Quote of the Day
"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself."
-- Joseph Campbell
"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself."
-- Joseph Campbell
News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Cheney Defends Iraq War- Clinton: Hasty Pullout a Mistake
Iraqis Want Exit Plan - But demand may just be gesture of reconciliation
Iranian President Pledges Support
U.S. Troops Mistakenly Kill Three; Tests to Show if Zarqawi Died
Video: Rumsfeld Debates Iraq Pullout
Homeland Security / War on Terror
Europeans Probe CIA Flights
Politics
Woodward Rejects Criticism Over CIA Leak Conduct
Ex-DeLay Aide Pleads Guilty
Oddities
Interview with Thai leader? Heavens say no
Groggy flier jailed after trying to open plane door
Other News of Note
Wounded soldier struggles to keep her military dog
Exile: Iran Hid Nuke Program
FBI Warns About E-Mail Scam(How many of these have you gotten? I'm at eight, and counting)
Fox News
German Lawmakers Elect Merkel as Chancellor
EU OKs Gaza Border Monitors
Hockey Player Has Seizure Sitting on Bench
Cops Dig Up Colo. Girl's Yard
GM to Cut 30,000 Jobs
Today's Stocks to Watch
Alleged Mall Shooter to Cops: 'Just Follow the Screams'
Bird Flu Spurs U.S. Poultry Ban
Top Priest Held for Sex Abuse
Kidnap Charges Dropped - Authorities: Kara Borden left willingly
Reuters: Top News
Sharon bolt boosts him in polls
Kenyans reject charter
Iran and Iraq bury past to reopen trade
Library of Congress plans world digital library
Nations set to feud over global warming
Population boom pushes Asia to accept GMO rice
WHO's 'war room' prepares for bird flu
AP World News
Mortar Disrupts U.S. Ceremony in Iraq
Blair Defends Plan to Deport 20 Foreigners
Kenyan Leader Concedes Referendum's Defeat
Israeli Warplanes Hit Targets in Lebanon
Chinese Sports School Denies Abuse
Annan: Arab Leaders Worried Over Syria
Ukrainians Mark Orange Revolution Protests
French PM Vows More Jobs for Poor Youths
Mexico Jails Reputed Head of Juarez Cartel
EU Mission to Monitor Gaza Border Crossing
Security Council Extends Troops in Bosnia
New Idea: Inject Sea Water to Raise Venice
The Seattle Times
Riskier Alzheimer's treatments urged
No end in sight for AIDS pandemic, U.N. says
Hurricanes take the edge off New Orleans' holiday season
Determined few still seek answers about JFK killing
Chávez builds grass-roots support in U.S.
Bosnia's leaders consider changes
Chicago Sun-Times
Palace attacked as U.S. hands it over to Iraqis
Cheney goes back on the offensive
Gurnee native dies from injuries in Iraq attack
Boston Globe: World
Sharon makes historic shift
Man on trial for alleged role in Iraq genocide
US closes air base in Uzbekistan amid uprising dispute
Militants open fire on posts in Israel
Iran's leader pledges cooperation with Iraq
Russia moves to keep prodemocracy groups under close watch
Military.com
Ex-VA Researcher Sentenced in Drug Scandal
One of Britain's Last WWI Vets Dies
US Launches "Operation Bruins"
DOD Cracking Down on Insurance Scams
CENTCOM: News Release
OPERATION BRUINS CONCLUDES
TIPS LEAD IRAQ SOLDIERS TO WEAPONS CACHE
MORE WEAPONS CACHES TURN UP IN SOUTH BAGHDAD
Department of Defense
Bush Thanks Mongolians for Support -- Story
Cheney: Coalition Must Stay Course in Iraq -- Story Remarks
Debate About Iraq War Should Be Factual
Saddam's Palace to Transfer to Iraqis -- Story
Soldiers Help Children Hurt in IED Attack -- Story
ON THE GROUND
Iraqi Soldiers Use Insurgents' Weapons -- Story
Iraqi Security Forces Paint the Town Clean -- Story
Reconstruction Team Opens in Panjshir -- Story
IN IRAQ
Border Posts Enhance Iraq's Security
'Clean Sweep' Captures Terror Suspects
IN AFGHANISTAN
Medical Mission Visits Gardez Orphanage
Kiwis Build Playground For Afghan Children
AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
'Happy Tails' Helps Military Dogs -- Story
TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Iraq Transition of Power
IRAQ
Iraqi Soldiers Seize Weapons
Citizens Lead Iraqis to Weapons
Operations Disrupt Terrorists
Signs of Steady Progress in Iraq
Iraq Daily Update
This Week in Iraq (pdf)
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (pdf)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
AFGHANISTAN
Joint Patrol Attacks Insurgents
Charges Referred to Court-Martial
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
WAR ON TERRORISM
Teams Critical to Maritime Security
Fact Sheet: War on Terror
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
MILITARY NEWS
Bush Thanks Troops for Service
Troops to Receive Holiday Meals
'Bosslift' Inspires Troop Support
National Guard, Reserve Update
CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army 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
1809 - Peregrine Williamson of Baltimore patents a steel pen.
1842 - Mount St. Helens (Washington) erupts.
1906 - International Radio Telecommunications Com adopts "SOS" as new call for help
1910 - Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs.
1923 - President Coolidge pardons WWI German spy Lothar Witzke, who was sentenced to death.
1924 - England orders the Egyptians out of Sudan.
1935 - The China Clipper (flying boat) takes off from Alameda, CA, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight.
1943 - FDR, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek meet to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
1950 - 79 die in a train crash in Richmond Hills, NY.
1967 - The U.N. Security Council passes a resolution that Israel must give back occupied land.
1975 - Juan Carlos is proclaimed King of Spain.
1977 - Regular Concorde passenger service between NY and Europe begins.
1980 - A Georgia tanker at Pilottown, LA, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain causes a leak.
1989 - Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and the Moon; The U.S.' 63rd manned space mission, STS 33 (Discovery 9), launches into orbit; Eastern Airlines pilots and flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired.
1990 - George H.W. Bush visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia during Thanksgiving; Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister.
Birthdays
1835 - Frank C. Armstrong, Confederate Brigadier General (Cavalry Commander under Forrest)
1868 - John Nance Garner, 32nd VP (1933-41)
1890 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (1958-69)
1898 - Wiley Post, aviator/parachutist
1918 - Claiborne Pell (Sen-RI)
1930 - Owen K. Garriott, astronaut (Skylab 3, STS-9)
1940 - Terry Gilliam, comedy writer-animator (Monty Python)
1942 - Guion S. Bluford, Jr., Colonel USAF / astronaut (STS 8, STS 61A, STS 39)
Passings
1718 - Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, English pirate
1825 - Ann Bailey, pioneer
1871 - Oscar J. Dunn (Lt Governor - LA)
1896 - George Washington Gale Ferris, inventor (Ferris wheel)
1963 - C.S.Lewis, English novelist. ("The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"); John F. Kennedy, 35th U.S. President, assassinated in Dallas, Texas
1980 - Mae West, actress
Reported Missing in Action
1965
Douglas, Thomas E., USMC (OH); UH34D shot down (passenger)
Miller, Richard A., USMC (NY); UH34D shot down
Pirker, Victor J., USMC (MT); UH34D shot down
Visconti, Francis E., USMC (NY);UH34D shot down (pilot)
Winkler, John Anthony, USN (VA); KIA, body not recovered
1966
Crecca, Joseph, USAF (NJ); F4C shot down (w/Wilson), released by DRV February, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998
Wilson, Gordon S., USAF (IN); F4C shot down (pilot, w/Crecca), remains returned April, 1986
1969
Bedinger, Henry J., USN (PA); F4J shot down, released March, 1973 - retired as a Commander - alive and well as of 1998
Collins, Richard F., USN (CA); A6A shot down (pilot, w/Quinn)
Deuter, Richard C., USN (IL); A6A shot down
Quinn, Michael E., USN (MN); A6A shot down (bombardier/navigator, w/Collins)