Military News
Pentagon Replaces Troops' Armor

Fox News
Cypriot Airliner Carrying 121 Crashes North of Athens
Gaza Pullout Imminent
Hard-Liners Nominated for Key Iranian Cabinet Posts
Sri Lanka Arrests 12 Tamils in Probe of Minister's Murder
Modified Hybrids Get 250 Mpg
Sunnis Urged to OK Iraqi Constitution
U.S. Raids Alleged Chemical Plant
Fast Facts: Top Cabinet Members
Fast Facts: Iraqi Constitution Issues
Company of Heroes
Video:
Fallen GI's Parents Speak Out
Remembering Fallujah and a Hero
Mother's War Protest a 'Spectacle'

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Iraqi leaders rush to finish constitution
Security tightens for Gaza withdrawal
Six U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq bombings
Ahmadinejad fills Cabinet with hard-liners
Iran calls for EU talks on enrichment
U.N. Hariri investigator seeks more time
List of Iranian Cabinet ministers
Israeli soldiers said hurt in Gaza mishap
Group: 17 protesters killed in Iran
Turkish official's convoy misses bomb
Many in Aceh skeptical of peace accord
Gaza pullout heats Israeli emotions
Islam is in many Arab constitutions
Background to Israel's Gaza withdrawal
Iraqis: Constitution will beat deadline
Settlers observe bittersweet last Sabbath

Reuters: Top News
Iraq constitution talks go into final day, maybe
Israel seals off Gaza approaches before pullout
Al Qaeda's Zarqawi in N.Iraq, Turkey suspect says
Sri Lanka hunts assassins, rebels suspected
U.S. will not lose its nerve in Iraq -Bush
N. Korea willing to prove it has no uranium scheme - CNN
Husband issues loom in Hillary Clinton Senate race
Calif. man catalogs N.Korea's over-the-top rhetoric
Israel seals off Gaza approaches before pullout
Cypriot plane carrying 121 crashes near Athens
Democrats demand conditions on Social Security
Husband issues loom in Hillary Clinton Senate race

Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Talabani hopes to beat Iraq constitution deadline
2 Local Guardsmen Killed in Baghdad
U.S. Steps Up Role in Iraq Charter Talks
U.S. military finds chemical site in Iraq

Department of Defense
Copter Mishap Hurts 2; Syrian Terrorist Stopped
Alabama Depot Weighs in on Terror War Fight — Story
Anniston's Up-Armor Work Saved Lives
Army Unit Speeds Technology to Front Lines - Story
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TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Literacy Program Bolsters Police
Bush Discusses Iraq Progress
Withdrawal Hinges on Progress
More Units Involved in Defense
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Clashes Leave Six Enemy Dead
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting

WAR ON TERRORISM
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualties — Story

Today in History
410 - Alaric sacks Rome.
1756 - French troops capture Fort Oswego, NY.
1765 - Mass colonists challenge British rule by planting an Elm (Liberty Tree)
1813 - The British warship Pelican attacks and captures the U.S. war brigantine Argus
1842 - The Seminole War ends; Indians are removed from Florida to Oklahoma.
1846 - Henry David Thoreau is jailed for tax resistance.
1848 - The Oregon Territory is created.
1862 - President Abraham Lincoln receives the first group of blacks to confer with a U.S. president
1893 - France issues its first driving licenses, included a required test.
1900 - International forces (including U.S. Marines) enter Beijing to put down the Boxer Rebellion (it was aimed at ridding China of foreigners).
1912 - 2,500 U.S. marines invade Nicaragua, remaining until 1925.
1917 - China declares war on Germany and Austria.
1935 - The Social Security Act becomes law.
1945 - V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally, ending WWII.
1947 - India gains independence within the British Commonwealth; Pakistan gains independence from Britain.
1962 - NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A. Walker takes the X-15 to 60,000 m; A U.S. postal truck in Plymouth, MA, is robbed of more than $1.5 million.
1966 - The first U.S. lunar orbiter begins circling the Moon.
1969 - British troops intervene in Northern Ireland.
1971 - Bahrain proclaims its independence after more than 100 years of British rule; in Northern Ireland, the British begin internment without trial.
1973 - The U.S. bombs Cambodia.
1974 - Congress authorizes U.S. citizens to own gold.

Birthdays
1774 - Meriwether Lewis, Captain, Lewis and Clark Expedition
1941 - David Crosby, musician (Crosby, Stills & Nash-Southern Cross)
1943 - Jon A. McBride, Captain USN/astronaut (STS 41G)
1952 - Mark C. Lee, Major USAF/astronaut (STS-30, sk:47)
1965 - Lynette Falls, Miss NJ / America (1991)

Passings
1936 - Rainey Bethea, hanged at the last public execution in the U.S.
1951 - William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher
1988 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari
1991 - Douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV)

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Brodak, John W., USAF (MO); F105D shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive as of 1998

Eaton, Curtis Abbot, USAF (RI); F105 shot down, KIA, body not recovered

Franklin, Charles E., USAF (OH); F105 shot down, KIA, remains returned July, 1988, ID'd October, 1988