News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Sunnis Endorse Iraqi Amnesty Plan
Tribunal: 2nd Saddam trial to open Aug. 21

Homeland Security / War on Terror
U.S. official: Tough to shut Guantanamo
Possible terror threat closes Calif. port
Hamas, Fatah Plan Recognizes Israel
Militants Acknowledge Israeli Kidnap
Israel masses forces for threatened Gaza offensive - Video
Israeli soldier held in a 'secure place'
Miami plot suspects entrapped: lawyers

Other Military News
Fighter Jets Collide
War Equipment Costs Expected to Triple Next Year

Worldwide Wackos
Iran's Supreme Leader Shoots Down Nuke Talks With U.S.
Khamenei dismisses Iran-US talks - Video
South Korea urges China to sway North Korea - Video

Politics / Government
Bush ignores laws he inks, vexing Congress
Bush slams leak of terror financing info
Study shows US electronic voting machines vulnerable
Rice in Pakistan on anti-Taliban mission

In the Courts
Court hears gay marriage challenge

U.N. News
Iraq violence displaces 150,000: UN

Oddities
Teen burns down house over test grades
Americans' circle of close friends shrinking
Twinkie Burritos? Twinkie Lasagna?
Half-ton Mexican man loses 200 pounds

Other News of Note
Limbaugh Detained for Improperly Prescribed Viagra
Rescued From the Rubble - Nine saved, one killed in building fall
Top Internet Providers Hope To Combat Child Porn

Fox News
Lightning Sparks New Nev. Fires; Ariz. Blaze Spreads
D.C. Braces for More Rains
Lawyers for 'Railroad Killer' Seek Halt to Execution
Consortium to Buy Univision
World Cup: 2nd Round to End
Photo Essay: World Cup Fever
FULL CUP COVERAGE
Rowling Says Two Characters Will Die in Final 'Harry Potter'
Stocks to Watch: GM- 35,000 Workers Take Buyouts

Reuters: Top News
Computers break down less often: survey
Google's online pay service to test this week: report
Sex, lies, videotape and death in the West Bank
Europe has much riding aboard US space shuttle
Coffee drinking may lower diabetes risk
Sexual orientation of men determined before birth
Campbell named in second assault case in NY
Guns n' Roses frontman held in Stockholm over brawl
GM says overall auto sales weaker than projected
Consumer confidence edges higher in June
Takeda gets global rights to Affymax anaemia drug
Matav says shareholders approve cable acquisitions
Univision accepts $12.3 bln Saban-led bid
Stocks inch higher
DuPont shares fall on Inet
Palm shares rise on Inet
Tribune shares rise on Inet
Univision shares rise on Inet
Real estate terror insurance
On the Radar: Coach sales

AP World News
Hingis, Henin-Hardenne win at Wimbledon
Snake on Borneo island can change color
2nd round to conclude at World Cup today
Indians start series with win over Cards
Oregon State wins College World Series
Ukraine advances to soccer quarterfinals
Mid-Atlantic region braces for more rain

Military.com
VA Asks for More Money
Senate Vote on Flag Burning may be Close
Better-Armored Humvees Saving Lives
Future Combat System May Gain Weight

CENTCOM: News Releases
AFGHAN, COLAITION FORCES CONDUCT RAID IN URUZGAN

ANP, COALITIOIN FORCES RECOVER IED

COALITION SOLDIER KILLED IN KUNAR PROVINCE

JUNE 27 DETAINEE RELEASE

CCCI CONVICTS 10 INSURGENTS

CFC-A DISCUSSES 'AFGHAN FIRST' PROGRAM

SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS SELF, INJURES INNOCENT CIVILIANS

SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS SELF, INJURIES INNOCENT CIVILIANS

COALITION FORCES DETAIN 14 TERRORISTS

COALITION FORCES DETAIN 11 TERRORISTS

COALITION FORCES KILL ONE TERRORIST, DETAIN FIVE OTHERS

COALITION FORCES KILL TWO TERRORISTS

TALIBAN MAKES SECOND FALSE CLAIM OF DOWNING U.S. HELICOPTER

TWO SOLDIERS CHARGED

IRAQI FORCES CAPTURE IED CELL MEMBERS IN BAGHDAD

EXTREMISTS' EXPLOSION DEVASTATES MOSQUE, YOUNG LIVES

AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES CONDUCT ATTACKS

COALITION FORCES DETAIN FIVE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS NEAR TIKRIT, JUNE 24

IRAQI FORCES CAPTURE INSURGENT LEADER IN AD DIWANIYAH

AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES CONDUCT ATTACKS, KILL AN ESTIMATED 65 EXTREMISTS

Department of Defense
Water Treatment Plant Opens - Story

ON THE GROUND
Soldiers Train to Exit Overturned Humvee - Story
84th Engineers Improve Camp Bucca Security - Story
Balad Air Base Paves Way to the Future
Medical Assistance Team Visits Afghan Villages - Story

IN IRAQ
Medics Always On Call, Ready to Provide Aid
Marines Nab Insurgents, Train Iraqi Troops
New Fire Department Opens in Husseniya
Marines, Insurgents Clash in Recent Firefights
Airmen Train Soldiers for Protection Mission
Iraqis Take Lead in Northern Baghdad Region

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

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

Gitmo

Today in History
1847 - NYC and Boston are first linked by telegraph wires.
1862 - Day 3 of the 7 Days - Battle of Gaines' Mill.
1864 - Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
1929 - NYC sees the first demonstration of a color TV.
1934 - Federal Savings & Loan Association is created.
1942 - The FBI captures eight Nazi saboteurs from a sub off the coast of Long Island.
1944 - The Allies capture Cherbourg, France.
1950 - The UN Security Council calls on members to send troops to aid South Korea; President Truman orders the Air Force and Navy into Korea; the U.S. sends 35 military advisors to South Vietnam.
1954 - Near Moscow, the first atomic power station opens; CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow the government of Guatemala.
1962 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes the X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m.
1963 - USAF Major Robert A. Rushworth reaches 86,900 m in the X-15.
1973 - John W. Dean testifies in front of the Watergate Committee.
1977 - A 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise.
1978 - Soyuz 30 carries two cosmonauts to the Salyut 6 space station; the first oceanographic satellite, the U.S. Seasat 1, is launched into polar orbit.
1982 - The fourth Space Shuttle Mission (Columbia 4) launches.
1983 - NASA launches the space vehicle S-205; the Soyuz T-9 carries two cosmonauts to the Salyut 7 space station.
1984 - The Supreme Court ends the NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts.
1986 - The U.S. informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack; the World Court rules U.S. aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal.
1987 - Supreme Court Justice Powell retires

Birthdays
1462 - King Louis XII (the Just) of France
1550 - King Charles IX of France
1682 - King Charles XII of Sweden
1880 - Helen Keller blind-deaf author/lecturer
1900 - Otto E. Passman (Rep-LA,)
1927 - Bob Keeshan (aka Capt Kangaroo/Clarabelle the Clown)
1937 - Joseph P. Allen IV, Ph. D. /astronaut (STS-5, STS 51A)
1938 - Bruce E. Babbitt (Gov-AL)
1951 - Sidney M. Gutierrez, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 40)

Passings
1829 - James Smithson, whose will established the Smithsonian Institute

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Jackson, Carl E., USAF (LA); C123 shot down; KIA, body not recovered

Roth, Billie L., USAF (IL); C123 shot down; KIA, body not recovered

1966
Smith, Gene A., USN (UT); A4E shot down; remains returned March, 1989

1968
Giammerino, Vincent F., US Army (NY); disappeared while on patrol

1969
Jablonski, Michael J., US Army (IL); drowned in river while on patrol, body not recovered
1972
Baker, David E., USAF (NY); O2A shot down, released by PRG February, 1973, retired as a Brig. General - alive and well as of 1998 - *** Veteran of Desert Storm (F-15E)***

Cerak, John P., USAF (NJ); F4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Dingee, David B., USAF (CT); F4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973, retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

Francis, Richard L., USAF (OK); F4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973, retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

Hanton, Thomas J., USAF (CA); F4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998 - *** Veteran of Desert Storm (AWACS / EC-130H) ***

McDow, Richard H., USAF (AL); F4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973, retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive and well as of 1998 ***Veteran of Desert Storm (A-10) ***

Sullivan, Farrell J., USAF (TX); F4E shot down, remains returned June, 1983