Quote of the Day
"Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy."
"Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy."
-- Ann Coulter
News of Note
Hurricane Katrina
FEMA: Victims bear a responsibility
National Guard troops land in New Orleans
CHAOS IN KATRINA'S WAKE:
Evac Goes On After Gunfire
Levee Repairs in New Orleans
Tourists Upset by Treatment
Senate OKs $10.5B in Aid
Rice: All Foreign Aid Accepted
Katrina's Aftermath Q&A
Hastert Questions Rebuilding
Gas Price Gouging Reported
Nation's Retail Gas Prices Jump
Dealing With the Dead
Health Crisis in New Orleans
Texas to Take 75,000 Refugees
Global Warming Debate Sparked
Bush to Tour Destruction
Miss. Death Toll Rises to 126
Video: Miss. Aerial Footage
Videos: Fires Rage Nat'l Guard Deploys Evacuation Rescue Ops
Photos: Desperate Hours Superdome Chaos Storm in Pictures
Troops rush to New Orleans to halt violence, theft
Senate passes $10.5 bln emergency hurricane aid
Katrina: a shock too many for economy?
U.S. military builds relief force, carrier sent
UN offers to help overwhelmed US cope with Katrina
La. governor warns troops will "shoot and kill"
Private US aid pours in to help cope with Katrina
TV networks plan joint Katrina telethon
Fats Domino plucked from New Orleans flood-reports
U.S. holds up Boeing's plan to outsource work in China
Refugees adjust to life in limbo
New Orleans "could be bulldozed"
Refugees swell Baton Rouge
Woman flees Katrina for Kirkland
From the Sound, an outpouring of cash, prayer and a home
Defend America Special Report - Hurricane Katrina
Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S. SOLDIERS, IRAQI ARMY DETAIN 36 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS
48TH BRIGAGDE DETAINS TERRORISTS, FINDS WEAPONS CACHE
Operation Enduring Freedom
Forces Provide Medical Assistance to Afghans
Homeland Security / War on Terror
Al Qaeda: We Bombed U.K.
Qaeda deputy, London bomber warn of more attacks
Able Danger
Officials Discuss 'Able Danger' Findings
Fox News
Judge: Free Holloway Suspect
Strike Shuts Down Boeing
Bodies of Missing Americans Found in Canada
Reuters: Top News
Iraq buries stampede dead, seeks reconciliation
Israel shelves plan to link Jerusalem, settler bloc
The Seattle Times
Boeing Machinists union strike is on
Shiites rally in support of constitution
Beslan families go to Moscow to meet Putin
Iraq stampede victims buried
U.S., U.N. escalate global-aid squabble
Air Force again rings in UW era
JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Theory: Mad cow may have come from humans
CENTCOM: News Release
AIR STRIKE TARGETS TERRORIST SAFE HAVEN IN HUSAYBAH
COALITION FORCES BOMB TERRORIST SAFE HOUSES
Department of Defense
Iraqi Security Forces Progress Continues — Story
Air Strike Targets Terrorist Safe Haven — Story
ON THE GROUND
Sadr City Crews Expand Medical Facilities — Story
10th Mountain Division Brigade Arrives in Iraq — Story
Soldiers Build Playground for Iraqi Orphans — Story Photos
IN IRAQ
Servicemembers Deliver Supplies to Clinics
Close-air Support Mission Nabs Terrorists
IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Marines Relate Details of Afghan Ambush
FACE OF DEFENSE
New Yorker Prepares Marines for Combat — Story
AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Arizona City Adds Pentagon Channel — Story
TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Iraqi Highway Patrol Hq. Opens
Rumsfeld Talks Iraqi Constitution
Rumsfeld Defends U.S. Role
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
IN AFGHANISTAN
IED Strike Kills American
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting
WAR ON TERRORISM
Detainee Procedures to Change
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
MILITARY NEWS
Bush: Support for Troops Vital
Technology Reduces Friendly Fire
Rumsfeld Visits SEALs at Calif. Base
National Guard, Reserve Update
CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualty — Story
Weather
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
31 BC- Octavian defeats Antony at the Battle of Actium, becoming Emperor Augustus.
490 BC- Phidippides, seeking aid from Sparta against the Persions, runs the first marathon.
1789 - Congress establishes the U.S. Treasury Department.
1864 - Union General William T. Sherman captures Atlanta.
1898 - Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain.
1901 - Vice President Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly, and carry a big stick."
1930 - The first non-stop airplane flight from Europe to the U.S. completes its trip - in 37 hours.
1935 - A hurricane kills 423 in the Florida Keys.
1936 - The first transatlantic round-trip air flight occurs.
1944 - Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank), is sent to Auschwitz; George H.W. Bush ejects from a burning plane in WWII.
1945 - Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam's independence from France.
1963 - CBS and NBC expand their network news from 15 minutes to 30 minutes.
Birthdays
1838 - Queen Lydia Kamekeha Liliuokalani, last queen of Hawaii (1891-93)
1853 - Wilhelm Ostwald, physical chemist, Nobel Prize Winner (1909)
1856 - Yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of the Taiping Rebellion
1866 - Hiram Johnson (Gov-CA)
1918 - Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell
1931 - Alan K. Simpson (Sen-WY)
1936 - Joan Kennedy, 1st wife of Senator Ted Kennedy (MA)
1958 - Marlene Janssen, Playboy playmate (Nov, 1982)
1960 - Eric Dickerson, NFL halfback (LA Rams, Indianapolis Colts)
Passings
1547 - Hernan Cortes, Spanish general (defeated the Aztecs)
Reported Missing in Action
1963
Cruz, Raphael, USAF (CA); B26B disappeared during air cover mission, remains returned October, 1996
McKinney, Neil B., USAF (IN); B26B disappeared during air cover mission, remains returned October, 1996
Purcell, Howard, Philip, USAF (PA); B26B disappeared during air cover mission (pilot), remains returned October, 1996
1965
Collins, James Q., USAF (NC); F105 shot down (pilot), released by DRV (injured) February, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998
1967
Bennett, William G., USAF (AL); F105D shot down, survival unlikely
1972
Greenwood, Robert R., Jr., USAF (VA); F4E shot down (WSO, w/Wood)
Herold, Richard W., USAF (NY); O1 shot down (same location as Greenwood & Wood), KIC
Wood, William C., Jr., USAF (TN); F4E shot down (pilot, w/Greenwood)
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