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Sunday, July 10, 2005

Fox News Headlines

London Bombings
U.K. Fears More Attacks
More Bodies Found
'Credible' Birmingham Threat

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraq Bombings Kill 33
Karate Chief Found in Water
Family Shot While Asleep
Military Releases U.S. Filmmaker

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan Soldiers Beheaded
Navy SEAL Allegedly Killed (unconfirmed by U.S. Goverment)

Also, go to JackArmy for commentary on this Reuters story (he references a story on the same subject up at the Drudge Report) about US/UK plans to reduce troops by 2006, linked in this morning's newspost.

U.S. Marines Seek Out Insurgents

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joe A. Salinas, squad leader for 3rd Squad, 4th Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, questions an Iraqi man about any insurgent activity during a mission, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, June 28, 2005. U.S. Marines conducted a patrol through a portion of their company’s area of operations to locate enemy sniper positions. The observation post has been taking sporadic sniper fire from the area around it. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tom Sloan


U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joe A. Salinas, squad leader for 3rd Squad, 4th Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, hands an Iraqi woman a coalition forces flier during a mission in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, June 28, 2005. U.S. Marines conducted a patrol through a portion of their company’s area of operations to locate enemy sniper positions. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tom Sloan


U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. First Class Alan J. Maria, a rifleman with 3rd Squad, 4th Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, provides security around a street corner during a mission in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, June 28, 2005. U.S. Marines conducted a patrol through a portion of their company’s area of operations to locate enemy sniper positions. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tom Sloan


U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joe A. Salinas, squad leader for 3rd Squad, 4th Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, hands out coalition forces fliers during a mission in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, June 28, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tom Sloan


U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Neal R. Bassett, a mortar man with 3rd Squad, 4th Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, conducts a test to determine if a man has explosive residual on his hands during a mission in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, June 28, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tom Sloan


U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joe A. Salinas, squad leader for 3rd Squad, 4th Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, searches an Iraqi man’s car during a mission in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, June 28, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tom Sloan


U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Steven R. Seeley, a machine gunner with 3rd Squad, 4th Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, patrols a street in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, with his comrades June 28, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tom Sloan


U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joe A. Salinas, squad leader for 3rd Squad, 4th Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, checks an Iraqi man’s identification card during a mission in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, June 28, 2005. U.S. Marines conducted a patrol through a portion of their company’s area of operations to locate enemy sniper positions. The observation post has been taking sporadic sniper fire from the area around it. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tom Sloan

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WAVE OFF — U.S. Navy Lt. Tony Meyers and Lt. Derecy Brown stand watch as an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Tophatters” of Strike Fighter Squadron 14, conducts a “wave-off” over the flight deck aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Pacific Ocean, July 6, 2005. The Nimitz Strike Group is currently on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Elisabeth Ann Saccotelli

In Today's News - Sunday, July 10th, 2005

Quote of the Day
"We must remember that terror is all around us these days, that terror has no homeland or nationality and no religion and that we all face the same problems together."
-- Iman Hassan Ali, Dar Al Islam Foundation

News of Note




London Bombings

Suspects Emerge in London Bombings
Muslims pray for London bombing victims
Iraq links London attacks to insurgency
UK police clear part of Birmingham in new scare
No long-term impact on travel after London attacks
Rail blasts 'almost simultaneous'
Asking for Help
Family, Friends Seek Loved Ones
Search Teams Check Tunnels
Attacks Don't Dissuade NY'ers
Queen Speaks at Hospital
Iraq: Attacks, Insurgency Tied
Bus Riders: It Was Homicide Bomb
London Passenger Cheats Death
Rudy Giuliani Sees Terror Again
Bus Driver Badly Shaken
Hunt for Missing in London
Phone Cameras Provided Coverage
Prior Attacks Provide Lessons
Web Claim Taken Seriously
Daunting Probe Ahead
Blasts Have Stamp of Al Qaeda
American Sisters Injured in London Blasts
U.S. Hikes Terror Level for Transit
Voice Your Support!
Timeline: London Attacks

Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S., Iraqi Troops Launch Operation Scimitar
Lawyer: American held in Iraq to be freed

Operation Enduring Freedom
Report: Taliban Claims Killing Navy SEAL (unsubstantiated by US Government)

Homeland Security / War on Terror
US-Bound Flight Forced to Turn Around
Suspicious Item Forces Plane to Divert
TSA Sells Items Abandoned at Baggage Checks
TSA to Pay for Baggage Screening Damage

Fox News
Assasination Attempt on Shiite Leader
New Law Posts Sex Offenders Online
California College Computers Hacked

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Reports: Turkey land mine blasts kill 3
Sudan leader, ex-rebel chief join forces
Envoy begins talks with Mideast leaders
Ex-rebel sworn in as Sudan vice president
Iran-Iraq war vet named Iran police chief
Iraq constitution drafters short on time
Official of largest Shiite group wounded
Iraq karate official kidnapped
Garang held together fractious rebel army
Diplomat's case opens Iraq, Egypt rift
Abbas says will yield to Lebanon on camps

Reuters: Top News
U.S., Japan seek results from Korea talks
London attacks show need to stay on offense-Bush
Memo: US, UK plan to reduce troops in Iraq - paper
Marines launch new raid against Iraq insurgents
South Korea sees substantive progress at nuclear talks
Democrats seek court nominee with 'big heart'

Department of Defense
President Vows Terrorists Won't Win — Story
U.S. Will Stand by Britain in Face of Terror
Bush, Blair Condemn Terror Attacks
Rumsfeld Offers Condolences, Notes Resolve
Bombings Spark Concern for U.S. Mass Transit

ON THE GROUND
Task Force Baghdad Secures Car-Bomb Site — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Girl Jumps Rope for Troops, Vets — Story
TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ

Rumsfeld Stresses Positives in Iraq
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

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
Guard Carries Out State Missions
National Guard, Reserve Update

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
1775 - Horatio Gates issues an order excluding blacks from werving in the Continental Army.
1832 - President Jackson vetoes proposed legislation to re-charter the 2nd Bank of the U.S.
1850 - Vice President Millard Fillmore becomes President in the wake of Zachary Taylor's death.
1890 - Wyoming becomes the 44th U.S. state.
1892 - The first concrete-paved street is built, in Bellefountaine, OH.
1918 - The Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic is established.
1919 - President Woodrow Wilson personally delivers the Treaty of Versailles to the U.S. Senate.
1923 - Italy dissolves all non-fascist political parties.
1925 - Jury selection occurs in the in John T. Scopes evolution trial (The "Monkey Trial").
1925 - TASS, the U.S.S.R.'s official news agency, is established.
1926 - An arsenal in Lake Denmark, NJ explodes, killing 21, and causing $75 million in damage.
1929 - The U.S. issues newer, smaller-sized paper currency.
1934 - FDR visits Columbia, becoming the first sitting U.S. President to visit South America.
1940 - The Battle of Britain begins, as Nazi forces are attacked by air.
1943 - U.S. and British forces invade Sicily.
1951 - Armistice talks to end the Korean War begin at Kaesong.
1962 - Martin Luther King, Jr., is arrested during a demonstration in Georgia.
1973 - The Bahamas gain independence after three centuries of British rule (National Day).
1985 - The Coca-Cola Co. announces it will resume selling old formula Coke; French agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand.

Birthdays
1792 - George Mifflin, 11th U.S. Vice President Dallas
1856 - Nikola Tesla, physicist, developed alternating current
1920 - David Brinkley, NBC News anchor
1920 - Owen Chamberlain, codiscoverer of the antiproton, Nobel Prize winner
1927 - David Dinkins (Mayor-NYC)
1942 - Pyotr I. Klimuk, cosmonaut (Soyuz 13, 18, 30)

Passings
1692 - Bridget Bishop, first to be hanged as a witch in Salem, MA.
1863 - Clement Clarke Moore, author of "A Visit from St. Nick" ("Twas the Night Before Christmas")
1910 - Johann Galle, discoverer of Neptune
1927 - Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State VP, assassinated
1945 - Robert Goddard, pioneer of modern rocketry
1989 - Mel Blanc, voice of Bugs Bunny and other Looney Toons characters

Reported Missing in Action
1972
Green, Frank C., Jr., USN (TX); A4F shot down, crash site located, no sign of CDR Green

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