News of Note
Gaza Withdrawal
'Days of Joy' for Palestinians
Israel's Gaza operation sets precedent

Able Danger
'Able Danger' Claims Probed

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Security Forces Make Strides in Northwest Iraq Transcript
Iraqi Forces Assume More Security Missions
Iraqi Army Helps Boy Escape From Terrorists
Iraq Poster-Hangers Killed

Operation Enduring Freedom
Kabul Police Academy Graduates Officer Class
U.S. General Details Afghan Election Effort

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Search for 6 Suspects
Video: Missile Attack
Egypt detains suspected bomb mastermind

Fox News
Border Emergencies Declared
U.S., Mexico Pols Press Gov'ts
DEA Busts 160 in Drug Rings
Roberts No Fan of Burger
Yacht Suspect Charged Again
Reid Had Mild Stroke
Fast Facts: Reid's Stroke

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Jordan hunts for suspects in U.S. attack
U.N. demands justice on bomb anniversary
U.S. investigates Jordan rocket attack
Palestinian leader promises better future
Khamenei: Iran won't stop nuke enrichment
Kurd: Islam may get bigger role in Iraq
Annan asks Iran to release journalist
Correction: Israel-Arab-View story
Abbas: Gaza pullout result of patience

Reuters: Top News
Rockets narrowly miss U.S. warships in Jordan
Texas jury in first Vioxx trial awards $253 million
Israelis extract diehards from Gaza synagogue
Republican senator calls for talks with Iran
Texas jury in first Vioxx trial awards $253 million
U.S. protesters dig in despite absent anti-war mom
Pope meets German Muslims in push for better ties
Top Senate Democrat Reid learns he had mild stroke
US rights groups seek release of more Roberts memos

Department of Defense
Cheney: Find, Fight, Destroy Enemy — Story Transcript

ON THE GROUND
Congressmen Tour Humvee Up-armor Site — Story
Alaska Troops Focus on Mission, Hot Weather — Story

1942 - In San Francisco, dim-out regulations are implemented.
1947 - Turner Caldwell sets an aircraft speed record in the D-558-I (1131 kph).
1948 - The U.S. expels Soviet Consul General Jacob Lomakin.
1953 - Russia publicly acknowledges its hydrogen bomb test detonation.
1955 - For the first time, an airplane exceeds 1800 mph / 2897 kph (H.A. Hanes, Palmdale CA); hundreds are killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria.
1957 - A USAF ballon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m).
1960 - Senegal breaks from the Mali federation, declaring its independence; the U.S.S.R. recovers the first living organisms to return from space (2 dogs).
1964 - President Johnson signs the Economic Opportunity Act (nearly $1 billion).
1968 - 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia.
1971 - The FBI begins covert investigation of journalist Daniel Schorr.
1975 - An Ilyushin-62 jetliner crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126; Viking-1 is launched toward a soft landing on Mars.
1977 - NASA launches Voyager-2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
1978 - In London, gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London.
1980 - The U.N. Security Council condemns Israel's declaration that all of Jersualem is its capital (the vote is 14-0, with the U.S. abstaining).
1985 - On behalf of the U.S., Israel ships 96 TOW missiles to Iran.
1990 - Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations, using them as human shields.

Birthdays
1785 - Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Naval hero ("We have met the enemy and they are ours. ")
1833 - Benjamin Harrison, 23rd U.S. President (1889-1893)
1860 - Raymond Poincar‚ PM (1912) / president of France
1890 - H.P. Lovecraft, Gothic novelist (At the Mountains of Madness)
1931 - Don King boxing promoter
1933 - George Mitchell (Sen-ME, Senate Whip 1989-1995)
1938 - Jean-Loup Chrétien, first French space traveller (Soyuz T-6)
1941 - William H. Gray III (Rep-PA, 1978-1991 )
1944 - Rajiv Gandhi PM of India (1984-1989)
1946 - Connie Chung, TV newscaster (NBC, CBS)

Passings
1804 - Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
1940 - Leon Trotsky icepicked by Frank Jackson

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Milikin, Richard M., III, USAF (FL); RF4C shot down

1968
Lindbloom, Charles David, USN (GA); KIA, body not recovered

Risner, Richard F., USMC; escaped August, 1968 - retired as a Colonel - alive as of 1999

1972
Mossman, Harry S., USN (NY); A6A shot down