News of Note
New Iraqi staff find guns at London embassy abandoned by Saddam
Troops play pool to break ice in Saddam Hussein's hometown
Mountain of Boxes Rises From the Iraqi Desert
Surgical Team Strives to Keep Patients Alive

Fallen Heroes
2 Marines, 3 soldiers killed in Iraq

Returning Heroes
USS Bonhomme Richard Returns Home Photos
USS Taylor Returns Home


JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Army headed to recruiting shortfall
Senate OKs Brown, ends Pryor filibuster
Bush open to possibly closing Gitmo camp
Iraq leader lauds Shiite, Kurdish militia
Feds charge father, son with al-Qaida link


Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Iraq Sunnis warn of charter panel boycott
Gaza settlers begin preparing for move
Syrian activists seek prisoners' release
Hamas ready for dialogue with U.S., Europe


Ananova: War In Iraq
Terror control laws breach rights (according to European group)


The US News: Iraq News
British Iraq war memo not true, says Bush
Iraq's Kurdish president praises Shiite, Kurdish militia as insurgents press attacks
Sunni leaders set demands on Iraq constitution body
Car bombings kill 18, wound scores in Iraq
US-led troops battle insurgents in north Iraq, three US soldiers killed
N Iraq Oil Pipe Resumes Exports; 3.9 Million Bbl Stored - Source


Various Sources
Pentagon holds emergency response training exercise
2 U.S. soldiers killed, 8 wounded in Afghanistan
Trial date for Saddam is not yet set


Fox News
Bush Pick OK'd
California Terror Bust
Feds probe possible terror cell
Video: Muslim Leader Defends Men
Video: 4 Men Nabbed in Terror Probe
'Not Even Close' - Bush: Gulag, Gitmo talk 'absurd'
Video: Bush Interview, Pt. 1
Video: Bush Interview, Pt. 2
Video: Bush Interview, Pt. 3
Army Recruiting Likely to Fall Short for 2005
GOP Slams Dean Remarks
One of the 1st Maps of America Sells for $1M
Iraqi Pres. Backs Shiite Militia
House Takes Up U.N. Reform
Bomb Explodes Outside Ecuador Citibank
Suspicious Passenger Sparks Amtrak Scare


Department of Defense
Rumsfeld Tours Joint Warfare Center — Story
U.S. Marines May Pre-position Equipment
Myers: Cooperation Key Against Extremists — Story
Adaptable Tactics Help Defeat 'Thinking Enemy' — Story
Bush, Blair Share Common Commitments — Story
Stars and Stripes 'Heroes' to Honor Troops - Story

ON THE GROUND
Mountain of Boxes Rises From the Iraqi Desert — Story
Surgical Team Strives to Keep Patients Alive — Story
Maritime Security is Critical for Security — Story
Reservists Provide Vital Warfighting Training — Story Photos

IN IRAQ
Troops Clear Unexploded Ordnance from Farm
Engineers Upgrade Baghdad Power Grid

FACE OF DEFENSE
'Take Charge' Marine Embraces Opportunities — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Band Rocks for Wounded Troops — Story
AT&T Joins 'America Supports You' - Story
'Statues' Pay Tribute to Fallen
Chicago Police Thank Troops

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Nominee Charts Way Forward in Iraq
IEDs, Indirect Fire Kills Soldiers
Convoy Attacked; 2 Marines Killed
Najaf Teaching Hospital Improves
Iraq Daily Update
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Forces Nab Insurgents
Afghan Army Officer to Visit U.S.
Terrorist Killed in Failed Ambush
Defense Leaders' Views on Afghanistan
Enduring Freedom Marks 3 Years
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting

WAR ON TERRORISM
Myers Discusses 'Gitmo' Facility
Chairman Talks Media Focus
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Actions Must Be 'Above Reproach'
Officials Work to Improve Tricare
Rumsfeld Visits Bangkok Photos
Pace Discusses Marine Legacy
New Launch Date for NSPS
BRAC Can Benefit Communities

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Casualties — 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


Today in History
1628 - Thomas Morton becomes the first person deported from what is now the U.S. (in Massachusetts).
1732 - James Oglethorpe receives a royal charter for Georgia.
1822 - Charles Graham receives the first patent for false teeth.
1862 - Battle of Port Republic.
1863 - Battle of Brandy Station, Va.
1898 - China leases Hong Kong's New Territories to Britain for 99 years.
1934 - The first Donald Duck cartoon is released ("The Wise Little Hen").
1940 - Norway surrenders to Germany.
1949 - Georgia Neese Clark becomes the first woman Treasurer of the U.S.
1954 - During the Senate-Army hearings, Joseph Welch asks Senator Joseph McCarthy, "Have you no sense of decency, sir?"
1959 - In Groton, CT, the first ballistic missile submarine is launched (USS George Washington).
1969 - Warren Burger is confirmed as U.S. Chief Justice.
1980 - The Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth.
1982 - Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in the Bekaa Valley.
1984 - NASA launches the Intelsat V - it failed.
1985 - The U.S.S.R.'s Vega 1 deposits its lander on Venus.
1988 - Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty, bartender and IRA member, deported to the U.K.
1997 - The British lease on the New Territories in Hong Kong expires


Birthdays
1640 - Leopold I, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire
1916 - Robert S. McNamara U.S. Secretary of Defense / head of World Bank
1930 - Marvin Kalb, educator / newscaster (CBS/NBC)
1934 - Donald Duck

Passings
68 - Nero Roman Emperor, suicide
1870 - Charles Dickens, author

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Dale, Charles A., US Army (AZ); OV1C shot down over Vinh Bihn
Demmon, David S., US Army (CA); OV1C shot down over Vinh Bihn

1966
Bush, Robert Ira, USAF (WI); A1E shot down, KIA, body not recovered
Shorack, Theodore James, Jr., USAF (OR); A1E shot down, KIA, body not recovered

1968
Holden, Elmer Larry, USAF (OK); HU3E shot down over water; KIA, body not recovered
Locker, James Douglas, USAF (OH); HU3E shot down over water; KIA, body not recovered
Rittichier, Jack C., USCG (OH); HU3E shot down over water; KIA, body not recovered
Schmidt, Walter R., Jr., USMC (NY); A4E shot down, known ejected and wounded, presumed POW
Yeend, Richard C., USAF (AL); HU3E shot down over water; KIA, body not recovered

1970
Elliott, Andrew J., US Army (CA); OH6A crashed
Hilbrich, Barry W., US Army SF (TX); O1F disappeared
Ryder, John L., USAF (MI): O1F disappeared