News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Report: 18 Kids Killed in Iraq Bomb Blast
Confusion After Iraqi Officials Report Car Bomb Kills 18 Boys Playing Soccer
Death squad leaders seized in Baghdad
U.S. joins regional talks to secure Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom
Cheney takes refuge in bomb shelter after Afghan blast - Video

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Arab Becomes Acting Israeli President
Florida couple sentenced as Cuban spies
Canada scraps two anti-terror measures
Spy chief pushes for action in Pakistan
Labor language threatens antiterror bill

Troops on Trial
Air Force officer found guilty of rape
Agent: Marine shot Iraqi to ensure death
Medic Guilty of Killing Fellow Soldier
Soldier Convicted of Negligent Homicide

Other Military News
Talking about war found to help stressed soldiers

Worldwide Wackos
Castro Tells Radio Talk Show, 'I Feel Good'
U.S. less confident of N.Korea covert program

Politics / Government
Military, Democrats debate Iraq troop increase
Lesser knowns fight to be heard
Chicago Mayor Daley elected to 6th term

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Woman Ordered to Remove 'Messages From God' From Her California Home
Parents 'Truly Proud' of Clay Moore for Saving Himself After Being Abducted
Human Head, Hand Found Along Freeway
FBI Hunts 'Delusional' Dad Who Took Kids
Church to Put Off Trials for Sex Abuse Lawsuits
Family Sues School Over 'Racial-Bullying'
FBI reviews 100 civil rights-era cold case murders

Adventures in Political Correctness
Prince Charles Calls for Ban on McDonald's Restaurants and Big Macs
218-Pound Boy to Stay With Mom — for Now

U.N. News
Council receptive to UN force in Chad and CAR

Science / Medicine / Technology
Feds: 20M U.S. Females Have HPV
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Pharmacies Nailed in Steroid Raid
Shuttle Launch Postponed Over Hail Damage
Antioxidants don't help you live longer
'Miracle' Baby Comes Back to Life

Mother Nature
Boulders Hit San Francisco Buildings; Landslide Forces Evacuations

Oddities
Pakistani Woman Hands Over Teenage Daughter for Poker Debt
German Brother, Sister Who've Had 4 Children Together Fighting Incest Laws (Umm...wow....)
Angioplasta with a side of fries, please
Tourists indulge in aphrodisiac at Chile song fest

Other News of Note
Wall Street Slammed
FAST FACTS: Top 10 Worst Point Drops for Dow

Fox News
Anna Nicole's Mom Gets OK to See Baby
Eddie Murphy Loses Oscar, Bolts From Show
Friend Says Racy Photos Aren't 'Idol' Contestant Antonella
Pop Tarts: Britney Spears' Troubles Might Be Rooted in Postpartum Depression

Reuters: Top News
Stocks trip on China - Video
Sony expects to resolve PS3 shortages by May
Microsoft's MSN marks Greater China separate region
Kids kill kids in crime-mired Guatemala
Camels, sword-dancing as Saudis mark heritage
Scorsese, Jagger rocking in new movie
Potter star Radcliffe bares all in "Equus"
China stocks open down but quickly recover
Safe-haven bid boosts bonds
Fear gauge posts biggest one-day gain ever
Aussie stocks fall on global markets sell-off
TSX posts biggest loss in years
Housing near a bottom: Tool Works CEO
End of the yen carry trade party?
Centro to buy New Plan Excel for US$3.4 billion in cash
Fund investors brace for effect of market drop
Toyota to build $1.3 billion plant in Mississippi - Video
WRAPUP 3-Airbus to split 10,000 job cuts with contractors
Getronics posts big loss--omits dividend, forecast
Wal-Mart in China deal -- Russia next?

AP World News
Stocks have worst day since 9/11 attacks
Calif. diocese plans bankruptcy filing
Jackson 'evaluating' Las Vegas offers
Smyth, Guerin, Bertuzzi all change teams
LA police probe: Did Blunt foot-and-run?
Campbell regrets hitting maid with phone
Oilers trade All-Star Smyth to Islanders
No indictment in '55 Emmett Till slaying
'Anthrax' at Mo. school was sugar
Lawyer: DNA agreement reached on Brown
Advisers urge OK of bird flu vaccine
Consumer confidence gains in February
Veterans Committee picks no one for Hall

Military.com
Poll: Deal With Syria and Iran?
DT: Obsessed by Vertical Lift?
Blog: Roggio's Daily Iraq Report
Op-ed: The Terror Formula
Got the Gear? Kit Up!
NASCAR is back!

CENTCOM: Press Releases
INSURGENTS KILL 15 IRAQIS, WOUND NINE
SUSPECTED AL-QAEDA EMIR, ELEVEN OTHERS DETAINED IN RAIDS THROUGHOUT IRAQ
DETONATION INJURES LOCALS
IRAQI POLICE, COALITION FORCES DISCOVER LARGE EFP CACHE
IRAQI ARMY, COALITION FORCES DISRUPT TERRORIST CELLS IN TITTEN

USJFCOM
Newsmakers: Navy Captains Kevin Frank and Susan Chiaravalle - podcast
Secretary of Defense visits Joint Forces Command
USJFCOM partners with ACT to sponsor NATO urban workshop - podcast

DefenseLink
Medal of Honor Recipient Inducted Into Pentagon - Story
Cheney Talks Security in Pakistan, Afghanistan - Story
Gates Urges Congress to Pass 2007 Budget - Story
‘Surge’ Units to be Fully Trained, Equipped - Story
Pace Honors Employers of Guard, Reserve - Story

More Headline News
Britain to Send More Troops to Afghanistan
Bush Tells Governors Iraq Key to Defense of U.S.
Gates Praises Scouts for Achievements
Pilot Receives Medal of Honor for Heroism

Military News
Pentagon Channel Showcases Military Women
Pace Discusses Force Levels, Military Challenges
More Special Ops Troops Will Answer Global Needs
Panel Examines Troop Mental Health Assistance

Transformation
Virtual Army Experience Lets Civilians Act as Soldiers - Story
New Agency Director to Guide DoD Business Transformation
Iraqi Riverine Assault Company Brings New Strategy to River
Training Becomes More Realistic

War on Terror
Iraqi Army Detains 16 Suspects; Insurgents Kill 15 Civilians - Story
Soldiers, Marine Killed in Iraq
Task Force Improving Iraqi Businesses, Economy
Iraqi Tips Lead to Bomb Factory Discovery

America Supports You
Groups Hold Photo Contest - Story
Troops Get Red Carpet Salute
‘Blue Star Mothers’ Support Military Sons and Daughters
Anchorage Honors Military

Face of Defense
Father, Son Serve in Afghanistan
Soldier Returns to Defend Title
Volunteer Leads With Passion

DefendAmerica
NEWS UPDATES
Iraqi Army Detains 16 Suspects; Insurgents Kill 15 Civilians - Story
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Signal Company Keeps Brigade Talking - Story
Maintenance Troops Supporting The Fight - Story
Spartans Turn Over Afghan Provinces - Story
Iraqi Business Restoration Progressing - Story

IN DJIBOUTI
U.S. Marines, Sailors Help Clean Up Local School

IN IRAQ
Troops, Locals Celebrate Reopening of Market
Iraqi, Coalition Leaders Discuss Security
Army Engineers Oversee Road Construction
Eighteen Graduate from Iraqi Nursing Course

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Doctors Learn New Medical Techniques
Father, Son Paratroopers Serve in Afghanistan
Desert Hawk Takes Command of Aviation Ops

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
1066 - Westminster Abbey opens
1570 - Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas
1653 - 3 Day Sea battle English beat Dutch
1667 - English colony Suriname in Dutch hands
1692 - Salem witch hunt begins
1704 - Indians attack Deerfield MA, kill 40, kidnap 100
1708 - Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die
1778 - Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves
1826 - M. Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet
1827 - 1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered
1844 - 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes
1847 - US defeats México in battle of Sacramento
1854 - Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, WI
1859 - Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery
1861 - Territories of Nevada & Colorado created
1863 - Confederate raider Nashville sinks near Fort McAllister, GA
1864 - Raid at Kilpatrick's, Richmond; Skirmish at Albemarle County Virginia (Burton's Ford)
1871 - 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections
1878 - US congress authorizes large-size silver certificate
1888 - Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes
1893 - Edward Acheson, Pennsylvania, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum"
1896 - France dismisses Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar
1900 - General Buller's troops relieve Ladysmith Natal
1908 - Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran
1917 - AP reports México & Japan will ally with Germany if US enters WWI
1922 - Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
1923 - Swedish, King Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands
1924 - US begins intervention in Honduras
1925 - Congress authorizes a special handling stamp
1933 - 1st female in cabinet - Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor; German President Von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion; Hitler disallows German communist party (KPD)
1935 - Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H. Carothers
1939 - Great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain
1941 - 39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month; British-Italian dogfight above Albania
1942 - Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies; Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit; 1st weapon drop on Netherlands
1943 - 63 U Boats (359,300 ton) sinks this month
1951 - Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates; French government of Pleven dissolves
1953 - Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev & Malenkov
1956 - 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott, MA; Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory
1959 - Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit
1960 - US wins Olympics hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4; 8th Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, CA close
1961 - JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor
1970 - Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
1972 - President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China
1973 - Suriname government of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders
1974 - US & Egypt re-establish diplomatic relations after 7 years; Ethiopian government of Makonnen forms; Labour Party wins British parliamentary election; Taiwan police shoot into crowd
1981 - Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
1981 - China PR throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan
1982 - FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street
1983 - Final TV episode of "MASH" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch
1988 - 15th Winter Olympics games close at Calgary, Canada; Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed
1991 - US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire
1993 - Gun battle erupts at Waco, TX, between FBI & Branch Davidians
1994 - Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect
1995 - Denver International Airport opens
1997 - in Pakistan, kills 45; Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US

Birthdays
1690 - Aleksei P. Romanov Russia, son of Peter the Great
1712 - Louis Joseph de Montcalm, de Saint-Véran France, General
1786 - D. François J. Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician
1792 - Henriette, countess d'Oultremont de Wégimont wife of King Willem I
1797 - W. Frederik K., prince of Netherlands/General/Admiral (10 day campaign)
1817 - James Craig, Union Brigadier General
1822 - Matthew Duncan Ector, Confederate Brigadier General
1824 - John Creed Moore, Confederate Brigadier General
1825 - Quincy Adams Gillmore, Union Major General
1833 - Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian General-field marshal
1882 - José Vasconcelos, Mexican politician/essayist/philosopher
1906 - Bugsy Siegel, gangster created casinos in Las Vegas
1915 - Sir Peter Medawar, zoologist, immunologist (Nobel 1953)
1920 - Jim Olin (Representative-VA)
1924 - Robert A. Roe (Representative-NJ)
1927 - John Swire, British aircraft magnate (Cathay Pacific)
1930 - Leon Cooper, US physicist (Nobel 1972)
1938 - Martin Olav Sabo (Representative-MN)
1943 - Hans F. Dijkstal, Dutch minister of the Interior

Passings
1261 - Hendrik, Duke of Brabant (1248-61)
1618 - Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63
1665 - Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc)
1781 - Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 50
1844 - Abel P. Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton; Thommas W. Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
1925 - Friedrich Ebert, Social-Democrat president of Germany
1935 - Alexander W.F. Idenburg, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1909-16), dies at 73
1940 - Johan C. Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81
1941 - Alfonso XIII de Borbón, King of Spain (1902-31)
1965 - Adolf Schärf President of Austria (1957-65), dies at 74
1966 - Charles A Bassett II astronaut, dies in a crash of T-38 jet at 34; Elliot McKay See, Jr., astronaut, dies in T-38 jet crash at 38
1979 - Mr Ed, talking horse
1986 - Olof Palme, Swedish PM, assassinated in Stockholm; Sven Olof Palme Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59
1991 - Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80)
1993 - Fer A. Olthoff, Dutch WWII resistance fighter (Het Parool)
1994 - Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh brother of Last Emperor of China, dies at 86; Pu Yi, last Chinese emperor, dies at 87

Reported Missing in Action
1967
Moore, James Rodney, USMC (NY); presumed KIA

1968
Coons, Henry A., USN (NY); A6A crashed (w/Stegman), presumed Killed

Hunt, Robert W., US Army (WV); M113 hit with RPG fire, possibly captured, DIC (w/Scuitier)

Stegman, Thomas, USN (MD); A6A crashed (w/Coons), presumed Killed

Scuitier, James J., US Army (NJ); M113 hit with RPG fire, captured (w/Hunt) - PRG says DIC January, 1973

1969
Long, Stephen, G., USAF (OR); O2A shot down, released by PL March, 1973 - retired as a Major - alive and well as of 1998
** earned Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Service Medal **

1970
Boyle, William, US Army SF (PA); had just finished loading wounded into a CH34 when it was hit with rocket fire, presumed KIA

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