U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeremiah D. Rodgers helps an Iraqi physician’s assistant examine a young Iraqi boy during a cooperative medical engagement in Shohabi, Iraq, June 29. More than 450 Iraqis received medical treatment during the event. Marines from C Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment along with Iraqi soldiers and police hosted the event in a local school to foster relations between the residents and Coalition Forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. William Skelton

Residents wait in the shade before being seen by medical personnel in Shohabi, Iraq, during a cooperative medical engagement, June 29. Marines from C Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment along with Iraqi soldiers and police hosted the event in a local school building. The purpose of the operation was to treat Shohabi residents, who lack a functioning medical facility, as well as foster relations between the residents and Coalition Forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. William Skelton

An Iraqi soldier passes out humanitarian items to a group of Iraqi women and children during a cooperative medical engagement in Shohabi, Iraq, June 29. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. William Skelton

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeremiah D. Rodgers helps an Iraqi physician’s assistant examine a young Iraqi boy during a cooperative medical engagement in Shohabi, Iraq, June 29. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. William Skelton

Marines from C Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, along with Iraqi soldiers and police, hosted a cooperative medical engagement in Shohabi, Iraq, June 29. More than 450 Iraqis received much needed medical treatment during the event. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. William Skelton

by Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob Bailey
July 7, 2006
Sgt. Kenneth Strong and fellow Soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team conduct a mission near Tal Afar, Iraq.

News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
3 GIs Killed in Anbar Province
Iraq Releases 368 Prisoners
Iraqis, US military see possible pullout: senators

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Israel Rejects Cease-Fire
Israel launches airstrikes in Gaza - Video
Israel tanks moving back into northern Gaza
Bomb Plans Found on NYC Terror Suspect's Computer
Al Qaeda Suspect Arrested
FBI: Thwarted plot involved 'martyrdom'
Bigger Plot in Gitmo Suicides

Troops on Trial
U.S. Asks to Exhume Body of Alleged Iraqi Rape Victim
US military ready for "pain" over Iraqi killings - Video

Other Military News
US destroyer arrives in Japan - Video
Questions linger over secrets on laptops
Marine recruiter in 'Fahrenheit' mourned

NSA / CIA
Ally warned Bush on spying: report

Worldwide Wackos
Japan Stays Stern on North Korea Sanctions
'We can't alter our stance'
New Launch Not Near
Six-Party Talks?
U.S. offers to meet N. Korea on sidelines

Homegrown Moonbats
13 cited for protest at NSA headquarters

Politics / Government
N.J. Ends Gov't Shutdown
4 More Abramoff Visits to White House Revealed
Ark. official's bone marrow surgery fails
Clinton praises Bush on immigration reform
Bush asks Senate to raise science spending
Democrats rip GOP on Social Security plan
Ex-President Bush pushes cancer research

News from My Neck of the Woods
Car Plows Conn. Crowd (narrowly missing Lieberman's Primary opponent)

Oddities
Boy Survives 11-Story Fall

Other News of Note
'Ready to do Whatever is Necessary' - More than 100,000 protest in Mexico
Mexican tells crowd he'll seek recount
Russian Airliner Crash

Fox News
Astronauts Go Spacewalking
Video: Outside the Shuttle
Italy, France Prep for Final
Full World Cup Coverage

Reuters: Top News
Pope stresses family values in Spain
Bidding Beetle mania over Klinsmann's old car
China launches Web site to teach Chinese
China conjoined twin critical after separation
False beliefs affect treatment of prostate cancer
"Pirates" sets sail for record box office debut
India.Arie's "Testimony" draws convincing verdict
Murdoch meeting raises disclosure issues
Oil and gas pipeline deals hot
Japan TV phones popular but profits elusive
TI aims for bigger slice of China chip market
Verizon puts directory spinoff in motion
EMI keen on Warner Music but won't overpay
Earnings en route, like it or not
Stocks fall after 3M's profit warning - Video
3M warns flat-screen sales to dampen results
RadioShack names turnaround CEO - Video
LaBranche suffers record decline on surprise loss
The upstart falters
Tasting Hansen Natural

AP World News
Woman dies on boat carrying Cubans to U.S.
2 centuries of N.Y. kvetching revealed
Woods moves up leaderboard at Western Open
No G-8 seat for China, other big economies
LeBron agrees to $80 million extension
Liverpool's Penny Lane to keep its name
Mauresmo beats Henin for Wimbledon title
3 feared dead in Georgia plane crash

CENTCOM: News Releases
CORDON AND SEARCH OF THE SADRAIN MOSQUE

ONE TERRORIST KILLED, TWO WOUNDED TRYING TO PLACE AN IED; CF FIND WEAPONS CACHE

TERRORISTS KILL FOUR CHILDREN, WOUND THIRTY-EIGHT

AFGHAN CITIZENS ASSIST COALITION FORCES DISPOSE OF IEDs

TWO ENGINEER SOLDIERS RECEIVE PURPLE HEARTS

2ND BCT, 4TH ID COMMANDER ACCEPTS SCULPTURE FROM IRAQI CITIZEN

SOLDIERS CONTINUE MISSION TO PROTECT IRAQ, BRING STABILITY

Department of Defense
DefendAmerica Week in Review
Sunday - Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday

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

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
1540 - English King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves is annulled after six months.
1755 - British General E. Braddock is mortally wounded during the French and Indian War.
1776 - The Declaration of Independence is read aloud to General George Washington's troops in New York.
1846 - Captain Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (San Francisco) for the U.S.
1853 - Admiral Perry and the U.S. Navy visit Japan.
1862 - Confederate General John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, KY.
1863 - Union troops enter Port Hudson.
1868 - Francis L. Cardozo becomes the first African-American cabinet member in SC (Secretary of State)
1910 - Walter Brookins becomes the first pilot to take an airplane to an altitude of one mile.
1915 - Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa.
1916 - The first cargo submarine to cross the Atlantic arrives in the U.S. from Germany.
1917 - The British warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow, killing 800.
1918 - 101 are killed and 171 are injured in the worst U.S. train wreck, in Nashville, TN; the U.S. Army's Distinguished Service Cross is authorized.
1951 - President Truman asks Congress to formally end the state of war with Germany.
1953 - New York City becomes the site of the first helicopter passenger service.
1955 - E. Frederick Morrow becomes the first African-American named as an executive on the White House staff.
1976 - Uganda asks UN to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe
1979 - Voyager-2 flies past Jupiter.

Birthdays
1802 - Thomas Davenport, inventor of the first commercial electric motor
1819 - Elias Howe Spencer, inventor of the sewing machine
1916 - Edward Heath, British PM
1932 - Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
1943 - John H. Casper, Colonel USAF/astronaut (STS-36, sk:STS-50)

Passings
1755 - British Gen. E. Braddock, mortally wounded in battle during the French and Indian War
1850 - Zachary Taylor, 12th U.S. President, after 16 months in office

Reported Missing in Action
1967
Lee, Charles Richard, USN (CA); A4C shot down, remains returned June, 1983

Martin, Edward H., USN (GA); A4C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Vice Admiral in 1989 - alive as of 1998

1971
Lilly, Carroll Baxter, USAF(WV); A1H shot down, presumed KIA

1972
Ketchie, Scott D., USMC (AL); A6A shot down; ejected, no further information known