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Thursday, September 08, 2005

In Today's News - Thursday, September 8, 2005

Quote of the Day
"The United States made a commitment to finish the job and we must do so. Timing in war is never predictable--there are no guarantees. We can and will prevail, but only if we persevere. Any who say we have lost or are losing are flat wrong. We are not."
-- Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld,
during Senate House Services Committee testimony

News of Note
Hurricane Katrina

Returning Troops to Aid Victims
Get Out or Be Dragged Out
Dean: Race Was Factor in Deaths
Toxins in Floodwaters Kill Five
Victims to Get $2K Debit Cards
Tropical Storm Ophelia Nears Florida
Video
NYC: Have Trucks, Will Roll
Katrina Could Cost 400,000 Jobs
Mayor: Evacuate Now or Else
Memo: FEMA Chief Delayed
Photo Essays
Hurricane Katrina: Day 10
Evacuees stay close to home
Police officers await orders
Congress mulls Katrina victims relief bill

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Huge Blast Rocks Central Baghdad
Buffalo Roams Military Supply Routes Photos
U.S. Hostage Freed in Iraq
COALITION FORCES RESCUE HOSTAGES
Saddam did not confess to mass killings - lawyer
Iraqi Military: 200 Insurgents Arrested
U.S. Forces Give Iraqis Full Control Of Najaf
Iraqi Military: 200 Insurgents Arrested

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan Find: Weapons Caches, IEDs

Remembering 9/11
U.S. Army General Shares 9/11 Thoughts
Pentagon to Hold 9/11 Tour, Walk
Flight 93 Monument Selected

U.N. Scandals
Oil-for-Food Report Slams Annan, U.N. Security Council
Oil-for-Food Just the Beginning

Moonbat Watch
Fonda Brakes Bus Tour

Fox News
Calif. Gay Nups Bill Faces Veto
Video: Hostage Released
Rehnquist Buried Next to Wife
Conservatives: No Gonzales
Cause of Arafat's Death Remains Uncertain
Ford Recalls 3.8M Vehicles
Ballroom Dancer Charged With Trying to Murder Partner

Reuters: Top News
Mubarak rival to seek rerun of Egyptian election
Ford, Toyota recall vehicles
Iraq sets October 15 for constitution referendum
N.Korea six-party talks to resume Tuesday
Republicans say hurricane won't stop budget cuts

JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Ballot count begins in Egypt election
United files plan to leave bankruptcy

Yahoo! News: War with Iraq

Ex-ambassador fired over Iraq war takes on Koizumi in Japan vote
U.S. targets infiltration routes
U.S. Resident Freed From Baghdad Prison

CENTCOM: News Releases
IRAQI, U.S. RAIDS NET MORE THAN 50 TERRORIST SUSPECTS
ANP, COALITION FORCES FIND CACHES, IEDS ACROSS AFGHANISTAN
AIR STRIKE DESTROYS TERRORIST SAFE HOUSE
IRAQI, U.S. SOLDIERS FIND CAR BOMB, 3 TERROR SUSPECTS

Department of Defense
Accident Kills Soldier; Strike Hits Safe House

ON THE GROUND
U.S.-Iraqi Teamwork Key to Reconstruction — Story
Donations Kick Off School Days for Iraqi Kids — Story
Construction Continues on Iraqi Border Forts — Story

FACE OF DEFENSE
Veteran Returns to Army to Help Fellow Soldiers — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Redskinettes Visit Rota Sailors — Story

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Hurricane Katrina

IN IRAQ
U.S. Soldier Killed by IED
Sadr City Sees Huge Investment
City Gets $106M Electrical Work
Ceremony Transfers Base Control
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Fact Sheet: Helping Women in Iraq

IN AFGHANISTAN
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
Kearsarge Completes Maritime Ops
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualty — 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

Today in History
1380
- The Russians defeat the Tartars at Kulikovo - the beginning of the end for the Tartars.
1522 - Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completing the first circumnavigation of the globe and paving the way for the Magellan expedition.
1565 - The first permanent settlement in the U.S. forms at St. Augustine, FL.
1664 - The Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (NY) to 300 English soldiers.
1858 - Lincoln makes his speech about when you can fool people (some of the time / all of the time)
1863 - 47 Texas volunteers repel a Federal invasion force at Sabine Pass, TX.
1883 - The Northern Pacific Rail Road's last spike is driven at Independence Creek, MT.
1892 - The "The Pledge of Allegiance" first appears(Youth's Companion).
1900 - A hurricane and tidal wave destroy Galveston, TX, killing approximately 6,000. Pending the final word on Katrina, it is the most deadly in U.S. history.
1920 - The U.S. Air Mail service begins.
1921 - Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C., becomes the first to be crowned Miss America.
1939 - FDR declares a "limited national emergency" due to the war in Europe.
1941 - The entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated.
1943 - Italy surrenders to the Allies.
1944 - The first V-2 rocket lands in Britain.
1945 - The U.S. invades Japanese-held Korea.
1951 - Japan signs a peace treaty with 48 countries.
1954 - The S.E. Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is formed - to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia.
1965 - Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana and Florida.
1967 - Surveyor-5 is launched; it will make a soft landing on the Moon September 10th.
1967 - Uganda abolishes its traditional tribal kingdoms, becoming a republic.
1973 - Hank Aaron sets a record a record for the most homeruns in 1 league (709).
1974 - President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon of all Federal crimes.
1983 - NASA launches RCA-6.
1990 - The Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Eliis Island, NYC.

Birthdays
1889 - Robert A. Taft (Sen-OH, Taft-Hartley Act)
1900 - Claude D. Pepper (Rep-FL)
1922 - Lyndon LaRouche, American Presidental candidate (1980)
1924 - Wendell Ford (Sen-KY)
1938 - Sam Nunn (Sen-GA)
1971 - Cristy Thom, Playboy playmate (Feb, 1991)

Passings
1935 - Huey P. Long (Sen-LA), assassinated at the Baton Rouge Capitol building
1981 - Roy Wilkins, longtime executive director of NAACP

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Goodwin, Charles B. Haskell, USN (TX) RF8A crashed (pilot)
Rudolph, Robert D., USN (CA); RF8A shot down (pilot), KIA, remains returned December, 1988
1968
Pridemore, Dallas R., US Army (OH); kidnapped by Viet Cong while visiting Vietnamese civilian

1972
Gerstel, Donald A., USN (IL); A7B disappeared (pilot) after being hit by lightning
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