News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Pentagon: Strong Iraq Insurgency Into 2007
Violence Claims 54 in Iraq
Lawyer: Haditha Probe Not on Officers
CBS Correspondent Critical but Stable
Saddam Witness: Alleged Shiite Killing Victims Still Alive
Saddam defense accuses witness of perjury
Iraqi PM vows to use "iron fist" against Basra gangs
Car bombing in Iraq kills 5 policemen

Operation Enduring Freedom
Taliban Rebels Kill Afghan Police Chief, Occupy Station
Afghanistan wants U.S. troops prosecuted
US says troops fired in self defense in Afghan riot

Troops on Trial
Haditha Incident an "Aberration"

Worldwide Wackos
Bush Guarded on Iran
Iran to build two more nuclear plants
Iran's Military Plans for Invasion by US
US Accepts Draft on Iran That Omits Use of Force

Politics / Government
Bush's Treasury nominee praised

Other News of Note
Boy Found After 4 Days
U.S., Vietnam sign trade pact

Fox News
Stocks to Watch: Costco
Ridge Aids Former Steeler in Pa. Governor's Race
Space Center
Video Gaming Center

Reuters: Top News
Many Israeli settlers would leave peacefully: poll
Milosevic not poisoned, did self-medicate: UN court
Quake survivors immunized - Video
Alaska ex-governor plans run to undo pipeline deal
Scientists discover prehistoric cave in Israel
Mona Lisa "speaks" thanks to Japanese scientist
Big Four networks stake out key battlegrounds
Elizabeth Taylor scoffs at Alzheimer's reports
Stocks recover after sharp losses
ICAP shares drop despite profit rise
Etisalat leads Abu Dhabi rally on pension fund news
Stock futures rise as Fed minutes eyed
Nikkei falls to 3-month low as exporters slip
Vodafone's high bar
Are TIPS hot or not?

AP World News
647,000 Indonesians displaced by quake
'Lost' actress Rodriguez released early
Suns easily handle Mavs in Game 5
Ancient skeleton unearthed in Rome
Microsoft launches security for Windows
Astros still want to sign Clemens
McAfee fires counsel over stock options

Military.com
Military Starts Online Stress Screening
Vets Must be Vigilant to Prevent ID Theft
Lacking Funds, Army Cuts Back on Spending
Marines' H-1 Helicopter Woes Aired
President Signs New Tax Legislation
Relentless Violence in Iraq Kills 54
Jointness is Focus of Different Commands

Department of Defense
Report Cites Iraq Successes, Challenges - Story
U.S. Troops Work Iraqi Leadership Issues - Story - On Assignment
NATO Personnel Shape Iraqi Military Staff
Additional U.S. Troops Move Into Province - Story

ON THE GROUND
Symposium Looks at Ways to Counter IEDs - Story
Joint Operation Targets Insurgents in Ramadi - Story
Ogden Sailors Serve Meals at Oil Terminals - Story

IN IRAQ
Aerial Spraying of Iraqi Crops Concludes
Iraqis Adapt British Military Academy as Model
Center Helps Iraqis Shape Military Culture
Troops Restore Base to Hand Back to Iraqis
U.S. Army Mechanics Train Iraqi Counterparts

IN AFGHANISTAN
Engineers Improve Bagram Pedestrian Route
'Fighting Deuce' MPs Patrol Afghan Mountains
Afghan Border Police, Villagers Secure Border

FACE OF DEFENSE
Immigrant Becomes Citizen, American Combat Hero

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Singer Toby Keith Entertains Troops - Story
Parade Honors Military Personnel
Pentagon Picnic Honors Troops
Group 'Thunders' Through D.C.
Indy 500 Pays Tribute to Troops
Grand Ole Opry Salutes Troops

TOP NEWS
IRAQ
Casey: Efforts Aim to Promote Unity
Terrorists Bomb Future City Hall
U.S. Soldier Killed in Mosul
Haditha Investigation Continues
Soldier, Contractor, CBS Crew Killed
Iraqi Foresees More Challenges
Troops Remember Friends
Insurgent Killed; Weapons Captured
Renewal In Iraq
Fact Sheet: Progress and Work Ahead
Report: Strategy for Victory in Iraq
Iraq Daily Update
This Week in Iraq (PDF)
Multinational Force Iraq
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (PDF)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps

AFGHANISTAN
Convoy Accident Incites Unrest
Unit in Afghanistan Honors Troops
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Reagan Concludes Arabian Gulf Ops
U.S., U.K. to Increase Intel
Fact Sheet: Budget Request
Fact Sheet: War on Terror
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

CASUALTIES
Defense Officials Identify 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

Today in History
1634- Massachusetts Bay Colony annexes Maine colony
1659 - France, England, and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of The Hague
1678 - Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes
1790 - The US enacts the copyright law
1862 - Battle of Seven Pines, VA (Fair Oaks); a Union victory
1868 - Ironton, OH, holds the first Memorial Day parade
1884 - Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal"
1900 - British troops under occupy Johannesburg; US troops arrive in Peking to help put down the Boxer Rebellion
1902 - The Boer War Ends; Treaty of Vereeniging signed, Britain annexes Transvaal
1912 - US Marines land on Cuba1915 - An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London
1916 - Battle of Skagerrak: British-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead); the British battle cruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6
1926 - Portuguese President Bernardino Machedo resigns after a coup
1937 - German battleships bomb Almeria, Spain
1941 - The total of U-boats sunk this month: 41 (325,000 tons); British troops vacate Kreta
1942 - The Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury
1944 - Allies break through in Italy
1947 - Communists seize power in Hungary; the Italian Government of Gasperi forms
1953 - Lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands the government
1961 - Dominican Republic President Trujillo is assassinated; Judge Irving Kaufman orders the Board of Education of New Rochelle to integrate; the Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaving the Commonwealth
1979 - Zimbabwe proclaims its independence
1989 - Speaker of the House Jim Wright resigns

Birthdays
1469 - King Manuel I of Portugal
1557 - Russian Czar Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj)
1837 - Confederate Major General Stephen Dodson Ramseur Major
1837 - Confederate Major General William Henry Fitzhugh "Rooney" Lee
1892 - Gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-Reich organization leader
1907 - Valston Hancock, British air marshal
1912 - Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson (Senator-WA)
1913 - Peter Gibson, British Rear-Admiral
1923 - Clint Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
1927 - James Eberle, British Admiral / Director, Royal Institute of International Affairs
1929 - ? 1st reindeer born in the US
1931 - John Schrieffer, US physicist , Nobel Prize winner; Steve Horn (Representative-CA)
1932 - George Vallings, British Vice-Admiral
1937 - Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, cosmonaut
1948 - Duncan L Hunter (Representative-CA)

Passings
0455 - Petronius Maximus senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched
1910 - Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman physician
1916 - Horace Hood British spy (Battle of Jutland), in battle
1962 - Adolf Eichmann war criminal, hanged for crimes against Jews in WWII
1989 - Terry Drinkwater, CBS news correspondent
1992 - Lutz Stavenhagen, top aid to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl
1996 - Timothy Francis Leary Harvard professor/LSD guru
1997 - Rosie Will Monroe, "Rosie the Riveter," WWII icon

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Peel, Robert D., USAF (TN); F105D shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive and well in 1998

1966
The following USAF personnel KIA when their C130E was shot down:
Albertson, Bobby J. (CA)

Case, Thomas F. (GA); remains returned April, 1986

Edmonson, William R. (MO)

Harworth, Elroy E. (MN); remains returned April, 1986

McDonald, Emmett R. (WA)

Shingledecker, Armon D. (OH); remains returned 1986 - ID'd April, 1998

Stickney, Phillip J. (NH)

Zook, Harold J. (PA); remains returned April 1986

Reported MIA this day in 1966, from the same incident:
Herrold, Ned R., USAF (NJ); F4C shot down

Ragland, Dayton W., USAF (MO); F4C shot down
*** was also a POW during Korean War ***

Also reported MIA this day in 1966:
Steen, Martin W., USAF (ND); F105C shot down; good chute, harness empty

1967
The following US Army personnel reported MIA when their LRRP unit failed to check in:
Fitzgerald, Joseph E., US Army (MA); Remains returned February, 1997

Jakovac, John A., US Army (MI); Remains returned February, 1997

McGar, Brian K., US Army (CA); Remains returned February, 1997

Also reported this day in 1967:
Chauncey, Arvin R., USN, (CA); A4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive and well in 1998

1968
Beresik, Eugene Paul, USAF (MA); F105D shot down, KIA / BNR

Gatewood, Charles Hue, USMC (IL); presumed KIA in ground action

Leonard, Edwawrd W., USAF (WA); A1H shot down, released by PL March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive as of 1998

1970
The following Civilians reported MIA when their convoy was ambushed in Cambodia (about 32 mi. south of Phnom Penh):
Colne, Roger, NBC sound technician (France)

Hangen, Welles, NBC news correspondent (US); executed after capture, remains returned January, 1993

Sakai, Kojiro, CBS sound technician (Japan)

Waku, Yoshihiko, NBC cameraman (Japan)

1971
Brunson, Jack W., US Army (NY); OV1A shot down (w/Musil)

Musil, Clinton A., Sr., US Army (MN); OV1A shot down (w/Brunson)