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"The greatest leader in the world could never win a campaign
unless he understood the men he had to lead."
-- General Omar Bradley
News of Note
Operation Iraqi FreedomIraqi PM Arrives in Iran for Security TalksU.S. says kills 30 in Sadr City air strikePentagon to fly armored vehicles to Iraq: reportGen. Petraeus readies Iraq war reportCoalition forces target al-Qaeda leaders around BaghdadOperation Enduring FreedomTaliban Tries to Overrun U.S. Base in Afghanistan4 militants killed by Afghan policeHomeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah HappeningsYemeni forces kill 4 Qaeda militants, president saysOther Military NewsPurple Heart Hall marks anniversaryWorldwide WackosNorth to Meet South in Second-Ever Korean SummitPolitics / GovernmentDems Spar Over Foreign Policy, Domestic IssuesClinton proposes crackdown in mortgage marketBarbour, Eaves win Miss. primariesIllegal Immigration / Border ControlU.S. citizen back home after botched deportationIn the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and OrderCops: Man Admits to NYU KillingMurder Victim's Father Attacks Killer in Ohio CourtroomMissing Girl Madeleine McCann's Parents Say She's AliveDeaths put Chicago police under pressureClues scarce in schoolyard slayingsAdventures in Political CorrectnessGay Pride: Firefighters' Required Duty? -
COMPLAINT (pdf)U.N. NewsEarly 2007 saw record-breaking extreme weather: U.N.U.N. receives pledges for Darfur forceScience / Medicine / TechnologyFrozen Microbes Revived After 100,000 YearsSuspect Chinese Seafood Evades FDA Screen, Enters U.SInfected Foot Blister Kills British ManSpace shuttle Endeavour in first mission in 4 yearsLab says "no evidence" it is behind UK cattle diseasePreventive steps could save 100,000 U.S. lives: studyCourt sees no right to unapproved medicinesApple unveils redesigned iMacYoung adults lead in lacking healthcare: reportMo. prescription drug program unusedHospitals are shutting down burn centersMattel identifies vendor in toy recallAP: Seafood from China wasn't screenedMother NatureMonsoon Threatens Big Health Crisis, Epidemic -
PHOTOSRare Yangtze River dolphin probably extinct: studyNew species of bat, frogs found in Congo forestsIndian Ocean haze adds to global warmingU.S. sweating from Midwest to East CoastOdditiesAshes of Man's Wife Recovered After New Wife Sells Them at Garage SaleHitler's Music Collection Turns Up in Dead Russian Soldier's AtticAirplane Passenger Smuggles Monkey Under His Hat Into U.S.Report: Cops Seek 'Pros' Who Removed Man's TesticlesTelekom model waits 3 months for phone lineDo I have to draw a map for you?Other News of NoteWhich Came First? -
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PHOTOS'Big Brother's Biggest BigotPop Tarts: Playboy Party: Boys, Bunnies and No Bad Behavior?Man Turns Yard Into Religious BillboardReuters: Top NewsEast Timor's Gusmao sworn in under shadow of violenceIndonesia's capital votes in first direct electionZimbabwe threatens white farmers on evictionsPaulson warns lawmakers on China trade billsSiemens to create 10,000 new jobs this yearWriters create potted Potter and condensed DickensYen falls after Fed as risk appetite back on tableOil eases ahead of U.S. inventory dataFed optimism lifts stocks and dollarAdidas Q2 net income rises, shares riseStock futures flag tech gains after CiscoAnalysis: Jim SaftBelt tightening aheadProfits? What's the weatherman say?FTSE rises on Fed outlook; Royal & Sun upTyco Electronics reports $1.37 billion lossVodafone says to keep Verizon stakeToll Brothers expects lower home-building revenueING Q2 profit boosted by ABN stake saleBausch & Lomb posts quarterly profitCarlsberg soars on higher profitAP World NewsBeijing's yearlong Olympic party beginsTimberlake, Beyonce top VMA nominationsRelease of Anna Nicole tape blockedVirgin America threat not seen as direTempers flare as Yankees beat Blue JaysSelig skips Bonds to meet with MitchellBrocade options case far from overCountry music hall inductees announcedObituaries in the newsMilitary.comArmy Eyes Helicopter Drone for IraqDT:
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School Deadlines Approach!Why Pay Full Price for Stuff?Equipment Guide: M1114 HMMWVCENTCOM: News ReleasesIRAQI ARMY, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES DETAIN SUSPECTED ROGUE JAM RECRUITER; ISOF DETAIN SUSPECTED AL-QAEDA EMIRIRAQI ARMY SOLDIERS STOP TANKER TRUCK LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVESATTACK ON STREET SWEEPER KILLS FIVE IRAQIS IN EASTERN BAGHDADEXTREMISTS DETONATE VBIED AGAINST VILLAGERS, KILL AND INJURE DOZENS15 SUSPECTED AL-QAEDA TERRORISTS DETAINEDTWENTY IRAQIS INJURED IN BUS BOMBINGSUICIDE CAR BOMB TARGETS DOURAEXTREMISTS CONTINUE TO HIT IRAQI RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES WITH INDIRECT FIRE ATTACKSLOCAL RESIDENT BRINGS LARGE CACHE TO SOLDIERSF-16 FIGHTING FALCONS ELIMINATE ROGUE JAM EXTREMISTS ATTEMPTING AN ATTACK ON COALITION FORCESSTATEMENT FROM MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ CONDEMNING THE BOMBING NEAR TAL AFARUSJFCOMCommander announces retirementMulti-National Force-IraqOperation Hoplite clears Had MaksarThousands of miles away, troops take part in Sturgis Bike RallyPuppets help U.S. troops reach out to children in BaqubahIraqi Scouts, U.S. Special Operations Forces detain suspected extortionist in RawahSix suspected terrorists detained, one terrorist killed in Coalition raidsCoalition Forces Kill 30 Special Groups Cell Terrorists, detain 12U.S. Special Forces, Iraqi SOF detain eight, kill one in air-strikeSuspected Al-Qaeda terrorist captured during Marne AvalancheTop General pays visit to Strike ForceDefenseLinkTOP NEWS: Powell, Stamp Honor Wounded -
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VideoMore Headline NewsTOP POSTS: Senate Confirms Mullen, CartwrightGATES: Troop Surge Helps Stabilize IraqPentagon Official Describes AFRICOM’s MissionGAO Report Recognizes Program ImprovementsCENTCOM Leader Says Surge Making ProgressWar on TerrorReconstruction Teams Guide Progress in Iraq's ProvincesIraqis Sign Up to be PolicemenCitizens Oust Terrorists from MosqueTask Force Analyzes MotivationApache Crews Protect Ground SoldiersFace of DefenseInfantryman Builds for SoldiersFather, Son Serve TogetherFirst Sergeant Gets Bronze Star America Supports YouFreedom Walks Total 157NASCAR Welcomes ChairmanGroup Ensures Troops Get SupportOfficials Laud VolunteersDefendAmericaNEWS UPDATESIraq: Central Front in Terror War-
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StoryIN IRAQIraqi Citizens Oust Terrorists from MosqueIraqi Tribes Unite to Eliminate TerroristsEngineers Complete 112 Projects in Iraq Therapists Teach Iraqi Soldiers Physical Fitness IN DJIBOUTI Seabees Lay Foundation for CH-53 Hangar IN AFGHANISTAN Program Connects Volunteers with MissionAirmen Mentor Afghan Air Corps Soldiers BACKGROUNDIRAQRenewal In IraqIraq: Security, StabilityFact Sheet: Progress and Work AheadReport: Strategy for Victory in Iraq Iraq Daily UpdateThis Week in Iraq Multinational Force IraqState Dept. Weekly Iraq Report 'Boots on the Ground' Audio ArchiveWar on Terror Reconstruction Report Iraq ReconstructionMapsAFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan UpdateMapsWAR ON TERRORISMFact Sheet: Budget RequestFact Sheet: Terror Plots DisruptedWaging and Winning the War on TerrorTerrorism TimelineTerrorism Knowledge BaseWeatherAfghanistanBost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul QandaharGermanyAnsbach Aschaffenburg Berlin Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin/Schonefeld BremerhavenDarmstadt Frankfurt Frankfurt/Main Freiburg/Breisgau GarmischGarmisch-Partenkirchen Geilenkirchen Gelnhausen Giessen KitzingenHanau Am Main Heidelberg Mainz Mannheim Nurnberg Stuttgart TrierWiesbaden WurzburgGitmoGuamAgana Agana Heights Agat Andersen AFB Asan BarrigadaIraqAl Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al KutAn Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall KayfJapanKadena Air Base Okinawa Tokyo YokohamaToday in History
1814 - Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium.
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte sets sail for exile on St. Helena.
1918 - Six American Soldiers are surrounded by German troops in France. With Alvin York in command, they kill 20 and capture 132 more.
1919 - In the Treaty of Rawalpindi, the British recognize Afghanistan's independence.
1929 - The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
1940 - The Battle of Britain begins - Germany launches air attacks.
1942 - In Washington, D.C., six convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in U.S. are executed.
1945 - Pres Harry S Truman signs the U.N. Charter; the U.S.S.R. declares war on Japan; it also establishes a communist government in North Korea.
1949 - Bhutan becomes an independent monarchy.
1953 - The U.S. and South Korea sign a mutual security pact.
1955 - In Geneva, a conference is held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy.
1960 - The Ivory Coast declares independence.
1973 - VP Spiro T. Agnew calls reports he took kickbacks "damned lies," vowing not to resign.
1974 - President Nixon announces he is resigning effective 12PM, August 9th.
1983 - Brigadier General Efrain Rios Montt is deposed as president of Guatemela.
1988 - Russian troops begin pulling out of Afghanistan after 9 years of war.
1988 - In Bolivia, Secretary of State Shultz narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
1989 - The U.S. space shuttle STS-28 is launched.
1990 - Iraq annexes Kuwait.
1991 - Shite Muslims release British hostage John McCarthy.
Birthdays 1763 - Charles Bulfinch, first American professional architect (MA State House)
1879 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader
1884 - Sara Teasdale, American poet, first Pulitzer Prize winner (1918-"Love Songs")
1901 - Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence, inventor of the Cyclotron, Nobel Prize winner (1939)
1902 - Paul A.M. Dirac, theoretical physicist, Nobel prize winner (1933)
1908 - Arthur J. Goldberg, UN ambassador / Supreme Court justice (1962-65)
1913 - Robert Stafford (Sen-VT)
1926 - Richard Anderson, actor (Oscar Goldman-6 Million Dollar Man)
1927 - Jim Weaver (Rep-OR)
1948 - Svetlana Y. Savitskaya, second woman in space (Soyuz T-7, T-12)
1988 - Princess Beatrice of England
Passings1961 - Charlie Gemora, actor who portrayed King Kong
1976 - John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, murdered
Reported Missing in Action
1964 Grainger, Joseph W.,
Civilian (CT); USAID service worker, died in captivity January, 1965
1966 Flom, Fredric R.,
USAF (WI); F105D shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998
Golberg, Lawrence,
USAF (MN); F4C shot down (see Wynne), remains returned September, 1977
Kommendant, Aado,
USAF (NJ);F4C shot down (backseater to Walling)
Kasler, James H.,
USAF (OH); released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998
**endured "third-country interrogations" - read his story
here**Korean War "Ace" flying the F-86 (100 missions), also USA Air Corp B-29 tailgunner, Pacific Theater, WWII (7 missions)**
Walling, Charles M.,
USAF (AZ); F4C shot down (pilot)
Wynne, Patrick Edward,
USAF (FL); F4C shot down (see Golberg), remains returned March, 1977
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