News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S. Helicopter Shot Down in Iraq; Pilots Rescued
U.S. probes raid (For crying out loud....when are we going to just let our people do their jobs??)
Iraq takes step closer to landmark oil law
U.S. Kills 23 Insurgents in Anbar Battle
Iraqi Special Operations Forces Capture Amir of Al-Qaeda in Karada
2 Terrorists Killed, 9 Suspects Detained in Baghdad Raids
IED Ring Broken By Operation Bastogne
MND-B Aircrews Destroy Insurgent Mortar System
Iraqi Security Forces Detain Four Suspected Terrorists Near Mandali
Iraqi Forces Detain Extremist Leader in Mosul
Terrorist Mediator in Mosul, Nine Other Suspects Detained
Three Insurgents Killed After IED Attack
Commandos Kill, Capture High Value Targets
Joint Raid Captures Insurgents
Apache Pilots Evacuate Critically-wounded Soldier, Kill Several Extremists in Ramadi Firefight
Non-Hostile Related Accident
CF Destroy Homemade Explosive Factory
Coalition Forces Combat Extremist Fighters
Paratroopers prove unshakeable in the face of adversity
Training team commander sees improvement
Iran Arms, Trains, Directs Terror Groups in Iraq - Video

Operation Enduring Freedom
Suspected Militant Killed, Two Detained in Ghazni
Coalition Forces' Strike Stings Helmand Province Insurgents
Taliban Continues to Use Human Shield Tactics in Afghanistan

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Bad Medicine - 8 U.K. terror suspects now in custody - PHOTOS
Scottish Police Explode Suspicious Car Near Mosque
Chertoff: No Plans to Lift Terror Alert Status - VIDEO
1 Dead in Gunfire at Pakistani Mosque
Eight questioned over bomb plot
Heathrow evacuated over package
Hamas urges Gaza workers to protest cut-off in wages
Holiday travel begins amid high security

Troops on Trial
Additional Soldier Charged With Murder

Other Military News
Dead Airman's Affidavit: Roswell Aliens Were Real
Pentagon Destroying Old F-14s to Keep Them Out of Enemy Hands
Hot line helps wounded vets cut red tape
Military.com Daily Shock: 747 Explosion Test

Worldwide Wackos
N.Korea agrees to atom measures: report

Politics / Government
Dems Furious Over Libby Reprieve - VIDEO
Bush Commutes 'Scooter' Libby's Prison Sentence
President Bush's Statement on 'Scooter' Libby
Report: L.A. Mayor Admits to Dating Spanish TV Reporter
Editorial reaction to Bush clemency
Blog: Your comments on Libby
Bill Clinton hits the campaign trail for Hillary
Belarus blasts U.S. shield, vows to work with Russia
Japan defense minister quits over A-bomb remark - Video
McCain cuts staff amid poor fundraising
Bush remains a faithful friend to Putin

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Hope Fading in Search for Florida Woman
Woman Who Owns Florida Construction Company Missing Since Friday
Body of Missing Arizona Mom Found in Canyon
Kentucky Family Turns to Psychics in Search for Missing 4-Year-Old
Goldman Family Acquires Rights to Canceled O.J. Book
Knife-Wielding Robbers Cut, Steal Brazilian Woman's Hair
Teen Survivor of Hate Crime Attack at Texas Party Jumps From Cruise Ship, Dies
Sex Offender Arrested After Florida Cops Find 15-Year-Old Girl in His Bed
Texas Pizza Delivery Man Beaten to Death
You Decide: Is This Animal Cruelty? (Um...yes, yes it is...WTF??)
Arkansas Cop Cleared in Skateboarder Choking Probe
Benoit's Doc Charged With Improperly Dispensing Drugs
Audit: ATF ignored some gun buyer checks
Prosecutor: Classmate helped hide body

Science / Medicine / Technology
Study: Trouble ID'ing Smells May Signal Alzheimer's
Eye checks urged for signs of later heart disease
Many diets work about the same, U.S. study finds
Tummy bugs may have deep-sea ancestors: experts
AT&T says iPhone activation problems largely solved - Video
Google acquires Web-calling service GrandCentral
One-third of Americans abuse alcohol: survey
China finds problems with kids' snacks (OK, at this point, vacuum cleaners are probably the only Chinese exports that DON'T suck...)

Mother Nature
Scientists find endangered monkey in Vietnam
Oil plus floods turn Kansas town slimy

Oddities
5 Killed in Manure Pit
Pizza Delivery Start-Up Offering Topless Pictures as Topping Choice
Price of machetes drops after elections
Jail break timed with guard toilet break

Fox News
Nepalese 'Living Goddess' Stripped of Title After Trip
Pop Tarts: Report: Angelina Jolie and Jane Pitt Battle Over Jen Aniston
Yankees Star Alex Rodriguez' Wife Wears Obscene T-Shirt to Game

Reuters: Top News
Pickups, SUVs, vans fall short in rear-crash tests
Babies, not money, bring smiles to Aussie faces: study
D'Oh! The Simpsons' stores spring to life
Broadcasters eye 2 billion for Live Earth
Beverly Sills, America's Queen of Opera, dies at 78
Oracle hits 6-year high on SAP news
Oil off 10-mth high, upward march seen resuming
Caterpillar drops after downgrade
Ford drops after news on debt plan
Growth, M&A boost world stocks, dollar shaky - Video
Returns to dwindle for mutual funds
Economy set to fall back in second half
Danone in talks on $7.2 bln biscuit sale to Kraft
SAP admits wrongdoing in Oracle document theft case
Carlyle Capital confirms trimmed IPO
United Capital halts hedge fund refunds: report
Teck Cominco to buy Aur for C$4.1 billion
EU approves Cerberus purchase of Chrysler

AP World News
Stocks rise ahead of holiday
Paris Hilton's garbage sells big on eBay
Mauresmo locked in tight 4th-round match
Clemens wins No. 350, but A-Rod injured
Clove-flavored Marlboro now in Indonesia
Beer makers losing money on missing kegs
Criss Angel's wife wants a divorce

Military.com
China Military Getting New Uniforms
Op-ed: Vet Re-writes Law
Intel: Russia IDs Man Recruited by MI6
DT: Cooler Heads on MRAP
Advisors: TM and PTSD

CENTCOM: News Releases
DETAINEE DIES FROM APPARENT NATURAL CAUSES AT BUCCA
CCCI CONVICTS 46: SENTENCES 4 TO DEATH, 3 TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR JULY 1
INTENSE ATTACK ON AD DIWANIYAH IS MET WITH AIR STRIKE
TASK FORCE MARNE PILOTS RESCUED FROM DOWNED HELICOPTER
TIPS LEAD TO CAPTURE OF SIX SUSPECTS IN EAST BAGHDAD
INSURGENT BOMB EMPLACEMENT STOPPED
VIDEO AVAILABLE: IRAQ ASSISTANCE GROUP CHANGE OF COMMAND
SUSPECTED SECRET CELL TERRORISTS DETAINED BY COALITION FORCES
COALITION FORCES DETAIN 14, DESTROY TWO BOMB CACHES
AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR JUNE 30
IA, IPS, ALLONS BATTALION PROVIDE MEDICAL AID TO IRAQIS
IRAQI SECURITY FORCES DETAIN SUSPECTED TERRORIST RESPONSIBLE FOR SNIPER ATTACKS
MND-B AIRCREWS RESPOND TO TROOPS IN CONTACT
ISF. CF ENSURE BAQOUBA SAFE FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS

USJFCOM
USJFCOM, others to test Coalition Combat Identification capability during Bold Quest 07
More about CCID - podcast
USJFCOM Advanced Concept Development Demonstration named finalist for award - podcast
Exercise puts critical technology on trialCommand helps test new gun shot location system - podcast
Wood addresses joint warfare transformation at Transformation Warfare conference - podcast

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Marines make presence known in Rutbah
U.S., Iraqi leaders reflect, give thanks
Helicopters conduct precision air strike

DefenseLink
Putin to Cooperate with U.S. on Missile Defense
Defense Department Accelerates MRAP Fielding
Marines Work to Deny Insurgents Safe Haven - Video
Hospital to Specialize in Children’s Cancer Care
Afghan Police, U.S. Officer Earn Mutual Respect

More Headline News
Fifteen Soldiers Selected to Participate in ‘Black Jack Idol’
Iraq Training Commander Expresses Confidence
Gates: Speed Mine Resistent Vehicles to Troops

Military News
Citizen-Soldiers Honor Fallen Firefighters
Servicemembers Get Sneak Preview of ‘Transformers’
Injured Veteran Inspires Others With Brain Injuries

War on Terror
Troops Capture 36 Insurgents
Phantom Thunder Continues

Transformation
Command to Deliver More F-22s
Officials Shorten Training Time
Marines Test Purification System

Face of Defense
Duty to Country a Family Affair
Military Roots Run Deep For Top Enlisted Servicemember's Wife
Wounded Air Force Sergeant’s Will to Fly Remains Undaunted
Marine Represents Family

America Supports You
Former Soldier Spreads Message
Home-front Supporters Honored
Famous Chef to Salute Military

DefendAmerica
ON THE GROUND
Support Group Develops Vital Component - Story
Roads, Relationships a Priority in Reconstruction - Story

IN IRAQ
Police Recruits Pour Out to Fight al Qaeda
Medical Mission Brings Care to Needy Villagers
Marine Exhibits Leadership with Experience
Technology Brings Troops Closer to Home

IN DJIBOUTI
Marines Train Djiboutian Navy in Security Tactics
Medical Task Force Educates to Save Lives
Task Force Donates Books to Local University

IN AFGHANISTAN
Navy Mechanics Keep Missions Rolling Along
New Kit Improves soldiers' Living Facilities
Workers Up-armor Humvees to Protect Troops

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
War on Terror Reconstruction Report
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
1754 - George Washington surrenders to the French at Fort Necessity, an event that would help trigger the French and Indian War (the European phase of which is the Seven Years' War).
1775 - Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, MA.
1778 - British Tory and Native American forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pa, after the Battle of Wyoming.
1814 - Americans capture Fort Erie, Canada.
1816 - The French frigate "Medusa" runs aground the French frigate Medusa runs aground on the Arguin Bank, off the west coast of Africa. 150 men and women make it onto a makeshift raft; only 15 survive the elements, mutiny, starvation, and cannibalism to be rescued two weeks later. The event causes such a political scandal that it almost destroys the French government.
1819 - The first U.S. savings bank opens (Bank of Savings, NYC).
1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg ends as a Union victory after Pickett's Charge devastates Lee's army.
1890 - Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
1898 - The U.S. Navy defeats the Spanish fleet in Santiago de Cuba.
1915 - U.S. military forces occupy Haiti, remaining until 1934.
1920 - The Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England.
1930 - The Veterans Administration is created.
1940 - The British Royal Navy sinks the Vichy French fleet off North Africa.
1950 - For the first time U.S. and North Korean forces clash in the Korean War.
1962 - The Algerian Revolution against the French ends (Algeria gains its independence on July 5th).
1974 - Soyuz 14 carries two cosmonauts to the Salyut 3 space station.
1976 - Israel launches the rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being
held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers. One hostage not rescued because she had been taken to a hospital was murdered on the orders of Idi Amin.
1986 - President Reagan presides over the relighting of the renovated Statue of Liberty.
1988 - The U.S. Navy shoots down an Iranian civilian jetliner over the Persian Gulf after it fails to responds to requests to identify itself; 290 are killed. The circumstances surrounding the shoot-down are still highly debated.

Birthdays
1423 - Louis XI king of France (1461-83)
1567 - Samuel de Champlain explorer (Lake Champlain)
1731 - Samuel Huntington (Gov-Ct), Continental Congress pres
1909 - Earl L Butz US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76); a real Butz
1943 - Geraldo Rivera aka Gerry Rivers, nosey newsman (Geraldo)
1943 - Norman E Thagard Marianna Fl, MD/astronaut (STS 7, 51-B, 30, 42)

Passings
1969 - Brian Jones (Rolling Stones), drowned
1971 - Jim Morrison (Doors), heart failure
1989 - Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Gage, Robert H., USMC (OH); disappeared in Da Nang after completing his tour, while awaiting passage home

Phillips, David J., Jr., USAF (FL); F5C shot down; presumed KIA, body not recovered

Reno, Ralph J., US Army SF (NC); passenger on a CH34 that crashed; presumed Killed, body not recovered

1967
Seymour, Leo E., US Army SF (PA); unaccounted for after firefight
** previously served four years USMC **

1972
Cuthbert, Stephen H., USAF (CA); F4E shot down (pilot, w/Marshall), remains returned September 1989, ID'd December, 1990

Marshall, Marion A., USAF(MD); F4E shot down (navigator, w/Cuthbert), released by DRV March, 1973, USAF Lt. Colonel as of 1998 - alive as of 1998

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