News of Note
London Bombings
British Cops: Evidence Points to Four Homicide Bombers
Police hunt possible master bomber

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Homicide Bomber Murders GI, Seven Children in Iraq
Al-Zarqawi blasts mentor for remarks
Suicide car bomb kills at least 25 in Baghdad
Australia deploys troops to Afghanistan, stays put in Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom
More U.S. Forces to Deploy
Coalition Works to Help Kabul Residents — Story

Fallen Heroes
Hawaii Remembers Fallen SEALs
Photos: Honoring Fallen SEALs

Homeland Security / War on Terror
U.S., Italy Reaffirm Anti-Terror Stance
Singapore, U.S. Sign Strategic Agreement

Welcome Home
Photo Essay: Hickam Homecoming

Fox News
Critics to Bush: Oust Rove
Israeli Troops Reoccupy West Bank City After Mall Attack
Gaza Closed to Nonresidents
Senate Debates Stem Cell Bill

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Egypt vows to avenge ambassador's death
Israel closes Gaza Strip settlements
Israeli troops reoccupy West Bank city
Israeli forces raid Palestinian town
New Iran president plans new nuclear ideas
Egyptian court orders Sadat assassin freed
Military prosecutor indicts 5 Jordanians
Official watches Iraq police in training
Suicide attacker kills two at Israel mall
Gunmen kill human rights activists in Iraq
Israel to terminate military gov't in Gaza

Department of Defense
ON THE GROUND
Brigade Reflects on Afghanistan Deployment — Story
Vehicle Brings Medical Aid to Remote Regions — Story
Airmen Teach C-130 Operations to Iraqis — Story
Marines Ensure Supplies, Help Iraqi Economy — Story

IN IRAQ
'Vets' Provide Multiple Missions in Al Anbar
U.S. Unit Helps Bring Water to Iraqi Farmers
Marines Unearth IEDs in Operation Shadyville

IN AFGHANISTAN
Attack on Medical Group Shows Desperation

IN SOUTHWEST ASIA
General Sees ‘Seamless’ Force in Southwest Asia

IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
Navy EOD Divers Train with Kenyans

FACE OF DEFENSE
Army Warrant Officers Share Brotherly Bond — Story

WOUNDED HEROES
Wounded Make Cross-Country Trek

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Supporters Earn Freedom Award
New York City Salutes Seabees
Marines Honor Iraqi Freedom Vets

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Iraq Transition of Power

IN IRAQ
Land Mine Kills U.S. Soldier
Two Marines Killed in Action
U.S. Citizen Released by Coalition
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Logisticians to Visit U.S.
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Public Reassured of Transit Safety
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Defense Review Looks to the Future
June Recruiting, Retention Stats Up
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Defense Officials Identify Casualties — Story

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
1787 - Congress establishes the Northwest Territory, excluding slavery therein.
1854 - U.S. forces shell and burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua.
1865 - Horace Greeley advises readers to "Go west young man."; P.T. Barnum's museum burns down.
1868 - Oscar J. Dunn, a former slave, becomes Lt. Governor of Louisiana.
1878 - The Treaty of Berlin amends the terms of the Treaty of San Stefano.
1898 - Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio.
1908 - The fourth modern Olympic games open in London.
1934 - Babe Ruth hits his 700th home run, against Detroit.
1960 - The Democratic National Convention nominates Senator John F. Kennedy for president.
1969 - The U.S.S.R. launches the Luna-15 (unmanned) to the Moon.
1976 - In the U.S.S.R., the courtmartial of Valeri Sablin opens (central figure in the incident that inspired "The Hunt for Red October.")

Birthdays
1396 - Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
1928 - Bob Crane, actor (Hogan's Heroes)
1934 - Alexei S. Yeliseyev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 5, 8, 10)
1935 - Jack Kemp (Rep--NY)/US Secretary of Housing
1942 - Harrison Ford, actor (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Frantic)
1950 - George D. "Pinky" Nelson, PhD/astronaut (STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26)

Passings
1762 - James Bradley, 3rd Astronomer Royal
1793 - Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, murdered
1955 - Ruth Ellis, hanged for murder (last woman executed in Britain)
1973 - Lon Chaney Jr., actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats)

Reported Missing in Action
1963
Sam, Trinh A., Vietnam Commando; released March, 1983 - alive and well as of 1998

1965
Gallant, Henry J., US Army SF (FL); wounded/cut off from ARVN unit during ground combat, presumed dead as of 1973
Taylor, Fred, US Army SF (VA); cut off from ARVN unit during ground combat, presumed dead as of 1973

1968
Hurst, John Clark, USMC (TX); F4B shot down, KIA, body not recovered