News of Note
London Bombings
Egypt: Detained Chemist Not Linked to London Blasts
Pakistan Detains Seven
Bombed London train removed from tunnel
Egypt: Chemist has no links to al-Qaida

Operation Iraqi Freedom
TV revives bloody past as Iraq awaits Saddam trial
Sunnis suspend membership on Iraqi panel
Talabani: Saddam trial will lower attacks
Countries seek quick justice for Saddam
British regiment 'bitterly regrets' death of Iraqi prisoner

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghanistan's Karzai says some madrasas preach hate

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Bomber Kills Six, Injures 20in Indian Kashmir
Terror group threatens war across Europe
Lebanese Cabinet includes Hezbollah member

BRAC News
More Bases Face Closure

Other News of Note
Bush Taps Roberts for Supreme Court

Fox News
Unocal Board Recommends Accepting Chevron Bid
Enervated Hurricane Emily Slams Into Mexican Coast
Deadly Heat Wave in Phoenix
GOP, Some Dems Praise Pick
Dems Will Wait and See on Roberts
Abortion Stance Key to Confirmation
Schumer's Questions for Roberts
Fast Facts: John G. Roberts
Senators Comment on Bush's Pick
Who Is John Roberts?

Reuters: Top News
Iraq constitution body in turmoil

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Gaza pullout opponents to march to Gaza
Suicide attacker kills 10 in Baghdad
Egyptian activist not giving up on reforms
Abbas trying to contain Islamic militants
Fatah, Hamas agree to end Gaza clashes
Turks: Arrest of Kurdish rebels ordered
U.S., Turkey condemn congressman's remarks
Sudan No. 2 leader dismisses officials
Gunmen kill at least 13 Iraqi workers
Israel settlers torn between duty, family

Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
TV revives bloody past as Iraq awaits Saddam trial
Army recruits again hit as Iraq consitution faces new threat

CENTCOM: News Release
ENGINEERS WORK TO COMPLETE REPAIRS AT POWER PLANT IN BAGHDAD

Department of Defense
Bush, Australian PM Focus on Terror War — Story Transcript
Conditions in Iraq to Dictate Troop Levels — Story
Rumsfeld Thanks Polish Leader for Support — Story
Chairman Pledges Aid to Slovakian Military — Story Photos
Officer Outlines Commissions Procedures — Story Transcript

ON THE GROUND
Mail Clerks Deliver Mail, Boost Soldiers' Morale — Story

FACE OF DEFENSE
Airman Sheds Pounds, Gets in Shape to Stay on Duty — Story

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Agencies Help Establish IG System
Forces Capture Dozens of Insurgents
Support Needed to Achieve Liberty
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting

WAR ON TERRORISM
Military Trials to Resume
Myers, Germans Confer Photos
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Guard Chief Discusses State Assets
Recruiting, Retention On Track
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualty — 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 GhurianHeratKabulQandahar

Gitmo

Today in History
1773 - Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia.
1864 - Battle of Peachtree Creek.
1868 - Tax stamps first appear on cigarettes.
1872 - Mahlon Loomis receives a patent for the wireless (radio).
1881 - Sioux leader Sitting Bull surrenders to Federal troops.
1894 - Federal troops are recalled from Chicago after ending the Pullman strike.
1917 - #258 is the first number drawn in the WW I draft.
1922 - Togo becomes a mandate of the League of Nations.
1942 - Congress authorizes the Legion of Merit Medal; the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps begins basic training at Fort Des Moines.
1944 - FDR is nominated for an unprecedented 4th term; The U.S. invades Japanese-occupied Guam; Von Stauffenberg fails in his attempt to assassinate Hitler.
1949 - Israel's 19-month war of independence ends.
1956 - France recognizes Tunisia's independence.
1960 - The USS George Washington becomes the first submerged submarine to fire a Polaris missile; the U.S.S.R. recovers two dogs - the first living creatures to return from space.
1969 - Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, from Apollo 11, take "one giant leap for mankind," and become the first men on the 1970 1st baby born on Alcatraz Island
1974 - Turkey invades Cyprus.
1976 - Viking 1 lands on Mars - the first Martian landing.
1982 - The IRA detonates two bombs in London parks.
1985 - Divers find the wreck of the Spanish galleon Atocha (I actually held a bar of gold from the Atocha...it was wild. A little unnerving, what with the two armed guards standing there, too, but wild nonetheless)
1988 - Michael Dukakis is selected the Democratic presidential nominee.
1990 - Justice William Brennan resigns from the Supreme Court after 36 years.

Birthdays
1785 - Mahmud II ,Ottoman sultan, reformer
1919 - Sir Edmund Hillary one of the first two men to scale Mt. Everest
1920 - Elliot L. Richardson, Attorney General / Secretary of Defense
1933 - Nelson Doubleday, publisher / NY Mets owner
1941 - Vladimir A. Lyakhov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 32, T-9)
1947 - Gerd Binnig Frankfurt, physicist, Nobel Prize winner

Passings
1951 - Abdullah Ibn Hussein, King of Jordan, assassinated
1983 - Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC)

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Barbay, Lawrence, USAF (LA); EB66C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998
Dillon, David A., US Army (CA); UH1B shot down, KIA, body not recovered
Hubbard, Edward L., USAF (KS); EB66C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998
Lewis, Merrill R., USAF (IA); F105D shot down, remains returned August, 1989
McDaniel, Norman A., USAF (NC); EB66C shot down, releasd by DRV February, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998
Means, William H., USAF (KS); EB66C shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - deceased
Nelson, William Humphrey, USAF (MI); F105D shot down, remains returned by SRV September, 1997
Norbert, Craig R., USAF (CT); EB66C shot down, possibly Died in Captivity
Perkins, Glendon W., USAF (FL); EB66C shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - alive and well in 1998

1969
Smiley, Stanley K., USN (NE); A4F shot down, KIA, body not recovered