Quote of the Day
"Those who suggest that pulling out of Iraq will remove the incentive for radicals to join the jihad are mistaken."
-- Oliver North
News of Note
Operation Iraqi FreedomIraq to impose stiff security for vote on constitutionIraq Urges Citizens to Vote in ReferendumOperation Enduring FreedomLand Mine Kills Soldier in AfghanistanWelcome Home!Marines, Sailors Return to Pendleton from IraqMiramar Marine Unit Returns from DeploymentHomeland Security / War on TerrorBali Police Drop Bomber Suspect PicsMemo: NYC Attack Was Planned for SundayAl Qaeda puts out hiring callHurricane SeasonAmtrak Returns to New OrleansNew Orleans Mayor Proposes GamblingOther News of NoteSecond son called likely heir to KimFox NewsTwo Dead in Iraq Car BombingDriverless Vehicles Race Across Desert3rd Arrest in NYC ThreatAsian Earthquake Claims 30,000Fast Facts: Earthquake FactsFast Facts: Major Quakes in 2005Photo Essay:
South Asian EarthquakeReuters: Top NewsIsrael kills Palestinian gunman in West Bank clashIraq-corpse Web site operator held for obscenityGuatemala may declare mudslide Mayan mass graveBush takes on conservatives over MiersLetter shows Cheney aide was prodded in leak probeChina says survey shows Everest shorterCroats donate blood to see key soccer gameAP World News4 British Officials Hurt in Afghan BlastCuban Migration to U.S. Hits 10-Year HighGaza Border Security Agreement NearsVenezuelans March in Support of Land PlanGroup Condemns African Migrants' ExpulsionOfficial: Haiti Likely to Delay ElectionsSoccer Star, Ex-Warlords Seek Liberia VoteTroops Ask Iraqis to Help Find InsurgentsArab League Warns of Civil War in IraqNations Hail Project to Destroy Nuke FuelPoland Prepares for Presidential ElectionThe Seattle TimesDelphi files for bankruptcyHomeowners' tax breaks scrutinizedSecurity tightens ahead of Iraq voteBBC interviewer joins Al JazeeraClinton aides challenge claim by ex-FBI chiefOpportunity brewing for Starbucks in ChinaClinton inducted into Women's Hall of Fame4 British officials hurt in Afghan blastChicago Sun-TimesU.S. intercepts terrorist letter detailing plotN.Y. mayor defends warning public of plotBattered Marine unit homeFamily to send hundreds of sweet treats to troopsBoston Globe: WorldWest Bank conflict brews after GazaDetainees tune in to familyOil from sand a booming commodityChina opens meeting on poverty gapAnxiety high amid rubble of Islamabad apartment complexKoreas cooperate to rebuild a Buddhist templeJustice comes by boat to Brazilian AmazonMilitary.comAir Force Academy's No. 3 Gets new JobPentagon Seeks Leeway to Approach CitizensCoalition Forces Kill 4 Afghan OfficersTroops may Stay on in New OrleansThe Expiration of BAQ/VHA PolicesDepartment of DefenseSoldiers Die During Operation River Gate —
StoryU.S. Soldier Killed by Blast in Afghanistan —
StoryIntel from Raids Leads to Security Hike —
StoryCoalition Forces Ready for Referendum —
Story VideoMajor Offensive Operations Continue in IraqRoadside Bomb Blasts Kill Six Marines in IraqIN IRAQ
U.S., Iraqi Forces Deliver School SuppliesTaji Depot Ramps Up Training, Supply EffortsIN AFGHANISTAN
'Lab in a Suitcase' Improves Afghan HospitalRed Horse Engineers Tackle Bagram UpgradeTOP NEWSSPECIAL REPORTSHurricane CoverageIraq Transition of Power IRAQIraq ReconstructionMapsIraq Daily UpdateMultinational Force IraqEye on Iraq Update (pdf)Weekly Progress Report (pdf)AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Daily UpdateMapsWAR ON TERRORISMTerror Plots, Casings, InfiltrationsBush Maps Strategy for VictoryWaging and Winning the War on TerrorTerrorism TimelineTerrorism Knowledge BaseMILITARY NEWSSystem Supplies Troops FasterNational Guard, Reserve UpdateWeatherIraqAl Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall KayfAfghanistanBost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul QandaharGitmoNational Hurricane CenterToday in History0680 - Husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'ite religious leader, is brutally killed (along with his family), in Karbala (the Muslim holy day of Ashurah is based on this).
1000 - Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England).
1635 - Religious dissident Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1701 - The Collegiate School of CT (Yale U) is chartered in New Haven.
1837 - The steamboat
Home sinks off NC, killing 100.
1876 - The first two-way telephone conversation occurs (also the first over outdoor wires).
1877 - In Cleveland, the American Humane Association is organized.
1888 - The public is first admitted to the Washington Monument.
1903 - New York City sees 11" of rainfall in 24 hrs.
1915 - Woodrow Wilson becomes the first U.S. President to attend a World Series game (World Series #12).
1930 - Laura Ingalls (not
that one) completes the first transcontinental flight by a woman. completed, Laura Ingalls
1936 - The Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles.
1947 - The first telephone conversation between a moving car and a plane takes place.
1960 - Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Eddie LeBaron throws the shortest ever touchdown pass (2").
1961 - Tanganyika becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
1962 - NASA civilian test pilot John B. McKay takes the X-15 to 39,200 m.
1963 - Uganda becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth.
1970 - The Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence.
1975 - Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
1977 - Soyuz-25 is launched to Saluyt-6, but returns after it fails to dock.
1983 - Four South Korean cabinet ministers are assassinated in Rangoon, Burma.
1984 - Kathy Sullivan becomes the first American woman to walk in space.
1986 - The U.S. Senate convicts U.S. District Judge Harry E. Claiborne, making him the fifth federal official to be removed from office through impeachment.
1990 - Saddam Hussein threatens to hit Israel with a new missile
Birthdays1547 - Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (Don Quixote)
1757 - Charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed
1782 - Lewis Cass (Gov-MI)
1899 - Bruce Catton, civil war historian
1908 - James E. Folsom (Gov-AL 1947-51, 1955-59)
1918 - E. Howard Hunt, involved in the Watergate break-in
1924 - Robert Rushworth, pilot (X-15)
1940 - Gordon Humphrey (Sen-NH); John Lennon, musician (The Beatles)
Passings1934 - King Alexander of Yugoslavia, assassinated by Georgief, a Croatian terrorist
1958 - Pope Pius XII
1967 - Che Guevara, executed in Bolivia
1988 - Felix Wankel, developer of the Wankel rotary engine
Reported Missing in Action1966Tanner, Charles N.,
USN (TN); F4B shot down (pilot, w/Terry), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive and well as of 1998
Terry, Ross R.,
USN (FL); F4B shot down (RIO, w/Tanner), released by DRV March, 1973 - alive as of 1998
1967Clements, James A.,
USAF (TX); F105 shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - R.I.P. March, 1997.
1969The following lost when the rotor blades of a UH1D struck trees during an extraction, and it crashed in Long Khanh Province, Vietnam.Driver, Dallas A.,
US Army (VA)
Garbett, Jimmy R.,
US Army (FL)
Moore, Raymond G.,
US Army (OH)
Suydam, James L,
US Army (NJ)
Turner, James H.,
US Army (OH); crew
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