Quote of the Day
"There is no possible negotiation with these killers. Our aim is to win over terrorism. Only by being firm we can stop terrorism. We must be firm fighting the terrorists and opposing the final aims they want to achieve."
-- José María Aznar López, former Prime Minister of Spain
News of NoteOperation Iraqi Freedom
Iraqi Constitution Draft DueSurvey: Iraqis support women's rightsMass grave found near Baghdad, forces sayAl-Sadr aides say Shiite cleric freedU.S.: Iraq facility could have made bombsWanted Al Qaeda Member Killed in IraqOperation Enduring Freedom
U.S., Afghan Security Forces Battle InsurgentsHomeland Security / War on TerrorEgypt Blast Wounds TwoD.C. Hoax Bomb DestroyedNews of the Weird
Mailman Bitten by Barking ManOther News of Note
The Chinese ConnectionJapan's Koizumi apologizes for war woundsFox NewsCypriot Jet Black Boxes Sent to France for AnalysisAceh Peace Deal SignedDeLay Blasts Court Activism at Evangelical Christian RallyEnvironmentalists Slam RobertsGunshot Causes Chaos at Protest Outside Bush RanchNeighbor Suffers Protest FatigueGaza Settlers Confront SoldiersAmerican Jews Pray for SettlersHamas Vows to Continue FightTimeline: Israel's Gaza SettlementsVideo:
Historic WithdrawalPhoto Essay:
Gaza on the BrinkSeattle Post-Intelligencer: War on IraqLawmakers warn against troop decreasesIran seeks talks with Europe on uraniumPakistan's leaders vow to defeat terrorismsoldiers killed in Iraq bombingsWhat's next for Iraq's governmentFight expected at hard-line Gaza outpostIran says it won't stop uranium conversionSome of Iran's new top Cabinet ministersAhmadinejad fills Cabinet with hard-linersU.N. Hariri investigator seeks more timeList of Iranian Cabinet ministersIsraeli soldiers said hurt in Gaza mishapReuters: Top NewsIsrael launches Gaza pullout, settlers defiantCyprus plane crash victims "frozen solid"Larijani takes over as Iranian atomic negotiatorUS lawmakers call for more American troops in IraqBush intent on change as Social Security turns 70Yahoo! News: War with IraqIraq, Gaza withdrawal on agenda as Jordan's King Abdullah II visits RussiaUS steps in to end Iraq deadlockCENTCOM: News ReleaseTASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIER FOUND DEADDepartment of DefenseIraqis 'Optimistic' They Will Meet Deadline —
StoryBush: Iraqis 'Are Taking Control' of Their NationChemical Site Samples Analyzed Further —
StoryRaid Yields Possible Chem Production Facility PhotosHOMECOMING
797th Ordnance Company Returns From IraqAMERICA SUPPORTS YOUFund Helps Children, Spouses —
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IN IRAQIEDs Kill 5 U.S. Soldiers, Injure 5Iraqi Soldiers Detain SuspectsMishap Hurts 2; Terrorist StoppedIraq ReconstructionMapsIraq Daily UpdateMultinational Force IraqIraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)Weekly Progress Report (pdf)IN AFGHANISTANAfghanistan Daily UpdateMapsWAR ON TERRORISMArmy Speeds Technology to TroopsProgram Offers Terror Fight ToolsWaging and Winning the War on TerrorTerrorism TimelineTerrorism Knowledge BaseMILITARY NEWSAlabama Depot Weighs in on FightUp-Armor Work Saved LivesNational Guard, Reserve UpdateWeather
IraqAl Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall KayfAfghanistanBost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul QandaharGitmo Today in History1057 - Macbeth, King of Scotland, is slain by the son of King Duncan.
1519 - Panama City is founded.
1620 - The
Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims.
1748 - The United Lutheran Church of the U.S. is organized.
1858 - Regular mail wervice to the Pacific coast begins.
1863 - The Submarine
HL Hunley arrives in Charleston on railroad cars.
1864 - The CSS
Tallahassee captures six Yankee schooners off the coast of New England.
1870 - The Transcontinental Railway is completed.
1893 - The U.S.'s exclusive rights end in the Bering Sea.
1901 - 30 tons of nitro destroy Arch Rock, seen as a danger to San Francisco Bay shipping.
1914 - The Panama Canal opens.
1918 - "The Sinking of the Lusitania" - the first full length cartoon - debuts; the U.S. and Russia sever diplomatic ties.
1945 - South Korea is liberated from Japanese rule; U.S. wartime gasoline and oil rationing ends.
1947 - India becomes independent, with its Islamic area becoming Pakistan.
1948 - Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day)
1957 - USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter
1960 - The Congo (Brazzaville) gains independence from France ; a UFO is sighted by three California patrolmen
1970 - Patricia Palinkas becomes the first female professional football player (Orlando).
1971 - Bahrain gains independence from Britain.
1974 - South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination.
1978 - The House of Representatives approves a 39-month extension for the ERA.
1979 - Andrew Young resigns as ambassador to the U.N.
1986 - President Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger Space Shuttle.
Birthdays
1688 - King Frederick-William I of Prussia (1713-1740)
1769 - Napoleon Bonaparte, French Emperor (1804-13, 1814-15), resident of Elba
1888 - T.E. Lawrence Tremadoc (a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia), soldier/writer
1892 - Louis-Victor due de Broglie, physicist, Nobel Prize winner (1929)
1947 - Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr., USN/astronaut (STS 33)
1950 - Princess Anne of England
Passings1935 - Wiley Post & Will Rogers killed in plane crash in Alaska
1975 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahiman of Bangladesh killed in a military coup
1991 - Marietta Tree (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74
Reported Missing in Action1968 Hicks, Terrin D.,
USAF (MD); RF4C shot down (pilot), reported Killed
Shanahan, Joseph F.,
USAF (IA); RF4C shot down (navigator) released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive as of 1998
1970
Becker, James C.,
US Army (TX); UH1H shot down during extraction mission (pilot); KIA, body not recovered
Schmidt, Peter A.,
US Army (WI); UH1H shot down during extraction mission (door gunner); KIA, body not recovered
Caribbean Sea (Aug. 11, 2005) - A Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) stands by as an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron One Five (HM-15), tows a MK-105 Magnetic Influence Minesweeping System near the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), off the coast of Panama as part of PANAMAX 2005. PANAMAX is a training exercise in defense of the Panama Canal involving 15 countries. The Panama Canal is critical to the free flow of trade and goods in the Western Hemisphere and the entire world. The region's economy and stability largely depend on the safe transport of several hundred million tons of cargo that transit through the canal every year. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Jeremy L. Grisham
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