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News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Please Stay - Japan asked by Iraq to keep troops in country
Key Saddam Witness Dies
Talabani: U.S. Troop Withdrawal Talks to Start in 2006
Operation Enduring Freedom
Security fears emerge as NATO readies Afghan push
Homeland Security / War on Terror
U.S. Expert Expelled From Indonesia, Again
Jordan King Urges PM to Battle Militants
Fox News
American Terror Expert Expelled from Indonesia
EU Says Iran Docs Show How to Make Nukes
Jordan King Calls for All-Out War on Islamic Militancy
Likud Leaders Meet for First Time Without Sharon- Sharon's New Party: 'Forward'
Elton John Plans Civil Union
Toxins Flow Into Chinese City
Colombian Volcano Erupts
Pinochet Freed on $22K Bail
Tropical Storm Delta Picks Up Strength Over Atlantic
Ready, Set, Shop
Holiday retail season underway
Reuters: Top News
Satellites may aid 'secret prisons' probe
China officials tried to hush up toxic spill: newspaper
Gaza-Egypt border crossing opens
Israel returns bodies of Hizbollah fighters
Japan probe trying to land on asteroid
Spectators hurt by Thanksgiving parade balloon
Insurance hinders New Orleans recovery
Another plant blast worries China
Mehlis seen close to giving up on Syria cooperation
Battle intensifies over gay marriage in MassachusettsAP World News
Indonesia to Make Bird Flu Drug Tamiflu
Iran Weighs Timing of Uranium Restart
Dutch Asks U.S. About CIA Prisoner Flight
Pope Recalls John Paul II's Final Weeks
Aso Seeks Support for US Troop Realignment
Israeli Politicians Court the Downtrodden
Colombia, Venezuela Debate Trade Issues
Serbian President Proposes Dividing Kosovo
No-Confidence Motion Introduced in Canada Brits Give New Drink Laws Cautious CheersRomania Base Focus of Secret Prison ProbeCENTCOM: News ReleaseOPERATION LIONS CONCLUDESCITIZEN'S TIP LEADS U.S. SOLDIERS TO WEAPONS CACHEIRAQI HOMES BENEFIT FROM NEW WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMIRAQI, U.S. FORCES RESPOND TO CAR BOMB IN MAHMUDIYAHJAYSH AL-MUJAHIDEEN TERRORIST LIEUTENANT AND PROPOGANDA CHIEF CAPTUREDU.S. PATROLS FIND BOMBS BEFORE THEY CAN DETONATEMilitary.comGIs Celebrate Third Thanksgiving in IraqBush Makes Thanksgiving Calls to GIs30 Killed in BombingCharlie Daniels Sends Music to IraqGovs Celebrate Thanksgiving With TroopsDD(X) Gets Go-AheadCarrier to Follow Normal Protocol in Japanese PortFBI Warns of Email ScamsUzbekistan Closes Bases to NATO PeacekeepersAl Qaida: Zarqawi Is AliveAbuse Charges DroppedMack McKinney, Service Members' Advocate, DiesMilitary Opinions
Oliver North: Courage at ThanksgivingPeter Brookes: Military Diplomats?H. Thomas Hayden: French Appeasement SpreadsToday's R&RWhat good was coconut milk during WWII?Cartoon Corner: SempertoonsDepartment of DefenseIN IRAQIraqi Crews Receive Electrical Safety TrainingNew Soldiers in Town Provide SecurityU.S. Army Medics Hold Clinic for IraqisIraqi Soldiers Use Insurgents' WeaponsIN AFGHANISTANSky Soldiers Teach Marksmanship SkillsReconstruction Team Opens in PanjshirMedical Mission Visits Gardez OrphanageTOP NEWSSPECIAL REPORTS
Iraq Transition of Power IRAQ
Iraq Daily UpdateThis Week in Iraq (pdf)Multinational Force IraqEye on Iraq Update (pdf)State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (pdf)'Boots on the Ground' Audio ArchiveIraq ReconstructionMapsAFGHANISTAN
U.S. Soldier, Interpreter KilledJoint Patrol Attacks InsurgentsAfghanistan Daily UpdateMapsWAR ON TERRORISM
Waging and Winning the War on TerrorTerrorism TimelineTerrorism Knowledge BaseMILITARY NEWS
Innovation Cuts 'Crust and Rust'Demographics Represent AmericaDefense Review Addresses FutureCultures Highlighted at PentagonNational Guard, Reserve UpdateWeatherIraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall KayfAfghanistan Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul QandaharGitmoNational Hurricane CenterToday in History1357 - Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace
1715 - The first English patent granted to an American, is issued for processing corn.
1758 - Britain captures Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh).
1783 - Britain evacuates NY, their last military position in the U.S.
1817 - The first sword swallower in the U.S performs in NYC. 1841 - 35 Amistad survivors return to Africa.
1863 - Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee.
1864 - The Confederate plot to burn NYC fails.
1867 - Alfred Nobel invents dynamite.
1884 - John B. Meyenberg of St. Louis patents evaporated milk.
1894 - The Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis.
1897 - Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy.
1930 - 690 earthquake shocks are recorded in one day in Ito, Japan.
1933 - The first Soviet liquid rocket attains an altitude of 261' (80m).
1940 - The Patria steamer sinks, killing 200 outside of Haifa.
1947 - New Zealand accedes to the Statute of Westminster, becoming a dominion.
1948 - Fort Funston's 16-inch coastal guns are removed.
1957 - President Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke which impairs his speech.
1958 - Senegal becomes an autonomous state in the French Community.
1960 - The first atomic reactor for research and development opens in Richland, WA.
1963 - JFK is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, VA.
1967 - Puerto Rico is placed on Atlantic Standard Time.
1973 - A bloodless military coup ousts Greek President George Papadopoulos.
1975 - The Netherlands grants Surinam independence.
1976 - A Viking-1 radio signal from Mars helps prove the general theory of relativity.
1978 - An American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, killing 275.
1983 - The Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off; Syria and Saudi Arabia announce a cease-fire in the PLO civil war in Tripoli.
1984 - William Schroeder becomes the second to receive the Jarvik-7 artificial heart.
1986 - The Iran-Contra affair erupts, as President Reagan reveals a secret arms deal.
1988 - A widespread earthquake hits the northeastern U.S. and Canada; no damage is reported.
1990 - Lech Walesa wins in Poland's first popular election.
Birthdays
1835 - Andrew Carnegie, steel industrialist / library builder
1881 - John XXIII (Angelo Roncalli), 261st Pope (1958-63)
1893 - Robert Ripley, illustrator (Believe it or Not)
1895 - Anastas I. Mikoyan, member of the Supreme Soviet
1940 - Richard Furrer, astronaut (STS 22)
1960 - John F. Kennedy, Jr., lawyer, son of JFK
Passings
1885 - Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st U.S. VP, 8 months after taking office
1944 - Kenesaw Landis, baseball commisioner
1958 - Charles F. Kettering, inventor of the auto self-starter
1974 - U Thant, U.N. Secretary-General (1961-72)
Reported Missing in Action
1966
Gardner, Glenn V., US Army (CA); jumped overboard (suicide)
Niehouse, Daniel L., Civilian; employee of Ford Motor Company, on PRG DIC list April, 1967
1967
Abrams, Lewis Herbert, USMC (NJ); A6A shot down (w/Holdeman), remains returned June, 1997
Holdeman, Robert Eugene, USMC (IN); A6A shot down (w/Abrams), remains returned June, 1997
Midgett, Dewey A., US Army (VA); AWOL
Searfus, William Henry, USN (CA); A4E shot down, KIA, body not recovered
1968
Francisco, San Dewayne, USAF (WA); F4D shot down (w/Morrison)
Morrison, Joseph C., USAF (KY); F4D shot down (w/Francisco), shown KIA at crash site in pictures released by Vietnamese November, 1992
Stamm, Ernest Albert, USN (OR); RA5C shot down (w/Thum), remains returned March, 1974 (disputed)
Thum, Richard Cobb, USN (OH); RA5C shot down (w/Stamm), remains returned September, 1977
1971
Thomas, James R., USAF (FL); HH53C shot down,
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Patrick Smith briefs his soldiers on a patrol to Cherry, Iraq, prior to departing Forward Operations Base McHenry Nov. 22, 2005. Smith is with 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 101st Airborne out of Fort Campbell, Ky. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway
U.S. Army Pvt. Nathan Milles scans his area while other soldiers and Iraqi army soldiers search vehicles at a check point near Cherry, Iraq Nov. 22, 2005. Miles is with 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 101st Airborne out of Fort Campbell, Ky. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway
An Iraqi army soldier searches a local Iraqi man while U.S. Army soldiers with 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 101st Airborne out of Fort Campbell, Ky., search vehicles at a check point on the way to Cherry, Iraq, Nov. 22, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway
A local Iraqi man talks to U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 101st Airborne, Fort Campbell Ky., while conducting a town patrol in Iraq, Nov. 22, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway
A local Iraqi man talks to U.S. Army soldiers Nov. 22, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway
U.S. Army Pfc. Kevin Torres exits a room after searching for weapons Nov. 22, 2005. Torres is with 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 101st Airborne out of Fort Campbell, Ky. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway
U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 101st Airborne, Fort Campbell Ky., hand out bottled water to Iraqi kids while conducting a town patrol in Iraq, Nov. 22, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway
Iraqi kids are all smiles after receiving bottled water from soldiers Nov. 22, 2005. U.S. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway 
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