News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S. toll in March is twice Iraq forces
Military.com Podcast: Reconstructing Iraq

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Olmert: Time not right for Gaza invasion

Supporting Our Heroes
Military.com Blog: Helping Sgt. Duncan

Worldwide Wackos
Bush to Iran: 'You MustGive Back the Hostages'
VIDEO: The Situation From Iran's Perspective
Bush: Iran capture of British sailors inexcusable
Iran's president calls Britain arrogant
Military.com Poll: Getting the Brit Sailors Back

Homegrown Moonbats
Jimmy Carter sees subprime mortgage stress

Politics / Government
Gingrich Slams 'Ghetto' Bilingual Education
Bush Calls Gonzales 'Honorable and Honest'
Bush says Doha deal can't be one-sided
Bush backs Gonzales, says no evidence of wrongdoing
Campaigns save energy with hybrid cars

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
3 Shot During Attempted Robbery in Atlanta
Flight Attendant Arrested for Carrying Gun
Sister of Missing 911 Dispatcher Says She Suspects Her Sister's Estranged Husband
Teens confess to starting fire near Hollywood sign - Video
Ex-NYC commish rejects plea deal

U.N. News
Panel to Warn of Species Extinction
Official: Darfur destabilizing region

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
'Sexy' Latina site entrepreneur slain

Science / Medicine / Technology
Merck diabetes pill combination wins U.S. approval

Mother Nature
Southern Calif. blaze sparks evacuations

Other News of Note
Pet Food Nightmare - LIST
Cats May Be More Sensitive to Poisoning in Pet Food
German Store Agrees to Pay Jewish Family $117 Million for Land Lost Under Nazi Rule
Diary a clue to Amelia Earhart mystery

Fox News
Florida Beats UCLA 76-66, Will Play Ohio State in Title Game

Reuters: Top News
Post-tsunami violence against women on rise: report
Taiwan presidential hopeful on trial in, outside court
China detains 10 over Beijing subway tunnel cave-in
Williams fights back to win fourth Miami title
Apple invades the living room
LG.Philips aims to make 11 mln modules by '11 Poland
Housing's impact on jobs seen spreading
More subprime mortgage fallout
Protectionism rears its ugly head
TJX card problem flags retail identify theft risk - Video
Beazer probe puts scrutiny on builder finance arms
US stocks endure wild 1st qtr, financials flounder
Data eases fears of sharp economic slowdown
China demands U.S. scrap anti-subsidy duties
U.S. bank law has helped less affluent: Bernanke

AP World News
Gators returning to national title game
Timberlake cleans up at Kids' Choice
Buckeyes earn 1st title game in 45 years
Review: 'Warfighter 2' refined but short
Cellist discusses ailing Rostropovich
Goestenkors, Paris win AP women's awards
Bonds ready to resume chase of Aaron
Serena rallies to win at Key Biscayne

Military.com
Def Tech: New Eyes for Gators
Advisors: Leaving War Behind

CENTCOM: News Releases
ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST KABUL AIRMEN DISMISSED
SUSPECTED ANTI-IRAQI FORCES MEMBER DETAINED
COALITION FORCES CAPTURE 11 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS IN RAIDS
STATEMENT FROM GEN. DAVID H. PETRAEUS, COMMANDING GENERAL, MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE - IRAQ, REGARDING THE RECENT VIOLENCE IN TAL AFAR
THREE SUICIDE VBIEDs TARGET KHALIS POPULATION

USJFCOM
USJFCOM gears up for Noble Resolve - podcast
Personnel recovery capability continues process of fielding to the warfighter - podcast

DefenseLink
Iraqis, Coalition Work Together to Secure Tal Afar - Story
Hicks Case Good Start for Military Commissions - Story
Australian Detainee Sentenced to Nine Months
Military Commissions
Giambastiani Lauds Slovenia for Deployments - Story
Giambastiani: More Help Needed in Afghanistan
Vice Chairman Cites Slovakia’s Importance

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
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

Today in History
1572 - The Sea Beggars land in Holland, capturing the small town of Briel.
1863 - The first wartime conscription law goes into effect in the U.S..
1865 - At the Battle of Five Forks, Gen. Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive.
1918 - England's Royal Air Force is formed.
1920 - Germany's Workers Party changes its name to the Nationalist Socialist German Worker's Party (Nazis).
1924 - Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in prison for the "Beer Hall Putsch."
1928 - China's Chiang Kai-shek begins attacks on communists.
1939 - The Spanish Civil War effectively ends with the official recognition of Franco's government.
1942 - The U.S. Navy begins a partial convoy system in the Atlantic.
1945 - U.S. forces land in Okinawa.
1948 - The Berlin Airlift begins, relieving the surrounded city from the Soviet siege.
1951 - U.N. forces again move northward across the 38th Parallel in Korea.
1954 - The U.S. Air Force Academy is founded in Colorado.
1968 - The U.S. Army launches Operation Pegasus to reopen a land route to the besieged Khe Sanh Marine base.
1970 - The U.S. Army charges Cpt. Ernest Medina for his part in the My Lai massacre.
1972 - The North Vietnamese launch the Nguyen Hue offensive.
1982 - The United States transfers control of the Canal Zone to Panama.

Birthdays
1283 - Ludwig IV of Baveria Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)
1578 - William Harvey England, physician (discovered blood circulation)
1815 - Otto Von Bismarck Germany, chancellor (1866-90)
1823 - Simon Bolivar Buckner, Confederate Lieutenant General
1847 - Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer (South America)
1865 - Richard Zsigmondy, German chemist (Nobel-1925)
1883 - Lon Chaney, man of 1000 faces, actor (High Noon, Phantom of Opera)
1905 - Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72)
1911 - Ferdinand J. Kranenburg, Dutch Secretary of Defense (Socialist Democrat)
1925 - Sala Burton (Representative-CA)
1946 - William Frederick Fisher, MD/astronaut (STS 51-I)
1950 - Ed[uardus] Nijpels, Dutch minister of Environment (VVD)
1952 - Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi, Libyan bomber (Pan Am 103)
1957 - Peter Deutsch (Representative-FL)

Passings
1204 - Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81
1205 - Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem
1548 - Sigismund I the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81
1814 - Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian General/cartographer, dies at 87
1870 - Patrick Gass, Sergeant of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98
1916 - Gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed
1922 - Charles I, Emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies
1930 - Zawditu, 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia
1933 - Frederick Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21), dies at 64
1947 - George II king of Greece, dies at 56
1950 - Charles R. Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45
1957 - Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40)
1965 - Henry D. G. Crerar, Canadian General (WWI, Normandy), dies at 76
1968 - Lev D. Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962)
1976 - S. Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal, dies at 75
1984 - Marvin Gaye, shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye, Sr., in Los Angeles, CA at 44
1989 - Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP), dies at 57
1991 - Paulo Muwanga, chief of Uganda (1980)
1993 - Ihsan Mohamed Salem [Yunis Awad], Palestinian Al-Fatah leader
1994 - Leon Degrelle Belgian General; Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot, dies at 72
1995 - Richard Pool, naval Officer, dies at 75
1996 - Alfredo Nobre Coast, PM of Portugal (1978)
1997 - Nancy Woodhull, news editor (USA Today), dies of cancer at 52

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Dawson, Donald, Civilian; captured searching for brother - released August, 1965

1966
Grayson, William R., USN (CA); A3B crashed at sea shortly after launch, Killed, body not recovered

Krech, Melvin T., USN (MN); A3B crashed at sea shortly after launch, Killed, body not recovered

1967
Govan, Robert A., USAF (DC); T28D shot down (w/Williams)

Jourdenais, George Henry, USAF (RI); F4C shot down (w/Stanley)

Stanley, Robert W., USAF (OR); F4C shot down (w/Jourdenais)

Williams, David R., USAF (TN); T28D shot down (w/Govan)

1972
Worth, James F., USMC (MD); reported missing after heavy ground action

1973
Fitzgerald, Frances; released April, 1973 (held 3 days)

Southerland, Daniel; released April, 1973 (held 3 days)

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