News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraqi Constitution Draft Due
Survey: Iraqis support women's rights
Mass grave found near Baghdad, forces say
Al-Sadr aides say Shiite cleric freed
U.S.: Iraq facility could have made bombs
Wanted Al Qaeda Member Killed in Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom
U.S., Afghan Security Forces Battle Insurgents

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Egypt Blast Wounds Two
D.C. Hoax Bomb Destroyed

News of the Weird
Mailman Bitten by Barking Man

Other News of Note
The Chinese Connection
Japan's Koizumi apologizes for war wounds

Fox News
Cypriot Jet Black Boxes Sent to France for Analysis
Aceh Peace Deal Signed
DeLay Blasts Court Activism at Evangelical Christian Rally
Environmentalists Slam Roberts
Gunshot Causes Chaos at Protest Outside Bush Ranch
Neighbor Suffers Protest Fatigue
Gaza Settlers Confront Soldiers
American Jews Pray for Settlers
Hamas Vows to Continue Fight
Timeline: Israel's Gaza Settlements
Video: Historic Withdrawal
Photo Essay: Gaza on the Brink

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Lawmakers warn against troop decreases
Iran seeks talks with Europe on uranium
Pakistan's leaders vow to defeat terrorism
soldiers killed in Iraq bombings
What's next for Iraq's government
Fight expected at hard-line Gaza outpost
Iran says it won't stop uranium conversion
Some of Iran's new top Cabinet ministers
Ahmadinejad fills Cabinet with hard-liners
U.N. Hariri investigator seeks more time
List of Iranian Cabinet ministers
Israeli soldiers said hurt in Gaza mishap

Reuters: Top News
Israel launches Gaza pullout, settlers defiant
Cyprus plane crash victims "frozen solid"
Larijani takes over as Iranian atomic negotiator
US lawmakers call for more American troops in Iraq
Bush intent on change as Social Security turns 70

Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Iraq, Gaza withdrawal on agenda as Jordan's King Abdullah II visits Russia
US steps in to end Iraq deadlock

CENTCOM: News Release
TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER FOUND DEAD

Department of Defense
Iraqis 'Optimistic' They Will Meet Deadline — Story
Bush: Iraqis 'Are Taking Control' of Their Nation
Chemical Site Samples Analyzed Further — Story
Raid Yields Possible Chem Production Facility Photos

HOMECOMING
797th Ordnance Company Returns From Iraq

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Fund Helps Children, Spouses — Story

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
IEDs Kill 5 U.S. Soldiers, Injure 5
Iraqi Soldiers Detain Suspects
Mishap Hurts 2; Terrorist Stopped
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Army Speeds Technology to Troops
Program Offers Terror Fight Tools
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Alabama Depot Weighs in on Fight
Up-Armor Work Saved Lives
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
1057 - Macbeth, King of Scotland, is slain by the son of King Duncan.
1519 - Panama City is founded.
1620 - The Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims.
1748 - The United Lutheran Church of the U.S. is organized.
1858 - Regular mail wervice to the Pacific coast begins.
1863 - The Submarine HL Hunley arrives in Charleston on railroad cars.
1864 - The CSS Tallahassee captures six Yankee schooners off the coast of New England.
1870 - The Transcontinental Railway is completed.
1893 - The U.S.'s exclusive rights end in the Bering Sea.
1901 - 30 tons of nitro destroy Arch Rock, seen as a danger to San Francisco Bay shipping.
1914 - The Panama Canal opens.
1918 - "The Sinking of the Lusitania" - the first full length cartoon - debuts; the U.S. and Russia sever diplomatic ties.
1945 - South Korea is liberated from Japanese rule; U.S. wartime gasoline and oil rationing ends.
1947 - India becomes independent, with its Islamic area becoming Pakistan.
1948 - Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day)
1957 - USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter
1960 - The Congo (Brazzaville) gains independence from France ; a UFO is sighted by three California patrolmen
1970 - Patricia Palinkas becomes the first female professional football player (Orlando).
1971 - Bahrain gains independence from Britain.
1974 - South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination.
1978 - The House of Representatives approves a 39-month extension for the ERA.
1979 - Andrew Young resigns as ambassador to the U.N.
1986 - President Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger Space Shuttle.

Birthdays
1688 - King Frederick-William I of Prussia (1713-1740)
1769 - Napoleon Bonaparte, French Emperor (1804-13, 1814-15), resident of Elba
1888 - T.E. Lawrence Tremadoc (a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia), soldier/writer
1892 - Louis-Victor due de Broglie, physicist, Nobel Prize winner (1929)
1947 - Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr., USN/astronaut (STS 33)
1950 - Princess Anne of England

Passings
1935 - Wiley Post & Will Rogers killed in plane crash in Alaska
1975 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahiman of Bangladesh killed in a military coup
1991 - Marietta Tree (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74

Reported Missing in Action
1968
Hicks, Terrin D., USAF (MD); RF4C shot down (pilot), reported Killed
Shanahan, Joseph F., USAF (IA); RF4C shot down (navigator) released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive as of 1998

1970
Becker, James C., US Army (TX); UH1H shot down during extraction mission (pilot); KIA, body not recovered
Schmidt, Peter A., US Army (WI); UH1H shot down during extraction mission (door gunner); KIA, body not recovered