News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Saddam ends hunger strike after missing one meal - Video (LOL - Maybe it was Dorito withdrawal...)
Iraqi PM Declares State of Emergency in Baghdad
Murdered Soldiers Were Abandoned at Checkpoint
Soldiers' kin get confirmation on bodies
Video: Danger to Forces? (Rumsfeld expresses concern over WMDs in Iraq)
US says captures senior al Qaeda militant in Iraq - Video
General sees troop cuts in Iraq this year - Video
New intel report reignites Iraq arms fight

Operation Enduring Freedom
C-130 Crew Evacuates Wounded Afghan Girl

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Sting Nets Alleged Terror Ring
FBI busts 7 in Miami, Atlanta
U.S. Probes Terror Financing
Homegrown Terrorists Watched
Video: Seven Arrested in Miami Terror Raids
Video: Neighbors: Suspects Trained in Martial Arts
Philippines Bombing Kills Five
US, Japan sign joint missile defense deal

Troops on Trial
FOURTH SOLDIER CHARGED IN DEATHS OF THREE DETAINEES

Other Military News
Test Missile Intercepted

Immigration / Border Control
Punished for Political Views? (Video: Student suspended over anti-immigration rally sues school)

NSA / CIA
U.S. gets access to worldwide banking data

Worldwide Wackos
Report: North KoreanLeader Kim Jong Il in Russia
U.S. Prods N. Korea on Missile
US won't necessarily shoot down N.Korea missile - Video
Congress urged to avoid tighter Iran sanctions
AK-47s known as 'credit cards' in lawless Congo
Israeli, Palestinian leaders hold meeting

Politics / Government
Bush: Hungary's struggle can inspire Iraq
House OKs Line-Item Veto
Pols Find Comebacks in Punditry
Road to Hell Paved With Liberals? (Conservatives more confident than liberals of avoiding hell)
Senate rejects Iraq troop withdrawal - Video

Oddities
Think your office is a zoo? Companies go pet-friendly
"Fluff" flies in school lunch debate

Other News of Note
Sex Trade in the Holy Land
Flush Toilet Bowl Cleaner Scare
FTC laptops stolen, 110 people at risk of ID theft (I'm REALLY beginning to wonder if these all aren't tied somehow, and exactly who's behind it all)

Fox News
Reno Sniper Suspect Darren Mack Slips Away Again
Canada's Conservatives Aim to Raise Age of Consent
Alleged Insurance Fraud Ring Stages 125 Auto Crashes
Stocks to Watch: Six Flags
Online Social Networking Makes Protecting Kids Harder
Arizona, Colorado Wildfires Char Nearly 15,000 Acres
U.S. Booted From World Cup
FULL WORLD CUP COVERAGE

Reuters: Top News
WHO says H5N1 mutated in Indonesia
Nearly 700 firefighters attack blaze in Arizona
Japan says US beef sanction proposal "nonsense"
Last 25 years warmest on Earth since 1600
Wind farm kills nine eagles in Norway-RSPB
Nokia to stop making CDMA phones
Sandler, Beckinsale draw from life for "Click"
Mobile phone users warned of lightning strike risk
US group cautions against laser therapy for smokers
Priest says true love looms for Kidman and Urban
Adam Sandler aims to 'Click' with fans

AP World News
Tattoo customers in 3 states get infections
McPhee says she struggled with bulimia
Univision cool to $10.7B acquisition offer
Clemens, Pujols upstaged in returns
Some science teachers use DNA, blood
White Sox manager Guillen fined for slur
Study says spider web developed just once
Oracle profit jumps 27 percent to $1.3B
Eminem divorce proceedings held in private
Dow ends down 60, Nasdaq loses 18
Ghana boots U.S. from World Cup
Brazil beats Japan behind 2 Ronaldo goals
Firefighter drowns in Ohio flash flood

Military.com
Experts Say Iraqi Forces Not Ready
Heartburn Over Pay Gains
New Marine Chief Expected this Fall

CENTCOM: News Releases
PAKTIKA TO RECEIVE PROVINCIAL-WIDE RADIO COVERAGE

GOVERNOR VISITS KHAS URUZGAN DISTRICT

ANA, COALITION FORCE RAID EXTREMIST COMPOUND

COALITION FORCES TARGET EXTREMISTS

Department of Defense
ON THE GROUND
Marines, Insurgents Clash in Recent Firefights - Story
Task Force Commander Visits USS Enterprise - Story
Uruzgan Governor Visits District - Story

IN IRAQ
Iraqis Take Lead in Northern Baghdad Region
Soldier Reenlists Hours After Being Wounded
Casey: Secure Environment Essential
Soldiers Upgrade Humvees With New Armor

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Officers Complete Course
Villagers Benefit from Rejecting Terrorism
Afghan Villagers Get Medical Care

IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
Hospital Corpsmen Celebrate 108th Birthday
Task Force Rebuilds School, Clinic in Yemen

BACKGROUND
IRAQ
Renewal In Iraq
Iraq: Security, Stability
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
Weekly Reconstruction Report
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
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
1683 - William Penn signs a friendship treaty with the Lenni Lenape American Indians
in Pennsylvania.
1860 - Congress establishes the Government Printing Office; the U.S. Secret Service is established.
1865 - Confederate Brigadier General (and Native American) Stand Watie is the last Confederate General to surrender, at Fort Towson.
1925 - A landslide dams the Gros Ventre river, creating the 3-mile long "Slide Lake" in Wyoming.
1938 - The U.S. Civil Aeronautics Authority is established.
1947 - Congress overrides Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.
1951 - British diplomats Guy Burgess & Donald Maclean defect to the U.S.S.R.
1961 - USAF Major Robert M. White takes the X-15 to 32,830 m.
1967 - The U.S. Senate censures Thomas J. Dodd (CT - Chris Dodd's father) for misuse of campaign funds.
1969 - Warren E. Burger is sworn in as a Supreme Court Chief Justice.
1985 - A bomb destroys an Air India Boeing 747 while in flight near Ireland, killing 329.

Birthdays
1763 - Josephine, Empress of France
1894 - Duke of Windsor, briefly King Edward VIII of England
1913 - William P. Rogers, U.S. Secretary of State
1930 - Donn F. Eisele, Colonel, USAF / astronaut (Apollo 7)

Reported Missing in Action:
1966
Belknap, Harry John, USN (NC); F4B crash, KIA, body not recovered

Nyman, Lawrence F., USN (WA); F4B crash, KIA, body not recovered

1968
Booth, James E., USAF (CA); F4D shot down, reported dead, but info not confirmed

Casey, Donald F., USAF (TN); F4D shot down, reported dead, but info not confirmed

1969
Condit, William H., Jr., USAF (OH); KIA, remains ID'd June, 1998

Reed, Terry Michael, USAF (TX); KIA, remains ID'd June, 1998

Sage, Leland C., USN (IL); A4E shot down, KIA, body not recovered

1970
Phillips, Robert P., US Army (OH); presumed dead

Pederson, Joe P., US Army (PA); presumed dead

Rozo, James M., US Army (NY); reportedly escaped POW camp in 1973, presumed dead