News of Note
In Iraq
Defeating IEDs Demands Going After Source
Marines Adapt to Protect Against Threats from IEDs
Marine Unit Spearheads Operation Spear
Marine Puts Career on Hold to Serve in Iraq

In Afghanistan
Afghan Battle Kills 102 Taliban Terrorists
Afghan Village Benefits from Students' Efforts

Fallen Heroes
U.S. spy plane pilot dies in U.A.E. crash
Three GIs killed in combat near Baghdad
Officials Identify Army Casualty

Other News of Note
U.N. Procurement Official Resigns Job
House approves flag-protection amendment

CENTCOM: News Releases
PROPERTY LEASE PROGRAM BEGINS IN FALLUJAH
LOCAL TIP HELPS SOLDIERS SEIZE TERROR SUSPECTS
155TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM SOLDIERS AND IRAQI POLICE UNCOVER WEAPONS CACHE
U.S. SOLDIERS CAPTURE TERRORISTS IN NORTH AND SOUTH BAGHDAD
TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIERS FIND WEAPONS CACHE
IRAQI, COALITION FORCES CAPTURE TERRORISTS, FOIL BOMBINGS

Reuters: Top News
Mideast peace tops G8 foreign ministers' meeting
Iran split along class lines before presidency poll
Afghans say surround senior Taliban commanders
Koreas working on deal on nuclear talks, food aid
World powers urge Israel to ease checkpoints

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Car bombs kill nearly 40 people in Baghdad
Report: Arrests made over election in Iran
Chemical expert testifies in Jordan trial
Iraq to restore ties with four countries
Gunmen disrupt lecture by Palestinian PM
Mideast seeks to salvage peace hopes
Gunfire, explosions rattle West Bank camp

JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Afghan-U.S. troops surround rebel hide-out

Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Nations Supporting Iraq Reform Plan
Annan hails Iraq 'turning point'
80 Countries to Weigh Solutions for Struggling Iraq

Department of Defense
Officials Clear Up Funding Misconceptions — Story
More Violence Expected for Afghan Election — Story
Brussels Conference to Build Partnership — Story

ON THE GROUND
Tiger Brigade Honors Chaplain, Fathers — Story

IN IRAQ
Bagram Airfield Hooks Marine Prowlers
Predator Provides Marines Close-Air Support
Scout Platoon Combats Insurgents in Babil

HOMECOMING
Naval Medical Units Host Welcome Home Festival

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Group Lends Heroes a Hand – Story
'Helping Hand' Helps Families

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Ground Commander Cites Progress
Insurgency Can't Disrupt Progress
Soldier Killed Near Ramadi
IED Kills U.S. Soldier
Success in Iraq - DoD Fact Sheet
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
'Eye on Iraq' (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
40 Insurgents Killed in Attack
Militants Die in U.S. Air Strikes
U.S. Soldiers Wounded by IED
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Bush, Vietnam Prime Minister Meet
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Officials Address Intolerance
Americans, Aussies Train Together
Humanitarian Assistance Advances
Facility Supports WMD Responders
Pentagon Channel Adds Markets
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES

Today in History
1683 - William Penn signs a friendship treaty with the Lenni Lenape American Indians
in Pennsylvania.
1860 - Congress establishes the Government Printing Office; the U.S. Secret Service is established.
1865 - Confederate Brigadier General (and Native American) Stand Watie is the last Confederate General to surrender, at Fort Towson.
1925 - A landslide dams the Gros Ventre river, creating the 3-mile long "Slide Lake" in Wyoming.
1938 - The U.S. Civil Aeronautics Authority is established.
1947 - Congress overrides Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.
1951 - British diplomats Guy Burgess & Donald Maclean defect to the U.S.S.R.
1961 - USAF Major Robert M. White takes the X-15 to 32,830 m.
1967 - The U.S. Senate censures Thomas J. Dodd (CT - Chris Dodd's father) for misuse of campaign funds.
1969 - Warren E. Burger is sworn in as a Supreme Court Chief Justice.
1985 - A bomb destroys an Air India Boeing 747 while in flight near Ireland, killing 329.

Birthdays
1763 - Josephine, Empress of France
1894 - Duke of Windsor, briefly King Edward VIII of England
1913 - William P. Rogers, U.S. Secretary of State
1930 - Donn F. Eisele, Colonel, USAF / astronaut (Apollo 7)

Reported Missing in Action:
1966
Belknap, Harry John, USN (NC); F4B crash, KIA, body not recovered
Nyman, Lawrence F., USN (WA); F4B crash, KIA, body not recovered

1968
Booth, James E., USAF (CA); F4D shot down, reported dead, but info not confirmed
Casey, Donald F., USAF (TN); F4D shot down, reported dead, but info not confirmed

1969
Condit, William H., Jr., USAF (OH); KIA, remains ID'd June, 1998
Reed, Terry Michael, USAF (TX); KIA, remains ID'd June, 1998
Sage, Leland C., USN (IL); A4E shot down, KIA, body not recovered

1970
Phillips, Robert P., US Army (OH); presumed dead
Pederson, Joe P., US Army (PA); presumed dead
Rozo, James M., US Army (NY); reportedly escaped POW camp in 1973, presumed dead