Quote of the Day
"As I held the flag high I thought of this country
and the part we played in defending its greatest attribute- FREEDOM.
In defense of freedom let us continue to do as we are expected to do
and to be the men we are expected to be;
what is expected is to be expected;
what must be endured will be endured."
-- Colonel John Dramesi, USAF (Ret.)
News of NoteOperation Iraqi FreedomIraqi casualties at highest level since August VideoBritain delays cutting troops in IraqIraqi Commander Leads Convoy Into Basra StrongholdIraqi Army Leads Push to Restore Security in MahmudiyahIraqi Army Soldiers, U.S. Special Forces conduct combined operation in MakhiatIraqi Special Operations Forces kill 14 criminals in BasraIraqi Security Forces, detain two suspects in separate operations (Balad)8 Sons of Iraq killed, 3 wounded in Ninewah ProvinceSOI prevent suicide attackOperation Enduring FreedomSenior Taliban Commander Captured in Southern AfghanistanNATO Afghan force to get only some extra troops: U.S.Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah HappeningsMemo Backed Harsh Terror Tactics -
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2Orlando Airport Detains Man With Bomb Parts in LuggageColombia: France offers hostage medical missionSpain Arrests Two Wanted Islamic Terror SuspectsFallen Heroes
DoD Identifies Army Casualties (Baghdad)Other Military NewsPentagon expected to close intelligence unit: NYTReligion of Peace??Imam: Non-Muslims Deserve to Be Raped, Killed (How peaceful...)Dutch Consulate Vandalized in Protest of Anti-Islam FilmWorldwide WackosCastro reforms: DVDs, farms for CubansPolitics / Government Birth of a 'New Zimbabwe' -
PHOTOSLetterman, McCain Trade Jabs -
'You think that stuff's pretty funny?'Pennsylvania 'Do-or-Die' for ClintonPol: White Voters Attracted to Obama's 'Articulate' Side (Actually, I'm rather turned off by his 'racist' side)Reid Favors Superdelegate Deadline for DecidedsClinton and Obama assail Republican McCain on economy -
VideoClinton compares herself to 'Rocky' (This is really funny)McCain takes on Letterman in "Late Show" monologueGore and Schwarzenegger Launch Bipartisan Bid for the US Presidency (hopefully, this story is an April fools' joke...or a way to garner traffic for the group that put it out)Oil Executives to Congress: High Prices Not Our FaultSenate sets urgent push for housing compromisePentagon: Gay Pol's Partner Allowed on Military FlightPol: No More Pizza Hut if Delivery Man Gets Fired (Good for him!)Belichick: No more SpygateDemocrats undecided how to end warUkraine and Georgia face uphill battle on NATO bid - q
VideoIllegal Immigration / Border ControlGovernment waives obstacles to border fenceIn the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and OrderSuspect Caught in Murder of Pregnant Woman Killed in Colorado, Baby DeliveredPolice: Teacher Told Class to Hit Tardy StudentUtah Cops 'Gravely Concerned' for Missing Girl, 7Cops: NYC Man Threw Molotov Cocktails at Cars FBI: Parachute Not From Skyjacker D.B. CooperSchoolgirls Find Woman's Severed Head on BeachPro Wrestler Gets Life in Jail in Sex Slave CasePrison for SoCal tortoise smugglerOhio man pleads guilty in child-sex caseCops: 3rd-graders aimed to hurt teacherAdventures in Political CorrectnessTeen Sues School After Zero for Religous DrawingTexas Student Sues School for Booting Him for Wearing John Edwards T-Shirt (OK, so you can hand out condoms and advocate sexual experimentation in school, but political shirts are pushing it??)U.N. NewsEXCLUSIVE: Did U.N. Agency Pull a Fast One? (Actually, the real shocker would be if they'd done something ethical...)Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the WebApril Fool's Day Means Good Times on the InternetThe 'Recession' Is a Media MythCreator of Phony Internet Profile That Led to Teen's Suicide Speaks OutCBS News operations to cut jobs (Wow, imagine that - a complete lack of integrity or credibility actually HURTING business in the MSM)Winfrey dedicates show to her late dogGoogle: YouTube Gang Rape Video Was 'Mistake'Science / Medicine and Health / TechnologyArchaeologists Begin Dig at StonehengeSkip the Mouth-to-Mouth, Hands-Only CPR OK, Experts SayResearchers: Asteroid Destroyed Sodom and GomorrahAfter 2 Weeks, Fate of Two-Faced Girl UncertainTeen's Donated Organs Spread Cancer to Four Recipients, Killing TwoRelaxation skills help some skip hypertension medsHome defibrillators do not increase survivalMini-black hole is smallest ever but still strongWhat's keeping us from Mars? Space rays, say expertsMicrosoft wins document format standards battleIntel rolls out Atom chips at Shanghai tech forumOlder corneas may be good for transplantResearchers Create Human-Animal Hybrid Embryos (Egads)
Mother NatureOctopi get leg up on sexual competitionOdditiesBearing child a "human," not female, desire, says pregnant man(I bet my husband disagrees...)Live, on Good Mourning TV!Abberration splits dog's left leg in twoOther News of NoteOlympics aren't improving rights in China: Amnesty (Well, DUH...)China: Dalai Lama Supporters 'Scum of Buddhism'China lays out conspiracy claims against Dalai Lama -
VideoU.S. image improves after years of decline: poll (Uh oh...if the rest of the world likes us, something is seriously wrong)Fox NewsLos Angeles Leaders Open Concrete River to Graffiti Artists But Now Having Second Thoughts -
PHOTOSFOX Business: Dow Kicks off 2nd Quarter With SurgeTruckers to Strike Over Record Diesel Prices, Some Paying Up to $1,200 to Fill-UpHigh School Graduation Rates Plummet Below 50 Percent in Some U.S. CitiesReutersZimbabwe opposition says on verge of power -
VideoTaiwan's Ma aims to be peacemaker, not troublemakerPopular Lehman stock deal sparks Wall Street rally -
VideoU.S. Commerce chief optimistic on Colombia deal"Sex and the City" tour goes for $24,000 in NYVelvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott WeilandMadonna expected in Malawi over adoption next weekLehman raises $4 billion of capital to hush critics -
VideoFed approves JP Morgan purchase of Bear Stearns bankHuawei not interested in Motorola phone unitMarch auto sales drop, GM off 13 percentWhy China's "start-up" bourse won't produce a Microsoft$19 bln write-down? No problem, stock investors sayNorthrop lobbying Congress hard over tanker winDollar holds gains as credit worries easeOil steadies above $101Asian stocks surge as bank moves bring reliefThornburg Mortgage rises after averting bankruptcyNikkei jumps more than 3 pct as credit fears easeMedia General dismisses shareholder strategyGold bounces above 2-week low, physical supply tightAirline shares rally alongside Dow, NasdaqBranson backs Virgin MobileAP World NewsMarlins top Mets 5-4; Pedro injures legYankees win final opener at StadiumA-Rod makes more than Marlins rosterEbert to resume writing movie reviewsBank news, economic data boosts stocksSandler breaks ankle playing basketballHarvard Lampoon sends up GeographicNews BlazeIronhorse Tracker Radio Newscast AvailableIraq support strengthens Ministry of Interior through the Iraqi Security ForcesSoldiers' Angels and Patriot GuardIraq NewsOperations in IraqFOB Warhorse Memorial PhotosVideosCENTCOMMND-B Soldiers kill 25 criminalsIraqi troops contain violence in HillahWater facility reopens, clean water flowsMedical programs top priority for Zabul women’s affairs directorTroops save Iraqi teen injured by bombUSCENTCOM Bids Farewell to CommanderUSJFCOMJoint fires team assists Army training centerMore about JFIITIndustry symposium to raise awareness of 21st century capabilities Workshop looks at strengthening capabilities in the urban environment -
podcastCommand releases reportMore about JCOAMulti-National Force - Iraq6-8 Cav. Regt. Holds First Combined Medical Engagement in BusayefiCoalition Forces Provide Assistance to Iraqi Security Forces in KutIraqi Army Soldiers, U.S. Special Forces conduct combined operation in MakhiatIraqi Special Operations Forces kill 14 criminals in BasraIraqi Security Forces, detain two suspects in separate operations (Balad)DefenseLinkHigh Deployment Tempo Risks Forces, Mullen SaysBasra Violence Proves Tough Days Ahead, Chairman SaysContinuous Assessments Needed on Iraq ConditionsBush Endorses Ukraine, Georgia to Join NATO NATO Looks to Expand Membership at Bucharest SummitGates Thanks Danes for Commitment, SacrificesGates Visits Denmark to Thank ‘Steadfast Ally’MILITARY NEWSMissile Defense Provides BalanceDoD Celebrates the Military Child Iraqi, U.S. Army Doctors Bring Medical Care to TownTroops Kill Suspected Terrorists, Capture OthersArmy Cooks Provide Taste of HomeVolunteers, Sponsors Drive Disabled Vets Clinic'Big Momma' Serves as Troops' Substitute MommaSoldier Adds Chapter to Family's Military HistoryWeatherAfghanistanBost/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 History0999 - Gerbert of Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope
1416 - Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Aragón
1513 - Explorer Juan Ponce de León claims Florida for Spain
1550 - Jews are expelled from Genoa, Italy
1559 - England/France sign 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis
1590 - States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht
1595 - Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope
1645 - Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander
1745 - Austria & Bavaria sign peace
1792 - Congress establishes Philadelphia mint; US authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & $2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins & silver dollar, ½ dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime
1827 - Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils
1845 - H. L. Fizeau & J. Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun
1860 - 1st Italian Parliament met at Turin
1863 - Bread revolt in Richmond, VA
1864 - Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana; Skirmish at Spoonville/Antoine, AR
1865 - CSA President Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA; General A P Hill is killed by a Federal picket; Lee's line is broken at Petersberg; Battle of Fort Blakely AL & Selma, AL; Battle of Petersburg, VA (Fort Gregg, Sutherland's Station)
1866 - President Andrew Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee & Virginia
1870 - Victoria Woodhull is 1st woman to be nominated for US President
1872 - George B. Brayton patents gasoline powered engine
1877 - 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
1883 - Battle at Bamako - French assault on Fabous
1884 - London prison for debtors closed
1902 - 1st motion picture theater opens (Los Angeles CA)
1905 - Cairo-Capetown railway opens
1908 - Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday
1912 - Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power; Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China
1916 - German troops overtake Bois de Caillette
1917 - President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany; Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st woman member of US House of Representatives
1921 - Professor Albert Einstein lectures in NYC on his new theory of relativity
1926 - Riots between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta
1930 - 1st New York-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda
1931 - Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, TN
1932 - Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son
1935 - Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
1941 - German occupier disallows Dutch scouting association;
USS Hornet with Jimmy Doolittle's B-25 departs from San Francisco
1944 - CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy; Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania
1945 - 1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa
1953 - Raab forms his 1st government in Austria
1954 - Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced
1958 - National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA; Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado in Wichita Falls, TX (record); Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens
1960 - Cuba buys oil from USSR
1963 - Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km); USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km
1964 - USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned; Military coup in Brazil by General Castello Branco, President Goulart ousted
1966 Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon
1968 - Chad creates Union of Central African States
1970 - Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state; Qatar gains independence from Britain
1972 - Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits Cairo, Egypt
1973 - CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day; ITT pleads guilty to asking CIA to affect Chilean presidential election
1974 - Arganat Committee publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War
1976 - Cambodia's Khieu Sampan succeeds prince Sihanouk as premier; Portuguese constitution assumed
1978 - TV show "Dallas" premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series); Velcro was 1st put on the market
1979 - Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt/meets President Sadat
1981 - Belgium's 4th government of Martens resigns; Heavy battle between Christian militia & Syrian army in East Lebanon
1982 - Several thousand Argentine troops seize disputed Falkland (Malvinas) Islands
1986 - 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece
1987 - IBM introduces PS/2 & OS/2
1992 - John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos; Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands; Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns
1993 - 1st test flight of Fokker 70 (Amsterdam); Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10
Birthdays
0742 - Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14)
1618 - Francesco M. Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)
1805 - Hans Christian Andersen, author of 150 fairy tales
1806 - Giacomo Antonelli, Italian cardinal/Assistant Secretary of State for Pius IX
1814 - Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning,Confederate Brigadier General
1826 - Philip Dale Roddey, Confederate Brigadier General
1833 - Thomas Howard Ruger, Union Brevet Major General
1862 - Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia University president/pacifist (Nobel 1931)
1894 - Rudolph P. Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer; Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer (Swiss Air)
1922 - Nikolaj G. Bassov, Russian atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964)
1929 - Frans H.J.J. Andriessen, Dutch MP (KVP/CDA)
1934 - Christopher France, British permanent secretary (Department of Health); Sir Peter Middleton British permanent secretary (Treasury)
1937 - Paul E. Kanjorski (Representative-PA)
1939 - Marvin P. Gaye, Jr., singer (Sexual Healing)
1942 - Graham Bright, private secretary to British PM
1948 - Joan [Carol] D[ennison] Vinge, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Dune)
Passings 1118 - Boudouin I of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem
1416 - Ferdinand I the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52
1502 - Arthur English, crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragón
1657 - Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48
1831 - Charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74
1865 - Ambrose Powell (A.P.) Hill, Confederate General, killed in action at 39
1872 - Samuel F. B. Morse, developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80
1910 - Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37
1928 - Theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914)
1941 - Paul Teleki premier of Hungary
1956 - Albert de Bassompierre, Belgiuman ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82
1974 - Georges Pompidou, French President, dies in Paris at 62
1995 - Hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86
1997 - Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86
Reported Missing in Action
1965
Evans, James J.,
USN (KS); A1H shot down - remains recovered October, 1971 - ID'd April, 1977
1966Doughty, Daniel J.,
USAF (WI); RF101 shot down - released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998
1967
Dramesi, John A.,
USAF (NJ); released by DRV March, 1973 - After release, became chief war planner for US Air Forces in Europe, later commanded a Strategic Air Command F-111 wing - retired as a Colonel - alive as of 1999
1969
Powers, Lowell S., US Army (AZ); CH47 forced to land due to mechanical problems, subsequently exploded, presumed Killed, body not recovered
1972The following personnel reported MIA after the shoot-down of an EB66 and the subsequent shoot-down of SAR craft:From the EB66 (USAF):Bolte, Wayne L., (OK); pilot
Gatwood, Robin F., Jr., (NC); crew
Giannangeli, Anthony R., (PA); crew
Levis, Charles A., (TX); crew
Serex, Henry M., (LA); crew
From a UH1H (US Army):Astorga, Jose M., (CAZ); gunner - left crash site, was captured - subsequently observed the helicopter explode with the others inside - released by PRG (injured) March, 1973 - alive as of 1996
Frink, John W. (NM); co-pilot - remains returned April, 1994
Kulland, Byron K. (ND); pilot - remains ID'd April, 1994
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Calif., native 1st Lt. Casey Zimmerman of Company C, 3rdBattalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, hands out footballs at a school in Mullah Fayad March 27. All the items were donated by the family and community of Sgt. Nathan Barnes, who served in the area and was killed in Rushdi Mullah July 17. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div.
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