser Discusses Iraq Violence — Story
ON THE GROUND
A-10 Unit Continues 'Flying Tiger' Legacy — Story
U.S. Mentors Help Afghan MPs Face Threats — Story
Caldwell Air Medics Respond to Injured Soldier — Story
IN IRAQ
Reconstruction Efforts Progress in Iraq
Al-Oubaidy District Improvements Continue
'King Bee' Visits Deployed Seabees
IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Soldiers Build Base in Bermel District
FACE OF DEFENSE
Sisters Serve their Country in Iraq — Story
AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Auction Helps Wounded Troops — Story
Indiana School Supports Troops — Story
TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Base Realignment and Closure 2005
IN IRAQ
Soldiers Target Terrorists
Rice: 'Intensify' Political Process
Operation Matador Ends
Abu Ghraib Officer Loses Job
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
IN AFGHANISTAN
Roadside Bomb Kills Afghan Troops
Colonel Works to Control Borders
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
Mobile Security Unit Deploys
Bush Approves Funding
National Guard, Reserve Update
CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Marine Casualties — Story
This Day in History
218 - 7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
1536 - Anne Boleyn's 4 "lovers" are executed.
1672 - Frontenac becomes Governor of New France (Canada) .
1673 - Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploration of Mississippi.
1733 - England passes the Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from non-British territories.
1756 - Britain declares war on France (7 Years' / French & Indian War)
1804 - Lewis & Clark begin exploring the Louisiana Purchase.
1862 - In West Virginia, the Battle of Princeton ends with a little over 125 casualities.
1863 - Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
1864 - Union troops force a Confederate retreat at the Battle of Adairsville, GA.
1871 - General Sherman escapes Comanches in an ambulance.
1876 The 7th U.S. Cavalry under Custer departs from Fort Lincoln.
1884 - Alaska becomes a U.S. territory
1916 - Daylight Savings Time (British Summer Time) is introduced for the first time.
1926 - Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord, the German Government of Marx takes power.
1938 - Congress approves the Vinson Naval Act, funding a two-ocean Navy.
1940 - Nazis bomb Middelburg
1944 - Allied aircraft conduct a raid on Surabaja, Java, Chinese and U.S. forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma, General Eisenhower sets D-Day for June 5th, the Allies land in Netherlands New-Guinea as part of Operation Straightline.
1945 - 2 U.S. P-47 Thunderbolts bomb Kiushu.
1946 - President Truman seizes control of U.S. railroads to head off a strike.
1948 - Israel liberates Acre, Nebi Yusha and Telel-Kadi, the U.S.S.R. officially recognizes Israel.
1949 - The British government recognizes the Republic of Ireland.
1954 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reverses the 1896 "separate but equal" decision (Plessy vs. Ferguson).
1973 - The Senate Watergate Committee begins hearings.
1983 - Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty.
1987 - Iraqi missiles strike the USS Stark, killing 37 sailors.
Birthdays
1741 - John Penn, Declaration of Independence signer
1812 - Union Brigadier General Joseph Warren Revere
1836 - Joseph Norman Lockyer, discovered Helium
1886 - Alfonso XIII, King of Spain
1900 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
1903 - Douglas Packard, British Lieutenant General
1911 - Knut Anders Haukfield, British Special Operations Executive (SOE) Operative
1912 - Archibald Cox, first Watergate special prosecutor
1923 - Michael Beetham, RAF Marshal
1924 - Thomas Baird, Vice-Admiral
1926 - David Young, Lieutenant-General
1932 - Rodric Braithwaite, British ambassador to USSR
1945 - D.A.S. Pennefather, Major General / Commandant (General Royal Marines), George Miller (Representative-CA)
1953 - Nicholas Bacon, premier baronet of England
Passings
1606 - Forges Dimitri, Czar of Russia, murdered
1727 - Catherine I, Empress of Russia
1945 - Jan van Geenen, resistance fighter
1996 - Willis Conover, broadcaster
Reported Missing in Action
1966
Deere, Donald T. , US Army SF (TX)
1967
Dodge, Ronald Wayne, USN (CA) ; Remains returned July, 1981
Lewis, Charlie G., US Army (NC)
1968
Young, Charles L., US Army (NY)
1969
Stewart, Virgil G. USAF (LA)
1970
Westwood, Norman P., Jr., USNR (CT)
1971
Pearce, Dale A., US Army (OH)
Soyland, David P. US Army (SD)
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