News of Note
London Bombings
Nine Arrested in Failed London Bomb Attacks
Alleged Would-Be Bomber Nabbed
Did July 7 Bombers Mean to Die?
CCTV Captures London Clues
Video: Racing Against Time
Video: Flight Simulator Link
Video: Preachers of Hate
Photo Essays: Bombing Suspects Sought

Bombings in Egypt
Egyptians question culture-extremism link
Egypt seeks 15 in Sharm el-Sheik bombing

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Over 400 Louisiana Guard Soldiers Re-enlist

Operation Enduring Freedom
U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Sworn In

Supporting Our Troops
Astros Invite Wounded to Game

Troops on Trial
Warden: Gitmo General Urged Using Dogs at Abu Ghraib
Senior British officer in Iraq reveals concerns over trials for troops
Fox News
Egypt to Hold Multi-Candidate Presidential Election
CIA Sued Over UBL Book
Senator Questions Bolton Role in CIA Leak Probe
Judge Upholds Death Sentence for Calif. Dad
Spring Pullout From Iraq?
U.S., Other Nations Reach Greenhouse Gas Pact
Millennium Plotter Sentenced
Future Shuttle Flights Grounded
Major setback for space program
Discovery to Perform Flip

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Roadside bomb kills 2 U.S. troops in Iraq
Iraq builds up military, police forces
U.S. general seeks Iraq pullout by 2006
Mubarak announces bid to contest elections
Egypt leader expected to announce summit
Palestinians confident of securing Gaza
Iran vows to restart nuclear activities
AP: Iran achieves solid fuel technology
Israeli troops kill Palestinian youth
Al-Qaida says it killed Algerian diplomats

Reuters: Top News
Shuttle Discovery to dock with space station
Pakistan arrests man wanted in Pearl murder case
Suspected bomb hits oil train near Baghdad
Shuttle Discovery to dock with space station
Pakistan arrests man wanted in Pearl murder case
N.Korea, U.S. to continue talking -China
Politicians brace for imminent IRA statement
House set to approve $14.5 bln energy bill
House passes Central American trade pact

Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Iraq Urges Neighbors to Stop Infiltrators
Poll: USA doubts Iraq success, but not ready to give up
In Surprise Visit to Baghdad, Rumsfeld Prods Iraqi Leaders

Department of Defense
Rumsfeld in Iraq, Lauds Troops' Service — Story
Iraq Must Talk Border Issues, Rumsfeld Says
Troop Withdrawals Could Begin Next Year — Story
NORTHCOM Ready, Able to Defend Country — Story

ON THE GROUND
Training, Hydration Help Troops Cope With Heat — Story
Team Helps Overcome Platelet Shortage – Story

IN IRAQ
3rd Platoon Soldiers Keep Supplies Moving
Reservists Protect Airmen at Baghdad Base

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Officers Learn How to Operate Army

IN TURKEY
New Cargo Mission Increases Incirlik Flightline Ops

FACE OF DEFENSE
Lone Star Colors Fly in Romania — Story

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Iraqi, U.S. Troops Nab Insurgents
5 U.S. Troops Killed in Attacks
Soldiers Help Attack Victims
Iraqi Police Graduate Training
IG Report Topics: Iraqi Police
Bush, Babil Province Leaders Meet
Forces Continue Crackdown
New Police Express Determination
Photos: Iraqi Soldiers Take Lead
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Army Hones Artillery Skills
Taliban Losses Affect Recruiting
Officials Address Protest at Base
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps


WAR ON TERRORISM
U.S. Still Welcome at Manas Air Base
Rumsfeld: Tajikistan 'Solid Partner'
Rumsfeld Visits Kyrgyzstan
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Army Unveils Repositioning Plans
Virtual Convoys, IEDs Train Troops
Myers: QDR Must Look at Missions
National Guard, Reserve Update

Weather
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
1586 - Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe.
1588 - The Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I.
1821 - Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day).
1830 - In France, a revolution Charles X with Louis Philippe.
1862 - Confederate forces are defeated at More's Hill, MO.
1868 - The 14th Amendment is ratified, granting citizenship to ex-slaves.
1900 - In Connecticut, Louis Lassing creates the Hamburger.
1914 - Austria-Hungary attacks Serbia, officially beginning WW I.
1931 - Congress makes "The Star-Spangled Banner" the U.S. National Anthem.
1942 - Nazis murder 10,000 Jews in Minsk, Russia.
1943 - Italian Facist dictator Benito Mussolini resigns; FDR announces the end of U.S. coffee rationing.
1945 - A U.S. Army bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building, 14 die; the U.S. Senate ratifies the UN charter 89-2
1962 - Mariner I is launched for Mars; it plummets into the Atlantic Ocean.
1964 - Ranger 7 is launched toward the Moon; it sends back 4308 TV pictures.
1977 - Oil first flows through the Alaska pipeline.
1986 - NASA releases the transcript from the doomed Challenger Space Shuttle.
1988 - Israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for the first Israeli visit in 21 years.
1990 - A blackout hits Chicago.

Birthdays
1165 - Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic/philosopher
1746 - Thomas Heyward, soldier, signed Declaration of Independence
1859 - Balington Booth, founded Volunteers of America
1907 - Earl S. Tupper inventor of Tupperware
1929 - Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, First Lady
1961 - Scott E. Parazynski, MD/astronaut

Passings
1540 - Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed
1655 - Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist
1746 - John Peter Zenger, journalist, involved in 1st Amendment fight
1750 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (Art of the Fugue)
1794 - Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary/avocat, guillotined

Reported Missing in Action
1966
McSwain, George P., USN (CA); A4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive in 1998