News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Big Turkey incursion in Iraq would be U.S. nightmare
Bombers in Iraq kill 19, reporter shot dead
War Czar Doubts Iraqi Success

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Professor Jailed for Allegedly Terror Threat
Feds to suspend border passport rule

Fallen Heroes
U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 3,500

Other Military News
Senators skeptical on Bush's new war czar post
Military.com - DT: SEAL Sub Sinking
Me and My M-14 (I love the M-14...what a great rifle)

Worldwide Wackos
Students take TV fight to Venezuela Congress

Politics / Government
Bush, Putin to Cooperate on Missile Defense- G-8 OKs 'Substantial' Emissions Cuts
House OKs Easing Stem Cell Restrictions
G8 leaders set to end summit with Africa pledge - Video
CIA agents go on trial in Italy before Bush visit
Edwards takes on Giuliani over terrorism in NY
U.S. hopes Pakistan will not move to emergency rule
Edwards assails Clinton's terror remarks
Ala. lawmaker punches Senate colleague
Original Lincoln document found
Romney rejects long-term Iraq presence

Illegal Immigration / Border Control
Immigration Bill Dies
Senate majority leader pulls bill - VIDEO

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Paris Ordered Back to Court - Celebutante may head back to jail
Heiress Confined to $2 Million 'Prison' - Doctor's Note - Bracelet Chic - Official Anger - Write Head - SPEAKOUT!
Kelsey Murder Suspect Arraigned
Missouri Family Still Hoping Missing Daughter Is Still Alive
Cops: Missing Mom's Hubby Not Talking
Suspect Claimed Missing Teen Abused
Suspect in Kelsey Smith's Death Charged with Murder, Kidnapping
Arkansas Boy Found After Amber Alert Issued
Businessman Who Fled 'Borat' Sues
Trial in taunting of police dog canceled

U.N. News
U.N. asked to press Sudan to arrest Darfur suspects

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
NBC Exec Says He Will Do Anything to Get Rosie O'Donnell
Conjoined twins' surgery halted in Ohio

Science / Medicine / Technology
Diabetes Drugs to Get 'Black Box' Warning
Surgery to Give Jawless Boy a New Face
U.S. West Nile virus cases, deaths rose in 2006
Vaccine blocks deadly form of meningitis
States protest vehicle emissions limit bill
Brain mechanism explains sense of deja vu
Weather improves for Friday's shuttle launch

Mother Nature
Chernobyl area becomes wildlife haven
Caribbean's reef-building coral at risk

News from My Neck of the Woods
Three Face Charges in Case of Teen Found Locked Under Stairway in Connecticut Home

Oddities
Truck Takes Wheelchaired on Dangerous Ride
Canadian sentenced for driving wheelchair drunk
Stolen keys delay start of military mission
Angry Aceh residents disable tsunami warning system

Fox News
Dow Down 200 Points on Inflation Fears
NEWS IN PICTURES: The Day in Photos
Gisele Bundchen Blasts Roman Catholic Church's Opposition to Condom Use, Abortion

Reuters: Top News
Meet Bono? I'm not interested, says Canada's PM
"Prudent" Chinese courts cut back on executions
As music labels struggle, bands thrive in games - Video
That's Showbuzz! Highlights of US celebrity mags
"Ocean's" on deck to overtake "Pirates"
Rocker Sambora enters treatment facility
Rising rate fears hammer stocks and bonds
Nikkei down 1.6 pct as property stocks fall
Yen falls on weak data
LG.Philips shares jump on stake sale talk
Stocks sink as bond yields soar - Video
Other possible Dow Jones bidders surface
Paulson says need for China revaluation rising
Pimco's Gross says he's now a "bear market manager"
U.S. bans some cellphone imports in Qualcomm case
Retail sales warm up but don't sizzle
Biomet accepts $11.4 billion takeover offer

AP World News
Spurs stifle LeBron, lead 40-35 at half
Cubs hand Piniella a win on his return
Schilling's no-hit bid fails in the 9th
Sharpton denounces Hilton's jail release
Stocks fall sharply as yields surge
Sean Connery won't be back for `Indy 4'
Donovan apologizes to Magic and Florida
Carmona wins 7th straight to lift Tribe
Ivanovic upsets Sharapova at French Open

Military.com
Dragon Skin Backers Hammered on Hill
Daily Shock: Tank Kicks Butt
Podcast: Airman Playmate Nude Again
House Boosts Vet Funds
Disabled Troops Shortchanged
Summer Travel Military Discounts

CENTCOM: News Releases
IRAQI ARMY FORCES CAPTURE FOUR SUSPECTED AL-QAEDA TERRORISTS INI SAQLIMIYAH
READY TO ASSIST-- COMBINED MARITIME FORCES PREPARED FOR GONU RELIEF EFFORTS
IRAQI ARMY CAPTURES IED EMPLACERS, EQUIPMENT
ISF SEIZE WEAPONS CACHE, RENDER AID TO CHILD
IA, CF KILL 19 INSURGENTS NEAR BAQOUBA
AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR JUNE 6
SOLDIERS DETAIN SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS
IRAQI ARMY FORCES DETAIN TWO INSURGENT LEADERS, FIVE OTHER SUSPECTED INSURGENTS IN NORTHERN IRAQ
CAR BOMB, EXPLOSIVES CACHE DESTROYED IN SOUTHERN BAGHDAD
IA, CF DISCOVER CACHES WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF EXPLOSIVES
MILITANTS DETAINED IN ZABUL
ONE MILITANT KILLED, WEAPONS FOUND IN NANGARHAR
16 SUSPECTED SECRET CELL TERRORISTS DETAINED
STATEMENT FROM MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ CONDEMNING BARBARIC ATTACKS IN ABU GHURAIB
IRAQI NATIONAL POLICE PREVENT SUICIDE BOMBER FROM ENTERING SADR CITY
TWO CAR BOMBS DAMAGE SUNNI, SHIA MONSQUES IN ABU GHRAIB
ANA SOLDIERS, COALITION FORCES DEFEAT ENEMY FIGHTERS IN KANDAHAR, ZABUL

USJFCOM
Regional Cooperation 07 begins
Transformational program demonstrates developing logistics support concept
Noble Resolve 07-1 yields new opportunities for experimentation - podcast

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Security predictions premature general says
Barriers safeguard residents in Baghdad
Shoraw village committed to higher quality of life
Improvements at Iraq’s busiest trauma center
Two car bombs damage Sunni, Shia mosques in Abu Ghraib
Soldiers detain suspected kidnappers
Car bomb, explosives cache destroyed in southern Baghdad
MND-B patrol struck by roadside bomb
IA, CF discover caches with large amount of explosives
IA, CF kills 19 insurgents near Baqouba

DefenseLink
Exhibit to Close; Portraits to Go to Families
Law Enforcement Seeing Incremental Progress
Documentary Checks up on Wounded Warriors
Vice Chairman Provides Guidance to Graduates
Lute: Iraq, Afghanistan Remain 'Main Effort'
Actions Must Match Words in Africa, Middle East
Combat Photographer Braves Bullets for Stories
Pace Marks 40-Year Career as Military Leader
U.S. Defense Undersecretary to Step Down
Gates, Military Reflect on 63rd Anniversary of D-Day

Military News
'FOX and Friends' to Broadcast from Wright-Patt
Battle of Midway Commemorated at Midway Atoll
Sergeant Major of the Army Visits Soldiers in Djibouti

War on Terror
Iraq Raids Net 32 Terrorists
Troops Kill al Qaeda Agent
Four Suspected Terrorists Killed
Soldiers Killed in Iraq

America Supports You
Golfers for Injured Troops
Illinois Group Plays Santa
Marine Receives Belated Gift
Golfers, NASCAR Honor Troops

Transformation
Medics Conduct Training with New Decon Field Equipment
New Pentagon Channel Show Helps Make Troops ‘Fit for Duty’
Program Helps Recruits with College
Dover Gets First Globemaster

Face of Defense
F-16 Pilot Lauded
Heavy-Equipment Operator
Top Blood Platelet Donator
Lava Dog Returns to Sandbox

DefendAmerica
BLOGGERS' ROUNDTABLE with U.S. AIR FORCE Brig. Gen. Robert Holmes
CENTCOM Official: Actions Must Match Words in Africa, Middle East - Story

NEWS UPDATES
Iraq, Afghanistan Remain‘Main Effort’ in Terror War - Story

ON THE GROUND
Iraqi Village Committed to Higher Quality of Life - Story
82nd Airborne Goes the Distance in Operation - Story
Airfield Techs Build, Maintain Airfields in Iraq - Story
Teamwork in Djibouti Gets Ships Underway - Story
Diyala Committee, Military Meet in Baqouba - Story

IN IRAQ
First Class of Pilots Complete 5-Day Course
Barriers Safeguard Adhamiyah Residents
In Baghdad, Surge’s Reach Extends Beyond
Academy Graduates Its First Female Officers

IN DJIBOUTI
Medical Techs Keep Troops Mission-Ready
New Water Drilling Rig Arrives In Djibouti
German Navy Donates Vehicles, Suppport

IN AFGHANISTAN
Reporters Visit Bagram Airfield for Media Day
Task Force Anzio Takes on New Command

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
0452 - Attila the Hun invades Italy
0570 - Islam is founded (?)
1861 - Tennessee votes to secede from the Union.
1862 - Battle of Cross Keys, VA.
1915 - Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns.
1948 - John Rudder becomes the first black commissioned officer in the USMC.
1965 - U.S. troops are given orders to fight offensively in Vietnam.
1967 - In the Mediterranean, Israel attacks the USS Liberty , killing 34.
1975 - The U.S.S.R. launches the Venera 9, bound for Venus.
1982 - President Ronald Reagan addresses a joint session of the British Parliament.
1986 - Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim is elected president of Austria.

Birthdays
1813 - David D. Porter, U.S. Admiral (Civil War)
1847 - Ida Sazton McKinley, 1st lady
1916 - Francis Crick, codiscovered DNA's structure, Nobel Prize winner
1937 - Bruce McCandless II, Captain USN / astronaut (STS 41B, STS-31)

Passings
632 - Mohammed, prophet of Islam (traditional)
1809 - Thomas Paine, writer, patriot (Age of Reason, Common Sense)

Reported Missing in Action
1963
Krause, Arthur E., Civilian (IL); Philco engineer, Released November, 1963

1967
Apodaca, Victor J., USAF (CO); F4C shot down; presumed dead

Busch, Jon T., USAF (OH); F4C shot down; remains returned October, 1988 (Contested)

Myers, David G., USMC (PA); KIA, body not recovered - died near Hill 881, near Khe Sahn (ground fire)

1969
Harris, Jessie B., US Army (NY); Released October, 1969

1972
Murphy, John S., Jr., USAF (TX); F4E shot down June, 1972, Released by PRG March, 1973

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