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Thursday, September 29, 2005

In Today's News - Thursday, September 29, 2005

Quote of the Day
"No better friend, no worse enemy"
1st Marine Division motto

News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Bush Boosts Iraqi Troops
Female Bomber Kills Six

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan Bike Bomber Kills Nine

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Australia PM: Terror Laws Necessary

Troops on Trial
Soldier Gets Five Months for Afghan Prisoner Abuse

U.N. News
Bolton: U.N. Can Be Fixed

Hurricane Season
Blanco Testifies on Katrina
Video: Eyes on Blanco
FEMA Nixes Rita Relief Center
New Orleans to allow more residents to go home
Hurricane bonds crucial to Gulf recovery-governors
Gulf Coast city insured for casino losses
Four-legged evacuees arrive in style
Licensing issues slowed medical response
Strong hurricane likely in October

Supreme Court
Supreme Court takes up political spending
Roberts Confirmation Thurs.

Other News of Note
Freedom Museum Axed From WTC Redevelopment Plan

Fox News
U.S. Customs Chief Quits
Gas Prices Strain Credit
Army Probes Source of Photos of Alleged Dead Iraqis
House Majority Leader DeLay steps down in finance scandal

Reuters: Top News
Indicted DeLay leaves House leadership post
U.S. general casts doubt on 2006 troop cut in Iraq
US Republicans seek spending cuts to pay for aid
Israeli missile fire knocks out power in Gaza
Bush waives some arms export restrictions on Libya
Blunt picked to replace DeLay as US House leader
Film with word "Muslim" in title stirs controversy
Flight attendants outraged over Jodie Foster film
New labels for medicines coming soon: FDA official
Packed jails and delays deny Liberians justice

AP World News
Bush Warns of Iraq Violence Before Vote
Israel Presses Forward With Offensive
Colombian Who Hijacked Plane to Be Freed
In Turkey, Hughes Gets an Earful on Iraq
Algerians Being Asked to Forgive, Move On
Jailed Haitian Priest Appeals Suspension
U.N. Defends Having Tech Summit in Tunisia
Somalia Piracy Reaching Alarming Levels
Two Killed in Home of al-Sadr's Bodyguard
U.N.: Darfur Violence Threatens Needed Aid
Putin Aide Says It's Time to Bury Lenin
Gaza Policy Presents a Dilemma for Egypt
Parmalat Founder Appears for Fraud Trial
Turkish Campaign Seeks to Educate Girls
China Warns Against U.S.-Taiwan Arms Deal
Chernobyl Material Thought Stolen Found
French Police Retake Ship Held by Sailors

The Seattle Times
Illegal immigrant population increasing; rise linked to economy
U.S. says Al-Zarqawi network now driving force behind Iraq violence

Boston Globe: World
Saudi ban on women drivers questioned
Putin hints at new role after he steps down
Blair defends his Iraq policies, place 'alongside America'

CENTCOM: News Release
COALITION OPERATIONS CATCH 9 TERROR SUSPECTS RED-HANDED

Department of Defense
Bush Discusses Recent Gains in Iraq — Story Remarks
Rumsfeld, Myers: Collaborative Efforts Vital — Story
Myers Looks Back on Tumultuous Years as Chairman
Resolve Key to Defeating Terrorists, Myers Says

ON THE GROUND
Marines Issue Equipment to Georgian Soldiers — Story
First All-female Crew Flies Combat Mission — Story

IN IRAQ
Marine Psych Class Offers Many Benefits
Marine MPs Stay a Step Ahead of Insurgents
Engineers Help Rebuild 'Fractured' Healthcare

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Army Learns How to Counter IEDs
New Garrison Opens Doors to Afghan Troops

FACE OF DEFENSE
Commander Flies Combat Missions in Iraq — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Grandmother Bakes 30,000 Cookies — Story

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Hurricane Coverage
Iraq Transition of Power

IN IRAQ
Suicide Bombing Kills Civilians
U.S. Soldier Killed in Ramadi
Marine, Soldier Killed
Al Qaeda Leader Killed
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
Forces Ensured Secure Elections
Soldier, Marine Killed in Attacks
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
Ceremony Marks Unit Deployment
Pearl Harbor Personnel Deploy
Acquisition Improvements Cited
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Defense Officials Identify 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

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1349
- In Krems, Austria, Jews are accused of poisoning the wells.
1364 - The British defeat the French Battle of Auray.
1650 - In Englande, Henry Robinson opens the first marriage bureau.
1785 - The Chaidic sect is excommunicated in Krakow, Poland.
1789 - The First Congress adjourns; the U.S. War Department establishes a regular army.
1829 - London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty; Scotland Yard is formed.
1853 - The emigrant ship Annie Jane sinks off Scotland, drowning 348.
1892 - In Mansfield, PA, the first night football game is played.
1907 - Construction begins on the Washington National Cathedral.
1915 - A hurricane claims 275 lives in the Mississippi Delta.
1918 - Allied forces score a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line.
1936 - For the first time, the radio is used for in a presidential campaign.
1940 - The Booker T. Washington, the first U.S. merchant ship commanded by a Black captain, is launched at Wilmington, DE.
1943 - General Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice.
1944 - Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia.
1951 - S.B. Nicholson discovers the 12th satellite of Jupiter.
1953 - The Milton Berle Show premiers
1954 - Willie Mays makes his famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz's 460' drive.
1969 - Love American Style premiers on ABC-TV.
1973 - Soyuz-12 returns to Earth.
1977 - The Soviet space station Salyut-6 is launched into Earth orbit.
1979 - Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to visit Ireland.
1983 - For the first time, Congress invokes the War Powers Act.
1986 - The U.S.S.R. releases U.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff, confined on spy charges.
1988 - The 26th Space Shuttle mission, Discovery-7, is launched; U.N. peacekeeping forces win the Nobel Peace prize.
1990 - After 83 years, construction of the Washington National Cathedral is completed.

Birthdays
1511 - Michael Servetus, physician (Christianism Rostituta)
1755 - Robert Lord Clive, founder of the British empire in India
1758 - Horatio Nelson, British naval hero (Trafalgar)
1895 - Joseph Banks, parapsychologist (Extra-Sensory Perception)
1901 - Enrico Fermi, physicist (fission), Nobel Prize winner (1938)
1902 - Miguel Alemán, president of Mexico (1946-52)
1925 - John Tower (Sen-TX)
1927 - Paul McCloskey (Sen-CA)
1929 - Bob Newhart, actor/comedian (Bob Newhart Show)
1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, singer (Great Balls of Fire, Breathless)
1939 - Larry Linville, actor (Frank Burns-M*A*S*H)
1942 - Madeleine Kahn, actress (Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety); William Nelson (Rep-FL), astronaut (STS 61C)
1943 - Lech Walesa, leader of the Polish Solidarity movement, Nobel Prize winner (1983)
1948 - Bryant Gumbel, sportscaster/TV host (Today Show)
1964 - Julie Peterson, Playboy playmate (Feb., 1987)
1969 - Erika Eleniak, Playboy playmate (Jul., 1989)

Passings
1895
- Louis Pasteur
1978 - Pope John Paul I
1987 - Henry Ford II
1988 - Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family)
1989 - A.A. Busch, Jr., brewer/baseball owner (St Louis Cardinals)

Reported Missing in Action
1968
Newberry, Wayne E., USAF (IL); A1H shot down, KIA, body not recovered

1969
Curran, Patrick R., USMC (IL); A6A shot down (bombardier / navigator)

Lono, Luther A., USMC (WA); A6A shot down (pilot)

1972
Bosiljevac, Michael J., USAF (NE); F105G shot down (EWO, w/O'Neil) , KIA, remains returned in 1988

Brett, Robert A., Jr., USAF (OR); F111A shot down (navigator, w/Coltman)

Coltman, William C., USAF (PA); F111A shot down (pilot, w/Brett)

O'Neil, James W., USAF (CA);F105G shot down (pilot, w/Bosiljevac), released by DRV March, 1973 - alive as of 1998
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