-- Thomas Jefferson

JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
England to plead guilty in Abu Ghraib case
World gathers to review nuclear treaty
Israeli troops raid West Bank town
S. Korea downplays N. Korea missile test
Iraq car blast at funeral leaves 25 dead


Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Frist begins Mideast fact-finding tour
Khamenei: Iran won't abandon nuke program
Sharon: Israel, Turkey to set up hot line
Locals offer insight into Egypt terrorist


The Guardian
Private receives highest military honour
Hassan murder suspects held in Iraq raid


The US News: Iraq News
Iraq car blast at funeral leaves 25 dead
Tape shows Iraq militants holding Australian hostage
Italy to publish dissenting report
Iraqi Insurgents Unleash Deadly Day
New Violence Greets Iraqi Government
Turkish FM calls on Iraqi neighbors to jointly fight terror
UK's Blair Hits Back at Pre-Poll Attacks Over Iraq
Latest Developments in Iraq
Syria to restore relations with Iraq
Men confess to killing aid worker in Iraq
Iraq Expects Foreign Troops to Pull Out Mid-2006
Officials aim to purge Iraqi forces of infiltrators
Iraq Cabinet list is submitted
Fort Carson Gear Costs $7 Million To Ship To Iraq


Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Blair Will Win Election Despite Iraq Row -- Poll


Fox News
Two Killed in West Bank Raid
Israeli Minister Resigns in Protest
North Korea Tests Missile
Afghan Blast Kills Two Cops
Pfc. England to Plead Guilty in Abu Ghraib Sex Abuse Case
Baghdad Blasts Kill Six
Car Bomb Targets Iraq Funeral
Arrests in CARE Director's Death
Insurgent Attacks Kill 17 Iraqis, 1 GI
Evidence of Saddam's Deadly Reign
The Iraq War in Retrospect
No Deals With Terrorists
China Denies U.S. Lax Piracy Policy Charge
White House 'Not Surprised' by Test
Gen. Tommy Franks - 'H&C' exclusive


Department of Defense
Italian Officer’s Death 'Tragic Accident' — Story
Troops Rescue Man Forced into Bombing — Story
Iraqi Says Nation Appreciates U.S. Sacrifices — Story
Civic Leaders View Coast Guard Duties — Story

ON THE GROUND
Marine Unit Storms Djiboutian Shores

IN IRAQ
Texas Guard Soldiers Patrol Deadly Grounds
Army Medics Bring Care to Remote Village
Hawaii National Guard Secures Camp Victory

IN AFGHANISTAN
Khost Team Helps Restore Mosque, Shrine
U.S. Army Europe Commander Visits Troops

IN SOUTHWEST ASIA
Deployed Airman Says 'I Do' Via Phone

IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
Task Force Troops Dedicate Kenyan Girls' School
Task Force Helps Renovate Ethiopian Schools

Singers to Salute Troops
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2005 — Singers Keni Thomas, Craig Morgan and Rockie will salute the troops with a musical performance at the Pentagon, May 5. A former U.S. Army ranger, Thomas relates in music his views on the importance of leadership and how one life can make a difference. Keni Thomas "Not Me"

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
UAV Nabs Suspects; Soldiers Killed
Bombs Rock Baghdad; Troops Killed
Iraq Daily Update
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Airstrike Kills Afghan Civilians
Afghans Treated at U.S. Base
Afghans Majority of Workforce
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Senators Get Intel Update
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Radio Hosts Visit Iraq, Kuwait
Defense Dept. Honors Wolfowitz
Civic Leaders Visit Parris Island
Photos: Civil Leaders Visit Bases
Civic Leaders Visit Georgia Base
National Guard, Reserve Update


Today in History
1598 - Henry IV signs Treaty of Vervins.
1668 - The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle ends France's War of Devolution.
1776 - France and Spain agree to donate arms to rebel American colonists fighting the British.
1797 - A British navy mutiny spreads from Spithead to the remainder of the fleet.
1798 - The black General L'ouverture forces British troops to agree to evacuate Santo Domingo. 1808 - Madrid rises up against Napoleon.
1813 - Napoleon defeats Russian and Prussian forces at Grossgorschen.
1863 - Stonewall Jackson batters the Union flank at Chancellorsville.
1865 - President Andrew Johnson offers a $100,000 reward for the capture of Jefferson Davis.
1885 - King Leopold II (Belgium) establishes the Congo Free State.
1890 - The Territory of Oklahoma is created.
1919 - The first US air passenger service begins.
1923 - Lieutenants Kelly and Macready take off from New York on what will be the first successful nonstop transcontinental flight.
1941 - Hostilities break out between British forces and Iraq's pro-German faction.
1942 - Admiral Nimitz, convinced that the Japanese will attack Midway, visits that island to review readiness.
1945 - Russian forces take Berlin after 12 days of fierce fighting.
1968 - The U.S. Army attacks Nhi Ha in South Vietnam, beginning a two-week battle to pry it away from the Communists.
1970 - American and South Vietnamese troops continue their attack in Cambodia - the largest operation in the war since 1967's Operation Junction City.
- At Kent State, student anti-war protesters burn down the campus ROTC building; the National Guard takes control of the campus.

Birthdays
1729 - Czarina Catherine II of Russia.
1837 - Henry Martyn Roberts, parlimentarian and creator of Robert's Rules of Order.
Manfred von Richthofen - "the Red Baron" - German WWI fighter ace.