Quote of the Day
"Skill and confidence are an unconquered army."
-- George Herbert

Homegrown Moonbats
Suspension issue tests Bush, Iran, major powers

Hurricane Season
Alberto Heads to Florida - Video
Insurance Disputes Delaying Gulf Coast Rebuilding
Cajun shrimpers watch first storm rattle Gulf

Oddities
Scandal rocks human tissue industry

Other News of Note
Four US citizens drown in Costa Rica

Fox News
Nadal Wins French Open
Survey: Gas Prices Stay Flat
Iran: Western Nuke Proposal Somewhat Acceptable
Wanted Polygamist in U.S., Arizona Official Says
Stocks to Watch: Delphi Corp.
Md. Publisher Lost at Sea
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Reuters: Top News
African countries brand themselves with eco-labels
Booming bushmeat trade threat to Africa wildlife
Famed Microsoft blogger leaves for start-up
EBay to unveil further Skype tie-ins
Doctors group to target unhealthy diets
Lilly drug helps reduce diabetic vision loss: study
"Cars" marks Disney-Pixar's third biggest opening
Alan Bennett, "Jersey Boys" win big at Tonys
Sumo Wrestlers At Dead Sea
Discover targets small business with new card plan
Arcelor to make statement on Mittal decision
Goldman nears $4.6 bln AB Ports offer: sources
Novartis, Merck face off over new diabetes drugs
BSkyB, BT favourites to buy AOL UK unit - report
'Cars' marks Disney-Pixar's third biggest opening
Tame inflation may be stocks' knight - Video
Cyberonics denies allegations on options
FDA spurns Glaxo migraine drug
Royal Group shares soar on Georgia Gulf bid
Gauging Wall Street

AP World News
Brain-dead woman gives birth, then dies
Mavs make Shaq, Wade disappear in Game 2
Pak stuns with playoff victory over Webb
J.Lo attends Puerto Rican Day parade
Resurgent Singh wins 3rd Barclays Classic
Ortiz hits winning blast for Sox in Game 1
Miss. governor aims for healthier state
Kalashnikov inventor laments proliferation
2 drown in Tampa Bay trying to save woman

Military.com
Arab Firm Running Key Ports
Navy Sends Top Brass Back to School
Navy Developing Smaller, Faster Warships

CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION FORCES KILL SEVEN TERRORISTS, WOUND THREE, DETAIN TWO

WARDAK SUPPORTS ANA, ANP IN TARIN KOWT

FRENCH ASSETS SUPPORT OPERATING ENDURING FREEDOM

AFGHAN CITIZENS TURN IN IEDS, WEAPONS CACHES

CJTF-76 AND 10TH MOUNTAIN TO CELEBRATE U.S. ARMY BIRTHDAY

MARINES PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO TWO IRAQI CHILDREN WOUNDED BY IED

COALITION RECOVERS LOST HELICOPTER

AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES CONFIRM SECURITY IN CHENAR TU

Department of Defense
Forces Work to Disrupt Zarqawi Network - Story - Zarqawi's Death
Bush: Zarqawi’s Death a Triumph for Freedom - Story - Remarks
Three Detainees Die of Apparent Suicide - Story - GITMO Proceedings
Victory Depends on Iraqi Government - Story - Transcript

ON THE GROUND
Coalition Passes the Baton to Iraqi Forces - Story - On Assignment
Horn of Africa Conference Looks at Mission - Story
Zabul Province Children Return to Classroom - Story
Soldiers Respond When Leader Struck Down - Story

IN IRAQ
Iraqi Soldiers Stockpile Medical Logistics Skills
Vignettes Provide a Glimpse at War on Terror
Iraqis Take Over Territory at Camp Habbinyah

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghans Receive Medical, Humanitarian Care
Army Mechanics Maintain Wheels, Weapons
Predators Provide Eyes in the Sky

FACE OF DEFENSE
Marine's Welding Skills Aid Fight Against Insurgency - Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Wounded Troops Cruise Potomac - Story
Volunteers Adorn Cereal Box

TOP NEWS
IRAQ
Zarqawi Died After Air Strike
Forces Destroy Terrorists’ Truck
Forces Kill Top Terrorist
Police Reopen Station in Mosul
Work to Restore Marshes Continues
Casey: Decisions Reflect Values
Forces Kill, Capture Terrorists
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
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps

AFGHANISTAN
Taliban Burns Afghan School
Afghan Police Foil Attack
Afghans Graduate From U.S. School
NATO Pledges Support to Mission
Tripartite Commission Meets
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Two Soldiers Killed, One Wounded
Memorial Construction to Start
VBSS Teams Train on USS Simpson
USS Cole, Bulkeley Deploy
Missiles Will Aid in Terror War
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
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
1665 - After the Dutch pull out, the English rename New Amsterdam: New York.
1775 - In the first naval battle of the American Revolution, the American ship Unity captures the British Margaretta.
1776 - Virginia adopts a Declaration of Rights.
1787 - A law is enacted that states a senator must be at least 30 years old.
1812 - Napoleon invades Russia.
1838 - The Territory of Iowa is organized.
1839 - The first baseball game is played in America.
1845 - George Abernethy becomes Oregon's first governor.
1849 - Lewis Haslett (KY) patents the gas mask.
1898 - Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain (to U.S. control).
1900 - The German Navy Law calls for a massive increase in sea power.
1918 - The first airplane bombing raid by an American unit takes place in France.
1934 - The Black-McKeller Bill is passed, splitting the Boeing empire into United Airlines and Boeing United Aircraft (Technologies).
1937 - As Stalin's purge continues, 8 army leaders are executed.
1962 - USAF Major Robert M. White takes the X-15 to 56,270 meters.
1967 - 300 are arrested at a race riot in Cincinnati, OH; the Supreme Court unanimously ends laws banning interracial marriages; the U.S.S.R. launches the Venera 4, for a Venus parachute landing.

Birthdays
1771 - Patrick Gass, Sgt. of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1851 - Oliver Joseph Lodge England, early radio pioneer
1897 - Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon,British PM
1924 - George Herbert Walker Bush, 43rd Vice President, 41st President
1929 - Anne Frank Holland, diarist/Nazi victim
19?? - My husband!

Passings
1963 - Medgar Evers, NAACP official, murdered

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Holland, Lawrence T., USAF (CA); F100D shot down, ejected, killed in shootout on ground, KIA, body not recovered

1966
Harris, Gregory J. , USMC (records say OH, family says NY); captured

1972
Angus, William K., USMC (CO); A6A shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Wiley, Richard D., US Army (IL); OH6A shot down, KIA, body not recovered