News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraqi boy turns in terrorist dad (Video)
Dozens of explosions rock Baghdad
Dozens of al Qaeda killed in Anbar: Iraq police
Democrats want troops out if goals unmet
Bombing in Iraq targets Shiite cleric
False Stories Abound in Chaos of Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom
Senior Taliban leader held in Pakistan: sources - Video
Opium trade undermines Afghan democracy, U.S. says

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Aussie 'Taliban' to Face Terror Charges in U.S.
Australia's Hicks alleges U.S. abuse at Guantanamo

Troops on Trial
Second arraignment for Marine in Hamdania killing

Other Military News
Japan PM: No Proof of WWII Sex Slaves (Japan is claiming they were willing prostitutes...)
Army Fires Walter Reed Commander
Panel slams treatment of Guard, Reserves

Worldwide Wackos
U.S. sees progress on new Iran sanctions: official (What a surprise)
Iran says wants atom talks - Video
Seeking aid, N. Korea vows to stop nukes (Suuuuuuuure.....)

Homegrown Moonbats
Military.com Advisors: Apology Mr. Arkin?

Politics / Government
McCain Draws Fire for Iraq Comment (As well he should. He should damn well know better)
JFK Adviser Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Dies
California needs billions in bonds: Schwarzenegger
Bush acknowledges frustrations in New Orleans

Illegal Immigration / Border Control
Official: Mexican Drug Runner Shot by Border Agents Smuggled More Drugs Into U.S. (I know, I know...stunning, isn't it? Whodathunkit?)

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Feds Charge Devlin With Child Porn
RAW DATA: Read the Full Devlin Indictment (pdf)
2 Questioned in 'Barbie Bandits' Case
S.D. Police Make Arrest in Case of Body Parts Strewn Across Highway
Report: Police Eye Husband in Case of Michigan Mom Tara Grant Who Vanished From Detroit Suburb
Justice Department Announces $45 Million Multi-Ton Drug Bust Targeting Mexican Organization
Officials Find 9-Year-Old Iowa Girl Missing Since 2005 Living Under False Name Created by Mother
South Carolina Middle School Teacher Accused of Having Sex With at Least 5 Underage Boys
Prosecutor: Couey Buried Lunsford Alive (And if the scumbag gets a death penalty, there are people who will call it 'cruel')
Sex with adult stepdaughter still incest: court

Science / Medicine / Technology
Scientists Discover Subterranean 'Ocean' Under Eastern Asia
Body of British Diplomat Who Died in 1919 May Help Fight Bird Flu
FDA Finds Tainted Peanut Butter Source
Canada diabetes epidemic predicts worse for world
New AIDS drugs offer hope for long-term patients
Polar year starts with worries of rising seas - Video
Twin spacecraft track solar storms, NASA says
Active hurricane season risk grows: meteorologists
Cassini spacecraft snaps new views of Saturn
Lenovo recalls 100,000 laptop batteries
Greek archaeologists find Hera statue

Mother Nature
Twisters Leave Path of Destruction Across South
Blizzard Blamed for 4 Deaths Across Plains
PHOTO ESSAY: Italy Volcano Spews Lava

Oddities
It's Over! After 5 Weeks, Hiccups Stop for 15-Year-Old Girl
Florida Man: Chicken Burrito Paralyzed Me
'Mountain Boy' Lived in Wild for 8 Years
Students Make Porn Film Between Classes
Rules force man to urinate in bottle in exam - Video
Superstition sparks toilet cleaning craze - Video

Fox News
8 Haitians Dead, 44 Missing After Boat Fire
Stocks Rally in Wild Session After Early Plunge
Anna Nicole to Wear Custom Gown at Burial
Police Chief's College Degree Gives 'Paws'
Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher Could Be Baseball's First Billionaire Player Because of Rock Quarry Sales of Rap Albums Take Stunning Nosedive
Pop Tarts: Britney Spears Boozes in Borrowed Bikini
McDonald's Not Amused by Prince's Remarks

Reuters: Top News
Guatemala drug slayings put pressure on government
Senegal's Wade re-elected, warns opposition
EU warns Microsoft of possible further fines
Lenovo recalls ThinkPad batteries made by Sanyo
Chechen parents cry tears of frustration for missing
S.Africa police face low pay and hardened criminals
Latest "Idol" sex scandal may be short-lived
McCartneys face-to-face in London courtroom
Markets mostly lower - Video
Stocks fall as investors shun risk
Oil rises on refinery glitches and supply worries
Dell down after the bell
Motorola stock up after Icahn files to buy shares
CEOs to investors: relax!
Easing oil prices tame green demand
Precious ETFs should help prices
Dell profit down sharply
GM's February U.S. sales rise
Boeing plane orders surge in February
Verizon kicks off cell phone TV
Sharp to build $1.7 billion LCD panel plant: paper
Biggest bond investors bet on rate cut

AP World News
Even ignoring Paris Hilton makes news
Buffett plans to hire investment manager
Baseball wants more info about Matthews
Bledsoe, Horn, Porter, McCardell let go
Trail Blazers GM Patterson resigns
For Lent, parishes lighten up fish fry
Judge gives Foxy Brown one more chance
NHL's Ducks, Kings to play in London
Bobby Brown free after he pays support
Blue Jackets goalie is out for season
Personal incomes rise, construction down
Suns' road streak against the East ends

Military.com
Poll: Rudi, John, or Mitt?
NASCAR: Guardsman Gets Face Planted
DT: Brain-dead Raptors Update
Blog: SpouseBUZZ Book Club
Early Look: On Call in Hell

CENTCOM: Press Releases
8 ARRESTED IN COMBING AFGHAN-COALITION OPERAT ION
EIGHT TERRORISTS KILLED DURING SALMAN PAK RAID
HELICOPTER MAKES HARD LANDING
OPERATION SABER BOSS: 4 WEAPONS CACHES, 10 KILLED, 5 DETAINED
THREE TERRORISTS KILLED, 16 OTHERS DETAINED IN OPERATIONS
GOLDEN DRAGONS DISCOVER MASSIVE CACHE SOUTHWEST OF BAGHDAD

USJFCOM
New data technology makes aerial reconnaissance video available to users in the field - podcast
Congressman calls command modeling and simulation hub - podcast
Newsmakers: Navy Captains Kevin Frank and Susan Chiaravalle - podcast

DefenseLink
Budget Requests Support Current, Future Needs - Story
Commission Reports on Strengthening Defenses - Story
Medical Review Group Holds First Meeting - Story
Walter Reed Chief Relieved of Command
Success in Long War Requires Regional Effort - Story
Official Discusses International Partnership in War - Story
Defense Department Tops Nation in Child Care - Story

More Headline News
U.S. Should Use Counterinsurgency Methods
General Cites Reconstruction Progress in Iraq
Terror, Iran, North Korea Top List of Threats

Military News
Leaders Call on Congress to Fund IED Research
Pentagon Channel Showcases Military Women
Pace Discusses Force Levels, Military Challenges

America Supports You
Presidential Meeting Inspires Homefront Support Groups - Story
Group Sends Care to Troops
President Bush Thanks Groups for Dedication, Troop Support

War on Terror
Rebuilding in Iraq Shifts to Self-Sustaining Iraqi Effort - Story
Successful Iraq Rebuilding Effort Could Come to End in 18 Months
Charge Referred Against ‘Australian Taliban’
Forces Kill 13 Insurgent, Detain 26
Two Die in Iraq; Two Previous Casualties Identified
Officials Transfer Detainees

Transformation
Joint Trauma Institute Takes on National Role - Story
Squadron Tests Sniper Pod
Denmark Joins Joint Strike Team

Face of Defense
Soldier Tackles Numerous Duties
Father, Son Serve in Afghanistan

DefendAmerica
NEWS UPDATES
Leaders Ask for IED Research Funds - Story
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

Successful Iraq Rebuilding Effort Could Come to a Close in 18 Months - Story - Video - Bio
Bloggers' Roundtable Transcript
Reconstruction Snapshot
Bloggers' Roundtable Web Site

ON THE GROUND
Air Defense ‘Family’ Returns to Afghanistan - Story
Donation ‘From The Heart’ Saves Wounded Ally - Story
Reconstruction, Security Go Hand-In-Hand - Story
Construction Continues on Children’s Hospital - Story
Turkish-U.S. Airlift Brings Supplies to Afghans - Story

IN IRAQ
Communicators Keep 1st Cavalry Connected
Army Engineers Help Deliver School Supplies
Training Mission Hones Skills of Pararescuemen
Iraqi Police Unit Bounces Back After Attack
Signal Company Keeps Brigade Talking
Maintenance Troops Supporting The Fight
Iraqi Business Restoration Progressing
Troops, Locals Celebrate Reopening of Market

IN AFGHANISTAN
Spartans Turn Over Afghan Provinces
Afghan Doctors Learn New Medical Techniques
Father, Son Paratroopers Serve in Afghanistan

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
0871 - Battle at Marton: Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army
1121 - Dirk VI becomes count of Holland
1458 - Hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia
1498 - Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island
1629 - English King Charles I leases house of commons
1675 - Prince William III installed as Governor of Overijssel
1776 - Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston
1789 - Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances
1799 - Congress standardizes US weights & measures
1807 - Congress bans slave trade effective January 1, 1808
1819 - Territory of Arkansas organized
1819 - US passes its 1st immigration law
1824 - Interstate commerce comes under federal control
1831 - John Frazee becomes 1st US sculptor to receive a federal commission
1836 - Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico
1853 - Territory of Washington organized after separating from Oregon Territory
1855 - Aleksandr Romanov becomes tsar of Russia
1858 - Frederick Cook, New Orleans, patents a cotton-bale metallic tie
1861 - Government Printing Office purchases 1st printing plant, Washington, DC; US Congress creates Dakota & Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska & Utah territories
1863 - Congress authorizes track width of 4'8½" for Union Pacific RR
1865 - General Early's army is defeated at Waynesborough
1866 - 1st US company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Connecticut
1867 - Congress abolishes peonage in New Mexico; Jesse James-gang robs bank in Savannah MO, 1 dead; US Congress creates the Department of Education, passes the 1st Reconstruction Act
1876 - Rutherford B. Hayes declared President (won electoral vote by 1), despite Samuel J. Tilden (D) winning popular vote
1893 - 1st federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features
1896 - Battle of Aduwa, Abyssinia (Ethiopia) defeats invading Italians
1899 - President McKinley signs bill creating Mount Rainier National Park (5th in US)
1901 - Hawaii's 1st telegraph company opens
1904 - "Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" adopted
1907 - General Louis Botha named premier of Transvaal
1909 - Great Britain, France, Germany & Italy ask Serbia to set no territorial demands
1910 - 2 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington WA, 118 die
1915 - British Vice Admiral Carden begins bombing of Dardanelles forts; Vladmir Jabotinsky forms a Jewish military force to fight in Palestine
1917 - Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, US citizenship granted
1919 - 1st congress of Communist International opens at the Kremlin
1923 - "Time" magazine debuts
1925 - Japan's House of Representatives recognizes male suffrage; Nationwide road numbering system & US shield marker adopted; SDAP-Second-Faction (Dutch Socialists) of parliament demands drastic disarmament
1927 - Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year)
1929 - Congress creates Court of Customs & Patent Appeals
1930 - 1st US indoor glider flight, St. Louis Terminal Building
1933 - "King Kong" premieres at Radio City Music Hall & RKO Roxy, NYC; Most powerful earthquake in 180 years hits Japan
1934 - Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha
1937 - Mexico nationalizes oil
1938 - Landslides & floods cause over 200 deaths (Los Angeles CA); Trials of Soviet leaders begins in the Soviet Union
1939 - Eugenio Pacelli chosen as Pope Pius XII; Mass Legislature votea to ratify the Bill of Rights; 147 years late
1940 - Soviet armies conquer Tuppura Island Finland
1942 - Admiral Helfrich departs Java for Ceylon
1943 - 1st transport from Westerbork Netherlands to Sobibor concentration camp; Sea battle in Bismarck Sea finishes, US & Australia win
1944 - Fumes from locomotive stalled in a tunnel suffocate 521 in Italy
1945 - 8th Air Force bombs Dresden; King Michael of Romania gives in to Communist government
1946 - Dutch troops land on East Bali; Ho Chi Minh elected President of North Vietnam
1946 - Kingman Douglass becomes deputy director of CIA
1949 - 1st automatic street light (New Milford CT); Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round-the-world flight at Fort Worth TX, covering 23,452-mis in 94 hours
1950 - Silly Putty invented
1955 - King Norodom Sihanukh of Cambodia succeeded by his father
1956 - Morocco tears up the Treaty of Féz, declares independence from France
1958 - 1st surface crossing of Antarctic continent is completed in 99 days
1958 - Yemen announces it will join the United Arab Republic
1962 - JFK announces US will resume above ground nuclear testing
1965 - "Sound Of Music" opens
1966 - 215,000 US soldiers in Vietnam
1968 - USAF displays Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, biggest plane in the world; USSR launches space probe Zond 4; fails to leave Earth orbit
1969 - 1st test flight of the supersonic Concorde
1970 - American Airlines' 1st flight of a Boeing 747; Rhodesia becomes independent republic; Supreme Court ruled draft evaders can not be penalized after 5 years
1972 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa appoints himself President for life of Central African Republic
1972 - Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby
1973 - "Black September" terrorists occupy Saudi Embassy in Khartoum
1974 - 1st class postage raised from 8¢ to 10¢; Grand jury concludes President Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up
1976 - Walt Disney World logs its 50 millionth guest
1977 - Future Tonight Show host Jay Leno debuts with host Johnny Carson; Libya amends constitution
1978 - 1st broadcast of "Dallas" on CBS TV; Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6
1981 - Aircraft hijacked by 3 Pakistani terrorists
1982 - Terror group "The Illuminated Path" frees 260 prisoners in Peru
1983 - Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips & Sony introduced
1984 - Iran offensive against Iraq fails
1985 - US approves screening test for AIDS
1986 - Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to US; Dutch Liberal Party merged with SDP
1989 - 12 European nations agree to ban chlorofluorocarbon production by 2000; Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117,000 gallons of oil
1991 - UN votes in favor of US resolutions for cease fire with Iraq
1994 - Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender if taped statement is broadcast; it is - he doesn't; William Natcher, (Representative-Democrat-KY), casts his 18,401 & last consecutive vote
1995 - Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed; Space shuttle STS-67 (Endeavour 8), launches
1997 - Saudi Arab billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal aquires 5% of Apple; Soyuz TM-24 returns to Earth (Russia)

Birthdays
1316 - Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90)
1409 - John II, French duke of Alençon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc
1459 - Adrian VI [Adriaan F. Boeyens], Pope (1522-23)
1769 - DeWitt Clinton (Governor/Senator-NY)
1793 - Sam[uel] Houston, 1st president of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44)
1810 - Leo XIII [Vincenzo G Pecci], 256th pope (1878-1903)
1824 - Henry Beebee Carrington, Union Brigadier General
1828 - Jefferson Columbus Davis, Union Brevet Major General
1829 - Carl Schurz, Union Major General / journalist / political reformer
1876 - Pius XII [Euhenio MGG Pacelli], 260th Pope (1939-58)
1908 - Jan Brasser Dutch resistance fighter (Witte Ko)/communist
1916 - Anne Vondeling Dutch politician (PvdA)
1917 - Desi Arnaz Santiago Cuba, singer/actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy)
1923 - Robert H.Michel (Representative-IL)
1930 - Jan van Noor,Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
1931 - Duane F.Graveline, astronaut; Mikhail S.Gorbachev Privolnoye, Soviet Secretary-General (1985-91); Tom Wolfe Richmond, journalist/author (Right Stuff)
1940 - Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, chairman (South African Progressive Federal Party, 1979-86)
1943 - Rosa DeLauro (Representative-CT)
1946 - Brian J. Donnelly (Representative-MA)

Passings
0986 - Lotharius King of France (954-86), dies at 44
1122 - Floris II the fat one, count of Holland
1127 - Charles the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered
1333 - Wladyslaw IV the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland
1383 - Amadeus VI count of Savoy
1840 - Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (discoverer of comets & asteroids), dies at 81
1855 - Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58
1862 - Frederick West Lander, Union Brigadier-General/poet, dies at 40
1895 - Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79), dies at 64
1916 - Elisabeth OL [Carmen Sylva], Queen of Romania, dies at 72
1973 - Cleo Noel, US ambassador to Sudan is assassinated
1979 - Mullah Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish leader, dies at 75; Sir Richard Sykes, British ambassador is assassinated in Holland
1986 - Zafer Masri, mayor of Nablus, murdered
1991 - Clark Mollenhoff, US journalist (Pulitzer Prize)
1996 - Jacobo Majluta, President of Dominican Republic (1982), dies at 61

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Lockhart, Hayden J., USAF (OH); F100D shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

1966
Worst, Karl Edward, USAF (AR); O1E shot down, KIA, Body not recovered

1968
Martin, Donald E., US Army (IN); escaped April, 1968

Widener, Larry Allen, US Army (OH); KIA, remains recovered March, 1968 - ID'd February, 1974

1969
Bogiages, Christo C., Jr., USAF (FL); F105D shot down

Evans, William A., US Army SF (WI); KIA, Body not recovered (w/May)

May, Michael F., US Army SF (MI); KIA, Body not recovered (w/Evans)

1970
McVey, Lavoy D., USMC (CO); fell from helicopter during attempt to search for Skibbe,presumed Killed

Skibbe, David W., USMC (IL); wounded in field, cable on rescue helicopter hoist snapped during extraction, fell and presumed Killed

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