News of Note
London Bombings
New Measures

Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S.: Iraq operations reducing insurgency
SAFEHOUSE DESTROYED; 10 SUSPECTS DETAINED

Operation Enduring Freedom
Road side bomb kills U.S. soldier in Afghanistan
COALITION DISCOVERS MUNITIONS CACHES
Valley Improvements Top $1.5M
Afghan Villagers Turn in Weapons to Marines
Insurgents in Afghanistan Target Civilians — Story Transcript

War on Terror (or "GSAVE") / Homeland Security
Al-Qaida's No. 2 threatens London, U.S.
Bush: Threats Won't Deter U.S. in Iraq
Maryland Man Arrested on Terrorism Charges
Jordan arrests 17 in alleged terror plot
Text of excerpts of al-Zahawri video

Milbloggers in the News
Guardsman Demoted Over Blog
(Mudville's Greyhawk is quoted for an opinion in this article!)

Life in the U.N.
Bolton casts first vote as U.N. envoy
Kickbacks alleged in oil-for-food probe

Other News of Note
'A Severe Hazard' - Questions raised over fighter jet safety
Russian Navy Submarine Rescue

Fox News
Bush: Threats Won't Deter U.S. in Iraq
Rehnquist Treated for Fever
Maryland Man Arrested on Terrorism Charges
Belfast Riots Injure Dozens
Kurdish Rebels Kill 5 in Turkey Rocket Attack
Discovery Cleared to Return
Israeli Extremist Kills 3 Arabs
Video: Israel Bus Attack
BBC: U.K. Aided Nuke Program
Deadly Day for U.S. in Iraq

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Israeli police brace for possible riots
Iraq prime minister visits Shiite cleric
Sudanese view body of deceased leader
Pakistan court frowns at Taliban-style law
Saudi king's choices may affect succession
NATO can take over Afghan security in 2006

Reuters: Top News
UK's Blair to detail plans to exclude radicals
Cheney in S.Arabia to meet Abdullah, pay respects
U.S. Chief Justice Rehnquist treated at hospital
Discovery crew readies for space station departure
Euro proposal insists Iran refains from enrichment
U.S. Chief Justice Rehnquist treated at hospital
Cheney in S.Arabia to meet Abdullah, pay respects

Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Troops in Iraq Bring Resistant Bacteria Home (reg. req'd)
Constitution Panel Proposes Some Limits on Role of Clergy (reg. req'd)

CENTCOM: News Releases
SUNNI LEADER BRIEFLY DETAINED
JOINT COMMISSION FOR CONDITIONS-BASED TRANSITION HOLDS FIRST MEETING

Department of Defense
Resolve, Not Retreat Required in War — Story
President Dismisses al Qaeda Message — Story Remarks
U.S. to Transfer Custody of Afghan Detainees
Recent Attacks in Response to Pressure — Story

ON THE GROUND
Afghan Soldiers Train to Use Mobile Kitchens — Story
Team Trains Iraqi Troops for Security Role — Story
Marine 'Bengals' Begin Homeward Journey — Story
Unit Trains for Routine, Ready for Unexpected — Story
Iraqi Engineer Brothers Rebuild Homeland — Story

IN IRAQ
Camp Fallujah Fuel Farm Gets Facelift
Soldiers, Airmen Care for Iraqi Patients
Staging Facility Takes Over Where Hospital Leaves Off
Camp Victory Opens New USO Tent

IN AFGHANISTAN
Road Linking Afghan Cities Nears Completion Photos

FACE OF DEFENSE
Employee Earns Environmental Award — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Former Marine Helps Veterans — Story
Chaplain, Church Support Troops

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Car Bomb Kills 3 U.S. Troops
Police Officers Complete Courses
U.S. Marine Killed in Ramadi
Ops Along River Prompt Attacks
Commission Works on Transition
Marine Statement Blasts Images
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq

IN AFGHANISTAN
One U.S. Servicemember Killed
Weapons Found Following Firefight
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting

WAR ON TERRORISM
Bush Topic: Democracy, Terrorism
Rumsfeld Talks Coalition Strategy
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Coast Guard Marks 215 Years
Panel Mulls Performance Pay
Marines to Train Iraqis
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Marine 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
1264 - Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt, Germany.
1861 - The U.S. Army abolishes flogging.
1861 - The U.S. levies its first Income Tax (3% on income over $800)
1864 - During the Battle of Mobile Bay, AL, Admiral David Farragut gives the order, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
1884 - The cornerstone for Statue of Liberty is laid.
1914 - In Cleveland, the first traffic light is installed.
1914 - The U.S. and Nicaragua sign a treaty granting canal rights to U.S.
1923 - Henry Sullivan becomes the first American to swim the English Channel.
1924 - The "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip debuts.
1936 - In Berlin, Jesse Owens wins his third Olympic medal.
1937 - The U.S. Ranger beats England's Endeavour II in the 17th America's Cup.
1945 - The Atom Bomb is dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan).
1953 - In Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoners are exchanged at Panmunjom.
1960 - Upper Volta gains independence from France.
1962 - Nelson Mandela is arrested for incitement and illegally leaving South Africa.
1963 - The U.S., Britain, and the U.S.S.R. sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
1964 - The U.S. begins bombing North Vietnam.
1966 - Martin Luther King Jr is pelted with stones during a Chicago march.
1969 - Mariner 7 flies past Mars.
1973 - The U.S.S.R. launches Mars 6.
1981 - President Regan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers, two days into their strike.
1985 - Larry Tudor sets a flexible-wing glider altitude record (214,250').
1988 - Mario Biaggi (Rep-NY) resigns his seat after his conviction for racketeering

Holidays
Iran - Constitution Day

Birthdays
1749 - Thomas Lynch, signer of the Declaration of Independence
1860 - Joseph Carey Merrick, the "Elephant Man"
1908 - Harold Holt, PM of Australia (1966-67), supporter of U.S. efforts in Vietnam
1923 - Richard Kleindienst, attorney general (1972)
1930 - Neil Armstrong, X-15 pilot, first Moonwalker (Gemini 8, Apollo 11)
1941 - Leonid D. Kizim, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15)

Passings
1959 - Edgar Guest, newspaperman
1961 - Sir Sidney Holland, PM of New Zealand (1949-57)
1962 - Marilyn Monroe, movie star, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug overdose

Reported Missing in Action
1964
Alvarez, Everett, USN (CA); A4C shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998 - first USN aviator POW in Vietnam

Sather, Richard C., USN (CA); A1H shot down, remains returned August, 1985 - first USN aviator KIA in Vietnam