News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Unhappy Meal - Hussein ends food strike
In Pursuit of Peace
Roadside bomb kills another U.S. Soldier
Blast Kills GI on Foot Patrol
Iraqis call state of emergency in Baghdad

Operation Enduring Freedom
US-led forces kill 70 Taliban rebels - Video
Bomb blast kills 2 policemen in Baghdad

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Al Qaeda's Zawahiri Calls Zarqawi 'Prince of Martyrs'
Terror at Home - 7 indicted in Sears Tower plot
Video: Homegrown Terror Plot
FBI: Suspects sought help from al-Qaida
FBI Disputes London Subway Attack Warning Claim
Israel makes Gaza arrest raid
Camerman shot dead in Somalia
Chertoff says Homeland Security no '24'
WTC officials face admission-fee friction

Other Military News
Sailors' Social Security Numbers Found on Web Site

Immigration / Border Control
Schwarzenegger Rejects Call for More Troops on Border

NSA / CIA
Court bars info request on NSA wiretapping
Snow: Program vital to war on terrorism

Politics / Government
Bush Signs Executive Order Limiting Eminent Domain
Candidate's Call for Labor Camps Angers GOP Pols
Gore 'not planning' 2008 White House run
Transportation chief Norman Mineta resigns

U.N. News
U.S. Senate votes to fully back U.N. peacekeeping (Thanks, Biden)

Oddities
Anna Nicole Smith's Former Stepson Dead at 67
Fan forgets hotel location in six-hour ordeal
Highway robbers show leap of inspiration
China gives extra-picky pandas their space
$5 lottery ticket may cost Ind. big bucks
Americans obsessed with their orchids

Other News of Note
Fires Burn Over 80,000 Acres in Southwest
'Darwin's Tortoise' Dies

Fox News
Influential TV Producer Aaron Spelling Dead at 83
Reno Shooting Suspect Extradited to U.S.
MLK's Alma Mater Acquires His Written Archives
Ukraine Wins, Makes History
LATEST WORLD CUP NEWS

Reuters: Top News
Economists split on minimum wage
Over 100 England fans held in Stuttgart
Tighter Antarctic protection measures on hold
Qualcomm says Nokia pullout will not hurt CDMA
Digg to allow users to vote for many types of news
US debates deportation of skilled illegal workers
Olmert wins friends abroad by not being Sharon
New HIV drug for resistant patients
Women should be given more birth choices
Kidman plans good night's sleep before wedding
Anadarko to buy Kerr-McGee, Western Gas for $21 bln
Commercials go underground
Court tosses out SEC hedge fund rule
US OKs generic versions of Merck cholesterol drug
PCCW bidders angle to overcome China opposition
Hollywood needs hits from "Superman," "Pirates"
Fed's rate move in focus for stocks
Oracle rises on higher profit, buyback plan
Neurocrine stock plummets after Pfizer pulls plug
Hospital chain Health Management warns on earnings
Six Flags stock, bonds fall on earnings warning
In Wal-Mart's shadow
Alternatives to options
On the Radar: Mity Enterprises

AP World News
Children's deaths in hot cars preventable
Jones makes triumphant return at U.S. meet
Patients waiting longer to see the doctor
Yankees cool off surprising Marlins 6-5
Baby pelicans starving along Calif. coast
France tattoos Togo 2-0 to advance at Cup
Opie and Anthony make comeback as stars
Six Flags shares drop sharply
Obituaries in the news

Military.com
List of Military Accusations Gets Longer
What Should Fly in the Iraqi Air Force?

CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION FORCES DETAIN A SENIOR AL-QAIDA IN IRAQ NETWORK MEMBER

COALITION FORCES DETAINED NINE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS

COALITION FORCES KILL FOUR FOREIGN TERRORISTS

TWO CACHES DISCOVERED IN KIRKUK

KIDNAPPED VICTIM FREED; NINE TERROR SUSPECTS CATURED BY IRAQI SECURITY FORCES

EXTREMISTS ATTACK GARDEZ SCHOOL

COALITION FORCES DESTROY EXTREMIST BUNKER

REGIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE HELD IN JALABAD

Department of Defense
ON THE GROUND
Medics Always On Call, Ready to Provide Aid - Story
Marines Nab Insurgents, Train Iraqi Troops - Story
New Fire Department Opens in Husseniya - Story

IN IRAQ
Marines, Insurgents Clash in Recent Firefights
Airmen Train Soldiers for Protection Mission
Iraqis Take Lead in Northern Baghdad Region

IN AFGHANISTAN
Agriculture Day in Afghan Province Brings Hope
C-130 Crew Evacuates Wounded Afghan Girl
Uruzgan Governor Visits District

IN KUWAIT
'Operation Thin Mint' Delivers Cookies to Troops

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 (PDF)
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
1314 - At the Battle of Bannockburn, Scotland regains independence from England.
1322 - Jews are expelled from France
1509 - King Henry VIII of England is crowned.
1540 - Henry VIII divorces his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
1793 - In France, the first republican constitution is adopted.
1813 - Battle of Beaver Dam (War of 1812)
1861 - Tennessee becomes the eleventh, and final, state to secede.
1898 - American troops drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas, Cuba.
1930 - Radar detection of planes is first used in Anacostia NAS, DC.
1932 - In Thailand, a coup ends in the establishment of an absolute monarchy.
1939 - Pan Am Airlines makes its first U.S.-to-England flight.
1940 - France signs an armistice with Italy.
1947 - While searching for the wreckage of a U.S. Marine transport plane, civilian pilot Ken Arnold reports sighting nine unknown objects over Mt. Rainier; reporters term them "flying saucers" - it sticks.
1948 - The Soviet Union begins the Berlin Blockade; the Berlin Airlift begins.
1966 - The period of (relative) peace following WW II exceeds that following WW I.
1968 - The deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion.
1977 - The IRS reveals that Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976.
1982 - The Equal Rights Amendment is defeated; Soyuz T-16 lifts off.
1983 - Chalenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB after the 7th Space Shuttle mission.
1985 - Discovery 5 returns after the 18th Space Shuttle mission.
1986 - In Alabama, Guy Hunt is elected (the first Republican governor of that state in more than 100 years).

Birthdays
1842 - Ambrose Bierce US, satirist (The Devil's Dictionary)
1946 - Ellison S. Onizuka, Major, USAF/astronaut (STS 51C, 51L-Challenger disaster)

Passings
1908 - Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th U.S. President
1922 - Dr. Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites
1971 - Kenneth Washington, actor (Sgt Baker-"Hogan's Heroes')

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Van Campen, Thomas C. , US Army (CA); wounded and separated from unit when it came under enemy sniper fire, believed KIA, body not recovered.

1966
Ellis, William, US Army (SC); disappeared while going to get help for a wounded Soldier.

1967
Sherman, Robert C., USMC (IL); Died in captivity November 1968, remains recovered March, 1985

1968
Carpenter, Nicholas Mallor, USN (OH); A6A shot down, remains returned September, 1990

Mobley, Joseph S., USN (IN); A6A shot down ( ejected), released by DRV March, 1973 - alive as of 1998

1972
Beekman, William D. USAF (OH); F4 shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive as of 1996

Grant, David B., USAF (TN); F4 shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

Jackson, Charles A. , USAF (WV); F4D shot down by air-to-air missile, released by DRV February, 1973 (injured) - alive and well as of 1998

McCarty, James L., USAF (TX); F4D shot down by air-to-air missile, remains returned September, 1990 - ID'd June, 1997

** SEE Echo9er for the story of another MIA hero who is finally coming home **