-- Winston Churchill

News of Note
Forces Destroy Zarqawi Hideout
U.S. Convoy Hit, Casualties Reported
Iraq PM says U.S. forces must stay for now
Looted art said used to fund terrorists
Saudi terror suspect said killed in Iraq
Forces Take Pride in Afghanistan's Progress

Fox News
Iran Votes in Crucial Runoff
Iraqi Leader in D.C.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Car bomber slams into U.S. convoy in Iraq
Palestinian forces hunt cop's killers
A glance at issues for next Iran leader
Main duties, powers of Iranian president
Polls open in Iran's presidential runoff
Groups demand Lebanese president resigns
Vanunu appeals to have letters returned
Sunni Arabs endorse 15 for Iraq committee
U.S.: Syria operatives still in Lebanon

Reuters: Top News
Iraqi PM opposes setting troop withdrawal date
Iranians vote in tight presidential run-off race
Syrian 'regime' can change itself - Rice
Marines hit by suicide bomber in Iraq, casualties
Anti-Taliban drive ends, top guerrillas elusive

Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Iraq's jailed ex-FM Aziz will not testify against Saddam
Rumsfeld: US not losing Iraq war

Department of Defense
Troop Return Timetable Would Be Mistake — Story Rumsfeld Prepared Testimony (pdf)
Rumsfeld: Political Process Stays on Schedule — Story
Rumsfeld: Ops at Guantanamo 'Transparent' — Story
Transformation in Europe Aiding Terror War
Review Looks at Nonlethal Weapons Training — Story

ON THE GROUND
Afghan Crash Site to Become Training Area — Story Photos
Soldiers Train Iraqi Firefighters to Save Lives — Story

IN IRAQ
Marine Unit Spearheads Operation Spear Photos
Tiger Brigade Honors Chaplain, Fathers

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Village Benefits from Students' Efforts

FACE OF DEFENSE
Marine Becomes Air Force Nurse — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Summer Camps Start Second Year – Story
Group Supports Troops Worldwide
Group Lends Heroes a Hand
'Helping Hand' Helps Families

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Forces Complete Operation Spear
Officials: Funds Properly Dispersed
Conference to Build Partnership
Iraq Daily Update
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
'Eye on Iraq' (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
More Election Violence Expected
40 Insurgents Killed in Attack
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

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

MILITARY NEWS
Army Engineer Discusses IEDs
Marine Corps Goal: IED Protection
Officials Address Intolerance
Americans, Aussies Train Together
Humanitarian Assistance Advances
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualty — Story

Weather
from The Weather Channel

Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf

Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Gitmo

Today in History
1314 - At the Battle of Bannockburn, Scotland regains independence from England.
1322 - Jews are expelled from France
1509 - King Henry VIII of England is crowned.
1540 - Henry VIII divorces his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
1793 - In France, the first republican constitution is adopted.
1813 - Battle of Beaver Dam (War of 1812)
1861 - Tennessee becomes the eleventh, and final, state to secede.
1898 - American troops drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas, Cuba.
1930 - Radar detection of planes is first used in Anacostia NAS, DC.
1932 - In Thailand, a coup ends in the establishment of an absolute monarchy.
1939 - Pan Am Airlines makes its first U.S.-to-England flight.
1940 - France signs an armistice with Italy.
1947 - While searching for the wreckage of a U.S. Marine transport plane, civilian pilot Ken Arnold reports sighting nine unknown objects over Mt. Rainier; reporters term them "flying saucers" - it sticks.
1948 - The Soviet Union begins the Berlin Blockade; the Berlin Airlift begins.
1966 - The period of (relative) peace following WW II exceeds that following WW I.
1968 - The deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion.
1977 - The IRS reveals that Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976.
1982 - The Equal Rights Amendment is defeated; Soyuz T-16 lifts off.
1983 - Chalenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB after the 7th Space Shuttle mission.
1985 - Discovery 5 returns after the 18th Space Shuttle mission.
1986 - In Alabama, Guy Hunt is elected (the first Republican governor of that state in more than 100 years).

Birthdays
1842 - Ambrose Bierce US, satirist (The Devil's Dictionary)
1946 - Ellison S. Onizuka, Major, USAF/astronaut (STS 51C, 51L-Challenger disaster)

Passings
1908 - Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th U.S. President
1922 - Dr. Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites
1971 - Kenneth Washington, actor (Sgt Baker-"Hogan's Heroes')

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Van Campen, Thomas C. , US Army (CA); wounded and separated from unit when it came under enemy sniper fire, believed KIA, body not recovered.

1966
Ellis, William, US Army (SC); disappeared while going to get help for a wounded Soldier.

1967
Sherman, Robert C., USMC (IL); Died in captivity November 1968, remains recovered March, 1985

1968
Carpenter, Nicholas Mallor, USN (OH); A6A shot down, remains returned September, 1990
Mobley, Joseph S., USN (IN); A6A shot down ( ejected), released by DRV March, 1973 - alive as of 1998

1972
Beekman, William D. USAF (OH); F4 shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive as of 1996
Grant, David B., USAF (TN); F4 shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive and well as of 1998
Jackson, Charles A. , USAF (WV); F4D shot down by air-to-air missile, released by DRV February, 1973 (injured) - alive and well as of 1998
McCarty, James L., USAF (TX); F4D shot down by air-to-air missile, remains returned September, 1990 - ID'd June, 1997

** SEE Echo9er for the story of another MIA hero who is finally coming home **