News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Suicide truck bomber kills 18 near Baghdad college - Video
Pace questions whether Iran arming Iraq

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Navy May Use Dolphins to Fight Terrorism
Zawahiri Calls for Muslim Unity in New Tape
FBI Offers $5 Million Rewards for Terrorists
6 Dead in Wave of Algerian Bomb Attacks
Lebanon bus blasts kill at least three, wounds 20 - Video
Islamic Jihad threatens to target U.S. over leader
Nigerian kidnappers release 24 Filipino hostages
Somali PM vows to bring Islamists to justice
Questions raised in 9/11 cop's death

Fallen Heroes
U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,125

Other Military News
VA Notifying 1.8M of Possible Data Loss
Probe Sought in 1946 Killing of Ga. Black Vet
Vets Face More Health Care Cuts
Military.com - DT: Stopping Copter Threat

Worldwide Wackos
North Korea Nukes Deal (Oh, yeah, this is going to work - and I'm the Queen of the Nile)
U.S. Vows to Loosen Grip on N. Korea's Finances in 30 Days
Anyalysts' reaction to the agreement
Details on the North Korea plan
Senior atom inspector removed from Iran post
Joe Kennedy Fires Back Over Chavez Ad

Politics / Government
Romney to Throw Hat Into Ring
Edwards' Blogger Quits After 'Anti-Catholic' Comments
Pelosi Kicks off House Debate on Iraq War
With eye on 2008, Iowans watch Iraq war debate - Video
Obama draws contrast with Clinton over Iraq war - Video

Immigration / Border Control
Report: BofA Credit Card Targets Illegals
Nashville Mayor Vetoes English-Only Bill

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Teen Gunman Kills 5 In Utah Mall Rampage
Man Kills 3, Self at Philadelphia Board Meeting
Fight over O.J. Simpson's money goes to Hollywood
Goldman family subpoenas Simpson records
Some judges open to cameras in courtroom
Libby to call his former deputy to stand

U.N. News
At least 30 Somalis, Ethiopians drown off Yemen: UN

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
Columnist who reported CIA leak testifies in trial
Sex bloggers bare all on the Internet
Belgian papers win Google copyright suit

Science / Medicine / Technology
Scientists to save 5,000-year-old embrace
Study suggests possible bird flu immunity
Cell phones mobilized to fight AIDS in Africa
Samsung unveils new phones, including world's thinnest
Church to pay $500K over shark poaching

Mother Nature
3 Hurt After Tornado Rips Into N.O. Hotel
Storm hits Midwest with snow, ice, wind

News from My Neck of the Woods
Major Winter Storm Headed For Northeast
New York county acts on `N' word

Oddities
Beware the pitfalls of office romance
Got milk? Got beer!

Other News of Note
God, Darwin clash again in Kansas
Wash. chlorine leak prompts evacuations

Fox News
Did Chimps Use Hammers 4,300 Years Ago?
Statement From PETA on Anna Nicole Smith's Death

Reuters: Top News
Japan hosts whaling meet as anti-whalers boycott
Intensive care helps smokers quit, study finds
Weight debate overshadows London's fashion stars
Robbie Williams goes into rehab for drug addiction - Video
Wide open Oscar race highlights range of favorites
Oil steady under $58
Alcoa shares jump on takeover talk
Stocks set for strong open; Alcoa eyed
Gold price hovers near 7-month peak
Ryanair shares at record before Nasdaq 100 debut
Reuters Hotels and Casinos Summit
Sands bets on Macau
Audio: SideStepping to Asia?
Believing in Bernanke
CVS and Caremark triple proposed special dividend
BHP Billiton not currently eyeing Alcoa: source
Applebee's exploring options, including sale
Nasdaq 4th-qtr earnings more than triple
2006 trade gap widens to sets record
Sony to slash chip spending

AP World News
Louisville stuns No. 7 Pitt
Comair and pilots union reach agreement
'Martyball' era ends in San Diego
J&J discloses possible improper payments
Obituaries in the news
Company challenges ferry ban in Hamptons

Military.com
Op-ed: Inappropriate Not Illegal
Blog: Back to Walter Reed
Valentines Day Already? D'oh!
Advisors: SEAL Workout Tips
Slow Market House Sale Help

CENTCOM: Press Releases
IRAQI ARMY, 2-7 CAVALRY TAKE DOWN INSURGENT OPERATION; SOLVE MURDER, UNCOVER LARGE WEAPONS CACHE
TALIBAN SENIOR LEADER TARGETED IN ASSAULT
AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR FEB. 11
MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS HIT MARKETPLACE, SCORES KILLED
POLISH CIVIL MILITARY COOPERATION GROUP ACCOMPLISHES PROJECTS
RECONSTRUCTION, REINFORCEMENT OF BUHRIZ POLICE STATION UNDERWAY

USJFCOM
President meets with troops - photos
USJFCOM symposium looks to further improve intelligence support for warfighter - podcast
Learn more about JTC-I
USJFCOM sends second rotation to support CENTCOM - podcast

DefenseLink
Gates, Pakistani President Discuss Border Issues - Story
Forces Battle Terrorism near Afghanistan-Pakistan Border
Transcript: Gates Press Conference in Pakistan
Petraeus Takes Command of Multinational Force - Story
Pace: Australia Global Leader in Fight on Terror - Story
Pace Thanks Australians, Seeks Closer Ties
Air Still Safest Travel in Iraq, General Says - Story
Active Military Meets January Recruiting Goals - Story

More Headline News
Iraqis Fulfilling Their Promises, Pace Says
World Much More Complex Than During Cold War
Military, U.S. Agencies Combine Efforts in Africa
Gates Urges NATO Allies to Honor Commitments

Military News
Vietnam Hero to be Awarded Medal of Honor
Technology Helps Soldiers Stay Close to Family
Supplemental Funds Critical to Army Readiness
Wounded Marine Goes Home in Style

War on Terror
Bomb-Making Sites Raided - Story
Two U.S. Soldiers Die in Iraq
Assault Targets Taliban Leader
Suspected Terrorists Captured

America Supports You
New Program Spotlights Team - Story
Success Shows Deep Support
NHL Team Honors Troops
Program Ships Love to Troops

Transformation
Blood Program Web Site Gets New Look, Updated Content - Story
Combat Systems Restructured
Dover Reorganizes for C-17s
Leaders Discuss 1,000-Ship Navy

Face of Defense
Spouses Serve in Iraq
Sailor Earns Bronze Star
Songs Soothe Combat Soldiers

DefendAmerica
NEWS UPDATES
Pace: Iraqis Fulfill Promises - Story
Stability & Security in Iraq Report (pdf)
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Army Engineers Help Build Potable Water Plant - Story
Taji Unit Works to Keep Supplies on the Road - Story
Residents Reap Benefits of New Petrol Station - Story
Soldiers Secure Area as Doctors Treat Villagers - Story
New Mayor Takes the Lead on Reconstruction - Story
Iraqi, U.S. Soldiers Clean Up Streets of Baghdad - Story
Reconstruction Team Opens New Bridge, Road - Story

IN IRAQ
Unit Assists With Community Relations Project
Three Neighborhoods Get Water, Sewer Upgrade
Stryker Soldiers Make Adhamiyah District Safer
Two Shammar Villages Enjoy School Renovations
Correctional Facilities Help Secure Iraq’s Future
Senior Official at Iraq Ministry of Health Detained
Combined Force Troops Get Commando Training

IN AFGHANISTAN
Zabul Provincial Hospital Welcomes Jordanians
Goodwill Missions Continue in Eastern Afghanistan
Senior Air Force Leaders Address Deployments

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
Multinational Force Iraq
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report
'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: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

Weather
Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Germany
Ansbach Aschaffenburg Berlin Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin/Schonefeld Bremerhaven
Darmstadt Frankfurt Frankfurt/Main Freiburg/Breisgau Garmisch
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Geilenkirchen Gelnhausen Giessen Kitzingen
Hanau Am Main Heidelberg Mainz Mannheim Nurnberg Stuttgart Trier
Wiesbaden Wurzburg

Gitmo

Guam
Agana Agana Heights Agat Andersen AFB Asan Barrigada

Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut
An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf

Japan
Kadena Air Base Okinawa Tokyo Yokohama

Philippines
Baler Radar Site Catanduanes Radar Site Manila

South Korea
Cheju Upper/Radar Chonju Chunchon Inch'on Kunsan Masan Mokp'o
Osan Pusan Seoul Suwon Taegu Taejon Tonghae Radar Site Ulsan Yosu

Today in History
1130 - Gregorio de' Papareschi elected as Pope Innocent II
1349 - Jews are expelled from Burgsordf, Switzerland
1510 - Charles of Gelre conquerors Oldenzaal
1545 - Willem of Nassau becomes prince of Orange
1566 - St. Augustine, FL founded
1633 - Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun
1668 - Treaty of Lisbon Spain recognizes Portugal
1678 - Tycho Brahe 1st sketches "Tychonic system" of solar system
1689 - British Parliament adopts Bill of Rights
1692 - MacDonald clan murdered on orders of King William III
1693 - College of William & Mary opens
1706 - Battle at Fraustadt Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen
1755 - Rebel leader Mangkubuni signs Treaty of Gianti, Java
1777 - Marquis de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress
1782 - French fleet occupies St Christopher
1795 - 1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina
1799 - 1st US law regulating insurance passed, by Massachusetts
1809 - French take Saragossa, Spain after a long siege
1816 - Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire
1826 - American Temperance Society forms in Boston
1832 - 1st appearance of cholera at London
1837 - Riot in New York over high price of flour
1860 - King Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes
1861 - 1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, Arizona; Abraham Lincoln declared President; Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks & defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians
1862 - Siege of Ft Donelson, TN
1864 - Meridian Campaign - fighting at Chunky Creek & Wyatt, MS
1866 - Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty MO ($15,000)
1895 - Moving picture projector patented
1907 - English suffragettes storm British Parliament & 60 women are arrested
1920 - National Negro Baseball League organized; League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland; Switzerland rejoins League of Nations
1924 - King Tut's tomb opened
1925 - US Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult
1927 - Uprising against Portuguese regime of General Carmona defeated
1929 - Cruiser Act OKs construction of 19 new cruisers & an aircraft carrier
1934 - Austrian Dollfuss government bans socialistic party
1935 - Bruno Hauptmann found guilty of kidnap & murder of Lindbergh's infant
1941 - Nazi leaders attack Dutch Jewish Council
1942 - Hitler's Operation Seelöwe (invasion of England) cancelled
1943 - German assault on Sidi Bou Zid Tunisia, General Eisenhower visits front; Women's Marine Corps created
1945 - Allied planes bomb Dresden Germany; 135,000 die; USSR captures Budapest, after 49-day battle with Germany; 159,000 die
1948 - Wright Flyer, 1st plane to fly, returns to US from England
1948 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Richard Button USA
1955 - Israel acquires 4 of 7 Dead Sea scrolls
1959 - Miro Cardon, premier of Cuba, resigns
1961 - Soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus
1965 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
1968 - US sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam
1969 - Suriname government of Pengel resigns
1971 - Golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into the crowd, injuring 2; 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos
1974 - Dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from USSR
1975 - Cyprus premier Denktash proclaims Turkish-Cypriot Federation
1976 - Dorothy Hamill wins Olympics figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria
1977 - Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship
1981 - Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words
1984 - Konstantin Chernenko succeeds Yuri Andropov as USSR leader; 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart & liver transplant
1985 - Polish police arrest 7 Solidarity leaders
1988 - 15th Winter Olympics games open at Calgary, Canada; European Community plans removal of inner boundaries on Jan 1, 1992
1989 - Salvadoran army attacks Encuentros hospital, rapes, kills patients; Kidnapped Belgian Premier Vanden Boeynants freed
1990 - US, England, France & England give Germany the OK to re-unify; 50 killed at Inkatha-UDF battle in Natal, South Africa
1991 - Syria tells Germany they are ready to recognize Israel; US bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334
1994 - Ship disaster near Ranong Thailand, kills 200
1997 - Discovery captures Hubble Space Telescope

Birthdays
1480 - Hieronymus Aleander [Girólamo Aleandro], Italian diplomat/cardinal
1599 - Alexander VII [Fabio Chigi], Italian pope (1655-67)
1757 - John C. Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician
1768 - Édouard Mortier, French general, duke, prime minister (1834-35)
1813 - Charles Pierre Schimpf, Governor of Suriname (1855-59)
1831 - John Aaron Rawlins, Union Brevet Major General
1833 - William Whedbee Kirkland, Confederate Brigadier General
1849 - Lord Randolph Churchill, English politician, Winston's father
1852 - Johan L.E. Dreyer, Danish astronomer (New generation catalogue of nebulae)
1874 - Hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (S
1887 - Alvin York (Sgt. York), famed US Soldier with 25 kills in WWI
1892 - Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice (1941-54)
1893 - Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romanian communist/foreign minister (1945-52)
1902 - Blair Moody, (Senator-MI)
1908 - Pauline Frederick, journalist/correspondent (UN, NBC TV)
1910 - William B. Shockley, US physicist (Nobel 1956 - for research on semiconductors and discovery of the transistor effect along with John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain)
1913 - Guiseppe Dossetti, politician/priest
1922 - Lord Pym of Sandy, British minister of foreign affairs
1923 - Chuck Yeager, US test pilot (1st man to break sound barrier)
1924 - Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French economist/politician
1929 - Omar Torrijos Herrera, President of Panamá
1933 - Paul Biya, President of Cameroon
1937 - Sigmund Jähn, cosmonaut (Soyuz 31/29)
1939 - Valery Illych Rozhdestvensky, cosmonaut (Soyuz 23)
1942 - Donald E. Williams, Captain USN/astronaut (STS 51D, STS 34)
1952 - David Puilum Choi, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)

Passings
1130 - Honorius II [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30)
1237 - Jordanus of Saxon 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns
1332 - Andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk
1542 - Catherine Howard, queen of England/5th wife of Henry VIII, beheaded
1660 - Charles X Gustaaf, King of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 37
1784 - Charles Gravier, French earl of Vergennes/Minister of Foreign Affairs
1818 - George Rogers Clark, frontier military leader in Revolutionary War
1882 - Henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia, Liberia at 66
1891 - David Dixon Porter, US Rear Admiral (Union Army-Civil War), dies at 77
1941 - Naomi Uemura, Japanese mountain climber, dies on Mt. McKinley
1960 - Delmar G. Roos, designer of the jeep, dies at 79
1976 - General Murtala Mohammed head of Nigeria, killed during a coup
1982 - Zeng Jinlian, grew to 8'1" (tallest woman), dies at 17
1995 - Joan A.C. Ramsey nee Hamilton, lady Ramsey of Canterbury, dies at 84

Reported Missing in Action
1967
Carlson, Paul V., USN (MN); F4B crashed in water, Killed, body not recovered

1969
Herlik, Querin, US Army (WI); RU1A shot down, released by Sihanouk March, 1969 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

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