Quote of the Day
“I volunteered to stay in Iraq so that I could feel as though I have the right to live in a country with so many freedoms and rights.”
“I volunteered to stay in Iraq so that I could feel as though I have the right to live in a country with so many freedoms and rights.”
-- U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Gabriel F. Al-Rajhi, regarding his deployment to Iraq.
(see the article about Sgt. Al-Rajhi here)
News of Note
In Iraq
'Operation Spear' Launched - Major military operation in northwestern Iraq near Syrian border involves 1,000 Marines and Iraqi troops
Iranians Go to Polls
Iraq Deadline Would Encourage Terrorists — Story
Americans Need to Recognize Progress in Iraq
Soldier Charged in Deaths of Unit Officers — Story
Iraqis Increasingly Intolerant of Insurgents — Story
The Irony of it all:
PETA Workers Charged With Animal Cruelty
Fox News
Security Scare Shuts U.S., Other Consulates in Nigeria
N. Korea May Return to Talks
Calif. Terror Dad, Son Indicted
Pols Push Iraq Exit Strategy
Goodyear Blimp Crashes
Bush Bashes Iran Leaders, Vote
Department of Defense
New DoD Guidance Deals with Detainees — Story
Citizens Providing More Help to Iraqi, Coalition Forces
Raid Nabs Mosul's Top al Qaeda Operative
ON THE GROUND
Woman Soldier Receives Silver Star for Valor — Story
Iraqis Prepare for Oil Platform Security Duties — Story
U.S. Army Doctors Offer Hope, Health to Iraqis — Story
IN IRAQ
Leader Talks of Progress in Iraq
Employee Lauded for Iraqi Progress
Sailor, 5 Marines Killed
Iraqis Rescues Australian Hostage
Australia Praises Hostage Rescue
Rumsfeld: Iraq Shows Progress
Officials Talk About Iraq’s Future
Water Project on Schedule
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
WAR ON TERRORISM
Exercise Tests Attack Response
Officials Detail Detainee Efforts
Progress in WMD Countermeasure
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
WAR ON TERRORISM
Exercise Tests Attack Response
Officials Detail Detainee Efforts
Progress in WMD Countermeasure
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
MILITARY NEWS
Invention Eases Helmet Discomfort
Deployed Can Use Travel Specials
National Guard, Reserve Update
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
1579 - Sir Francis Drake lands in CA.
1775 - Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill).
1837 - Charles Goodyear is given his first rubber patent.
1863 - At the Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back Union forces.
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in NYC aboard the French ship Isere.
1894 - The first US Polio epidemic breaks out in Vermont.
1895 - The US Ship Canal in the Bronx(W 225th St) is completed.
1940 - France asks Germany for terms of surrender.
1942 - The first WW II American expeditionary force lands on the Gold Coast in Africa.
1944 - The Republic of Iceland is proclaimed.
1953 - Sup Court Justice William O. Douglas stays the executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for the next day, their 14th anniversary.
1954 - The televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings end.
1957 - The Tuskegee boycott begins (African-Americans boycot city stores).
1963 - The Supreme Court rules against Bible reading and prayer in public schools.
1967 - China becomes the world's fourth thermonuclear power.
1975 - Voters in Northern Mariana approve commonwealth status with the U.S.
1982 - President Reagan makes his first General Assembly address (his "evil empire" speech).
1985 - The 18th Space Shuttle Mission (Discovery 5) is launched.
1986 - Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns.
Birthdays
1239 - King Edward I of England
1742 - William Hooper, signed Declaration of Independence
1858 - Eben Sumner Draper, Governor-MA
1870 - George Cormack, created "Wheaties" cereal
1920 - Francois Jacob, biologist/bacteriologist, Nobel Prize winner
Passings:
1939 - Eugene Weldman, last person guillotined in France.
1989 - David S. Griggs, astronaut, in crash of WW II vintage plane.
Reported Missing in Action:
1966
The following lost in the explosion / crash of a C130E, cause unknown:
Adams, Oley N., USAF (MO); Killed, body not recovered
Cobbs, Ralph B., USN (IL); Killed, body not recovered
Collette, Curtis D., USN (CT); Killed, body not recovered
Cairns, Robert A., USAF (CA); Killed, body not recovered
Dempsey, Jack I., USN (MT); Killed, body not recovered
Freng, Stanley J., USN (SD);Killed, body not recovered
Gravitte, Connie M., USAF (NC)Killed, body not recovered
Hess, Gene K., USAF (DE);Killed, body not recovered
Romig, Edward L., USN (PA)Killed, body not recovered
Savoy, M.J., USN (MO); Killed, body not recovered
Siegwarth, Donald E., USNR (NJ);Killed, body not recovered
Washburn, Larry E., USAF (TX); Killed, body not recovered
Also Reported Missing in 1966:
Galanti, Paul E., USN (NJ); A4C shot down, paraded by the North Vietnamese in the "Hanoi March," released by DRV February, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998
1969
Sparks, Donald L., US Army (IA); reportedly died in captivity
1970
Cochrane, Deverton C., US Army (MA); known wounded in ambush
Laker, Carl J., US Army - Ranger (FL); believed KIA, known gravely wounded in ambush
Today in History
1579 - Sir Francis Drake lands in CA.
1775 - Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill).
1837 - Charles Goodyear is given his first rubber patent.
1863 - At the Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back Union forces.
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in NYC aboard the French ship Isere.
1894 - The first US Polio epidemic breaks out in Vermont.
1895 - The US Ship Canal in the Bronx(W 225th St) is completed.
1940 - France asks Germany for terms of surrender.
1942 - The first WW II American expeditionary force lands on the Gold Coast in Africa.
1944 - The Republic of Iceland is proclaimed.
1953 - Sup Court Justice William O. Douglas stays the executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for the next day, their 14th anniversary.
1954 - The televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings end.
1957 - The Tuskegee boycott begins (African-Americans boycot city stores).
1963 - The Supreme Court rules against Bible reading and prayer in public schools.
1967 - China becomes the world's fourth thermonuclear power.
1975 - Voters in Northern Mariana approve commonwealth status with the U.S.
1982 - President Reagan makes his first General Assembly address (his "evil empire" speech).
1985 - The 18th Space Shuttle Mission (Discovery 5) is launched.
1986 - Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns.
Birthdays
1239 - King Edward I of England
1742 - William Hooper, signed Declaration of Independence
1858 - Eben Sumner Draper, Governor-MA
1870 - George Cormack, created "Wheaties" cereal
1920 - Francois Jacob, biologist/bacteriologist, Nobel Prize winner
Passings:
1939 - Eugene Weldman, last person guillotined in France.
1989 - David S. Griggs, astronaut, in crash of WW II vintage plane.
Reported Missing in Action:
1966
The following lost in the explosion / crash of a C130E, cause unknown:
Adams, Oley N., USAF (MO); Killed, body not recovered
Cobbs, Ralph B., USN (IL); Killed, body not recovered
Collette, Curtis D., USN (CT); Killed, body not recovered
Cairns, Robert A., USAF (CA); Killed, body not recovered
Dempsey, Jack I., USN (MT); Killed, body not recovered
Freng, Stanley J., USN (SD);Killed, body not recovered
Gravitte, Connie M., USAF (NC)Killed, body not recovered
Hess, Gene K., USAF (DE);Killed, body not recovered
Romig, Edward L., USN (PA)Killed, body not recovered
Savoy, M.J., USN (MO); Killed, body not recovered
Siegwarth, Donald E., USNR (NJ);Killed, body not recovered
Washburn, Larry E., USAF (TX); Killed, body not recovered
Also Reported Missing in 1966:
Galanti, Paul E., USN (NJ); A4C shot down, paraded by the North Vietnamese in the "Hanoi March," released by DRV February, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998
1969
Sparks, Donald L., US Army (IA); reportedly died in captivity
1970
Cochrane, Deverton C., US Army (MA); known wounded in ambush
Laker, Carl J., US Army - Ranger (FL); believed KIA, known gravely wounded in ambush
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