News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Suicide Bombers Foreigners

Operation Enduring Freedom
U.S. Recovers Fallen Chinook's Aircrew
GIs 'Unaccounted for' In Afghan Mountains
U.S. searches for 'recce' team after Afghan crash
Black Hawk Crew Rescues 3 Afghan Children


Gitmo
The Gitmo Diet: Day 4

War on Terror / Homeland Security
Iranian Cabinet Member Among Hostage-Takers
U.S. Probing Iran Allegations
Hostage-takers: Iran leader had no role
U.S. not surprised if Iranian was in 1979 siege
Officials Release Homeland Defense Strategy

Other News of Note
U.S. House approves new vets health care funds

Fox News
Shiite Cleric Killed in Baghdad
Time May Hand Over Reporter's Notes Today
Video: Time Editor-in-Chief
DeLay Probe to Resume
Bush: Kyoto Would Have 'Wrecked' U.S. Economy
Rank-and-File Dems Dig Dean
Fighting Eminent Domain
Video: Eminent Domain Battle
Does Prof Back 'Fragging' Rights?
Video: Ideas of Ward Churchill
Kofi Annan's Delusions of Grandeur
A Less Liberal Lincoln?

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Gunmen kill influential Iraq cleric's aide
Suicide car bomber kills one in Baghdad
Turkish police kill suspected bomber
Group launches campaign to oust Mubarak
Two marchers stabbed in Jerusalem parade
Saniora to form new government in Lebanon
U.N. OKs final claims for Kuwait invasion
Sudan president announces prisoner release
State Dept. cautions on travel to Iran
Witness: I was forced to implicate Nour
Soldiers expel Jewish militants from Gaza
Israel: Gaza is a 'closed military zone'

CENTCOM: News Releases
WEAPONS CACHE FOUND
UPDATE: COALITION GROUND FORCES SECURE CRASH SITE
SERVICE MEMBER MISSING
DETAINEE DIES WHILE IN CUSTODY
TASK FORCE BAGHDAD HELICOPTER CRASHES

Reuters: Top News
Gunmen kill aide to Iraq Shi'ite cleric Sistani
Israeli opinion moves against Gaza pullout foes
Senate defeats move to stop nuclear bomb study
Turk police shoot dead suspected suicide bomber
Taser says it sues USA Today for libel
German parliament vote puts early election on track
UN envoy meets Zimbabweans homeless after clearout
House votes to block China-Unocal Deal

Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Gunmen Kill Influential Iraq Cleric's Aide
Irreverent Iraqi television anchorman shot dead in Mosul
Saddam's novel a bestseller despite ban
Gunmen Rampage Through Samarra
U.S. Army probes death of Iraqi correspondent

Department of Defense
NATO Commander Meets With Karzai — Story
NATO Unit Jobs Critical to Afghan Security — Story
Transcript

ON THE GROUND
Signal Soldiers Connect Base, Battlefield — Story
Discipline, Teamwork Vital Part of Training — Story
Task Force Baghdad Delivers Tons of Food — Story

IN IRAQ
Iraqi Police Train for 'Hardest Job in the World'
Airman Tests New Body Armor
Former Professor, Students to Deploy to Iraq
Engineers' Gulf Region Division Has New Commander

IN AFGHANISTAN
Operation Diablo Reach Back Targets Militia
Mountain Warfare Instructors Train Troops Photos
Deployed Marine Shares Combat Skills

IN GEORGIA
Marines Give, Receive Key Insights in Georgia
Training for Iraq Boosts Security in Caucasus

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Singer Supports Troops, Families — Story
Leaders Call on American Support
Couple Helps War-Wounded GIs
President Thanks Troops
Baseball Pitchers Show Support

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Insurgents Changed Tactics
Terror Suspects Captured
Iraqi Navy Charts Future Course
Photos: Iraqi Brigade Activates
Bush Discusses U.S. Troop Levels
Bush: U.S. to Stay Until Job is Done
Task Force Liberty Find Caches
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
'Eye on Iraq' (pdf)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Fact Sheet: Helping Women in Iraq

IN AFGHANISTAN
NATO Unit Deploys to Afghanistan
Afghans Rescued from Floodwaters
Afghan Ready to Begin West Point
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Religious Practices Respected
Detainees Treated Humanely
Al Qaeda Manual Drives Behavior
Camp Paves Way for Future Ops
DoD Works to Improve Detainee Ops
Detainees Medical Policy Reaffirmed
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Leaders Ask Congress for Support
Pentagon Holds Town Hall Meeting
Confirmation Hearings Held
Hearing Looks at Overseas Basing
National Guard, Reserve Update

Weather
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Iraq
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Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Gitmo

Today in History
1535 - Sir Thomas More goes on trial for treason in England.
1690 - England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (Now celebrated as "The Battle of the Orange").
1776 - The first vote on the Declaration of Independence.
1795 - John Rutledge (member of Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence signer, assisted with drafting the Constitution) becomes the second Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1847 - The first U.S. postage stamps go on sale, (5¢ Franklin, 10¢ Washington).
1861 - In San Francisco, the first public schoolhouse opens.
1862 - Congress outlaws polygamy; Day 7 of the 7 Days-Battle of Malvern Hill.
1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg begins
1869 - The U.S. mint at Carson City, NV, opens.
1870 - James W. Smith of SC is the first African-American to enter West Point; the second, Henry Flipper, enters West Point this day in 1873.
1874 - Four-year-old Charles Ross is held for $20,000; the first U.S. kidnapping for ransom.
1881 - The first international telephone conversation takes place ( Maine to Canada).
1889 - Frederick Douglass is named Minister to Haiti.
1898 - Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill.
1919 - The First Class postage rate drops from 3¢ to 2¢.
1943 - Taxes are first withheld from paychecks.
1963 - The USPS institutes the zip code (Zone Improvement Plan).
1968 - The U.S., U.S.S.R., Britain, and 58 other nations sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty.
1982 - The Kosmos 1383, first search and rescue satellite, is launched.
1997 - China regains sovereignty of Hong Kong.


Birthdays
1810 - Walter White, NAACP secretary
1861 - Samuel D. Riddle, racehorse owner (Man 'o War)
1872 - Louis Bleriot, first man to fly an airplane across English Channel
1879 - Léon Jouhaux, French socialist, co-founder of the UN International Labor Organization, Nobel Prize winner
1930 - Imelda Marcos former First Lady of the Philipines / shoe collector
1934 - Jamie Farr, actor (Klinger-M*A*S*H, AfterMASH)
1961 - Lady Diane Spencer (Princess Di), Princess of Wales

Passings
1958 - Dr. Harry Nicholls Holmes, crystallized Vitamin A
1983 - R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor/philosopher

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Campbell, Burton W., USAF (OH); F105 shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel in 1996, alive and well as of 1998
Peters, Charles Henry, USN (NE); A4E shot down, remains returned October, 1988
Williams, Robert C., USAF (IL); A1E shot down, remains returned October, 1998

1972
Cheney, Kevin J., USAF (FL); F4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel as of 1996 - alive as of 1998
Robinson, Paul K. USAF (OH); F4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel in 1988 - alive and well as of 1998