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US Moves to Reinstate Indonesia Military Aid
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...ryID=76 64767
CIA: Chinese Military Structure Threat to US and Taiwan
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&...7&hn=16649
Intel, military leaders renew terror warning
http://www.suntimes.com/output/terro...-terror17.html
5 Units of Military Reserve Miss Recruiting Goals
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/17/po...7military.html
Experts see military draft as inevitable
http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjo...sseemilit.html
Despite Lack of Timeline, Military Leaders Hope for Major Troop
http://www.casperstartribune.net/art...aa006c9797.txt
General says new war could strain military
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...strength_x.htm
Italy Extends Military Mission in Iraq
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-02-16voa114.cfm
Fort Stewart honors Knoxville military policeman killed in Iraq
http://www.volunteertv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2959249
Graves says military families need protection from lenders
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?B...=461&rfi=9
Did US Military Kill Journalists in Iraq?
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m9725&...ize=1&hd=0
US Military Chief to Appear on Online Debate Program
http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/200...7140654E7.html
Daily look at US military deaths in Iraq
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/iraq/i...storylist=iraq
County to pay extra to military employees
http://www.gazette.net/200507/prince.../260923-1.html
Military should be allowed to recruit
http://www.middleburycampus.com/news...t-866828.shtml
Variety of military memorabilia to be on display during show to be
http://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/a...villages01.txt
Bush ups the ante for putting troops at risk
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinio...benefit17.html
Souder urges military role to curb Afghan drug trade
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journal...n/10923262.htm
Program Gets Troops Medical Help Near Home
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansas...d/10921412.htm
Alaska commander gives brief on missile defense
http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0, 1413, 113%7E7244%7E2716659,
00.html
Chaplain's Corner
http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/journ...y/33377-1.html
Chaplain: Values make Soldiers great
http://www.ftleavenworthlamp.com/art...news/news2.txt
Abbeville veteran became POW on Valentines Day 43
http://www.indexjournal.com/news/20050217a_n.html
Schools chief apologizes for anti-war assignment
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...q/10923786.htm
Anti-war activists to hone strategy at convention
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...q/10925384.htm
City again turns down plan for anti-war march
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...502170341feb17,
1, 1647626.story?coll=chi-newslocalssouthwest-hed
Vietnam War MIA remains believed found in Cambodia
http://www.airforcetimes.com/story.p...925-665929.php
Author: Vietnam haunts Iraq
http://www.post-trib.com/cgi-bin/pto...1_news_10.html
Chomsky and the Vietnam War
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/Rea...e.asp?ID=17067
Women in Vietnam focus of this play
http://www2.townonline.com/lexington...ticleid=186760
Priest's gun death is ruled a suicide
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/..._priest17.html
Vietnam War still fresh in Nanci Griffith's 'Mind'
http://tennessean.com/entertainment/...nt_ID=65732682
Theater professor remembers Vietnam
http://www.ithaca.edu/ithacan/articl...7theater_p.htm
Farewell to David Salie, the best of the best
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/10915858.htm
Man faces life for killing toddler whose mom in Iraq
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory...olitan/3044567
Can VA cope with vets' stress?
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/...s-wvets17.html
Freon leak forces closure of VA outpatient clinic
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs..../50217003/1075
Money For Fayetteville VA Hospital Included In Bush Budget
http://www.thehometownchannel.com/ne...58/detail.html
US navy band performs for Goa's disabled children:
http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/...s&id=73368
Convicted robber charged in death of Navy vet
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...beating17.html
Civil War Preservation Trust to Reveal Nation's Most Endangered
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050216/dcw084_1.html
Civil War site to be restored
http://www.kypost.com/2005/02/17/batt021705.html
Exhibit features Civil War stories
http://www.joplinglobe.com/calendar/...2005&a mp;f=1
Civil War talk slated
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?B...=461&rfi=9
African-American sailors in the Civil War
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v...16876&on=0
Iwo Jima Day stirs painful memories
http://www2.townonline.com/georgetow...ticleid=187644
Served with only African-American women's Army unit to go oversees
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/10923477.htm
Wife says cause of Special Forces soldier's death a mystery
http://rdu.news14.com/content/headli...60&SecID=2
US proposes joint training of special forces with South Korea
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...132866/1/.html
News about Iraq goes through filters
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinio..._jamail17.html
You can't put it down
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/18Feb2005_news46.php
Accidental MP spills the beans
http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/...name_page.html
Ground broken for new submarine base housing
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news...-ct--navyfeb17,
0, 6401773.story?coll=hc-headlines-local-wire
Dome to protect damaged submarine
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...;article=27217
Confederate sub's sinking like a cold-case file
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld...l/10925220.htm
CHARLESTON, SC - On the anniversary of its sinking, a scientist said
while it's still not known what sent the Confederate submarine HL
Hunley to the bottom......
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Fitness classes aim to cut the fat among teens
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=27224
Kids reach for the moon... and touch it
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=27227
NavNews for Wednesday, February 16, 2005
NNS050216-01. Secretary of Defense Visits USS O'Bannon --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=17072
NNS050215-14. Navy to Commission Attack Submarine Jimmy Carter --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=17111
NNS050215-11. Pacific Fleet Seabees Wrap Up Tsunami Relief Effort --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=17106
NNS050216-02. Lights, Camera, Hopper --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=17110
NNS050215-10. NAS Sailor Starts up NASCAR Season in Daytona --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=17104
NNS050215-13. Navy's Regional Maintenance Centers Now Operational --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=17108
NNS050215-09. Green Earns CNRSE Sailor of the Year Honors --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=17095
NNS050215-06. Emory S. Land Sailors Work Together to Repair
Wheelchairs for Cameroon Nationals --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=17085
NNS050216-03. Daily News Update for Feb. 16, 2005 --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=17125
NNS011213-28. This Day in Naval History - Feb. 17 --
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...p?story_id=357
Eye on the Fleet - U.S. Navy Photo of The Day --
http://www.news.navy.mil/list_single.asp?id=21907
Flag Officer Announcements
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/...0216-2091.html
Military Stressed, But Able to Execute Strategy, Myers Says
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2...005021607.html.
Army Wins 2005 Armed Forces Cross Country Championship
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Feb2...005021610.html.
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The War Veterans Directory, Free
http://members.aol.com/veterans/freedir.htm
http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2005...ro204.raw.html
Missing sailor probe possible The Intelligencer
http://www.intelligencer.ca/webapp/s...ame=Local+News
For DART members, 'it's good to be home'
http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroo..._e.asp?id=1595
CF to Host International Soccer Tournament Air Force News
http://www.airforce.forces.ca/16wing...?cat=64&id=640
Commander 1 Cdn Air Div Visits 16 Wing CF News
http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroo..._e.asp?id=1597
MND Promotes Goose Bay Training Facilities
http://www.airforce.forces.ca/5wing/site/index_e.asp
5 Wing The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...74/?hub=Canada
Contract awarded for submarine repairs
http://www.canada.com/national/natio...1-050a42c68235
Forces expect modest $750M in new money UC News
http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/feb05/as...l-release.html
Baker-Nunn telescope 're-enlisted' to patrol for asteroids CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/natio...ec-050216.html
Quebec orders review of Hydro-Québec security !-- End Canadian
News --
Canadian Commentary !-- Begin Canadian Commentary -- Patrick Brown --
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_brown/20050216.html
Happy birthday, Dear Leader !-- End Canadian Commentary --
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International Commentary !-- Begin International Commentary --
Editorial -- The New York Times
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/...edtorture.html
Self-inflicted wounds Leader -- The Daily Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/opinio.../17/dl1702.xml
Syria must leave Lebanon Leader -- The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...487618,00.html
The grip of terrorism loosens Editorial -- The Christian Science
Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/red...pl?textEdition
Lifting Syria From Its Web Andrew Exum -- The New York Times
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/...on/edexum.html
Hariri's murder: Shattered calm Editorial -- The Christian Science
Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0217/p08s01-comv.htm
Venezuela's Chavez Stepping Out of Bounds Graham Allison -- Los
Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...mment-opinions
The Specter of Nuclear Proliferation Nina Hachigian -- The Christian
Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0217/p09s01-coop.htm
China's stake in a non-nuclear North Korea Bradley K. Martin -- Los
Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...mment-opinions
Are North Koreans nuts? Is their leader a wacko? Thomas Watterson --
The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0214/p14s01-wmgn.htm
Buy stock in Iraq? Not yet Philip H. Gordon and Charles Grant --
International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/...edcompact.html
A concrete strategy for mending fences Arieh O'Sullivan -- The
Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...=1078027574097
Doing the Boogie shuffle
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/...hy/yaalon.html
Ya'alon Ze'ev Schiff -- Ha'aretz
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/541250.html
An uncourageous dismissal Max Boot -- Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...mment-opinions
A Transatlantic Truce: Isn't It Pragmatic? Jim Hoagland -- The
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...005Feb16.html?
Waste, Fraud and War Dana Milbank -- The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...005Feb16.html?
Secretary On the Offensive Robert Scheer -- Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...=la-util-op-ed
What We Don't Know About 9/11 Hurts Us !-- End International
Commentary --
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...nal/TopStories
New terror attempts likely, CIA head warns
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,3,00.html
'Rogue states' join forces to confront America The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...005Feb16.html?
Intelligence Officials Talk of Growing Insurgency
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...005Feb16.html?
Rumsfeld States Case For Burrowing Weapon
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_securit...cfm?pageID=777
NEPW
http://fas.org/spp/starwars/crs/RL32347.pdf
RNEP The Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...7/wrobot17.xml
Pentagon building robot army
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp.../alongroadhome
A Long Road Home: A young Marine's death in Iraq The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/...416073,00.html
Ecstasy trials for combat stress Los Angeles Times
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...eramericanpows
White House Turns Tables on Former American POWs The Christian Science
Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0217/p01s02-usmi.htm
States shore up support for troops Knight Ridder Newspapers
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...militaryops_wa
CIA, Pentagon reject recommendation on paramilitary operations The
Associated Press
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...s/teacher_bomb
Teacher Allegedly Gave Bomb-Making Lesson The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo...416250,00.html
Guantánamo inmate tells of Libyan death threat The Daily
Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../17/nira17.xml
Adams hints at IRA link to bank raid The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0217/p07s01-woeu.htm
N. Ireland peace holds, for now The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...487706,00.html
Historic regiment turns to Hoon in battle for survival The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,2,00.html
Nuclear audit says British nuclear plant has 'lost' 30kg of plutonium
The Daily Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m...7/nabuse17.xml
Forklift used to get Iraqi in shade Reuters News Agency
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...pain_arrest_dc
Spain Arrests ETA Suspects, Seizes Explosives The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...nal/TopStories
UN at standstill as Sudan's 'hell on Earth' wears on Reuters News
Agency
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...wl_nm/sudan_dc
Darfur Foes Meet Reuters News Agency
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...a_explosion_dc
Somali Bomb Kills Two in Mogadishu During AU Visit The Associated
Press
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...f/nigeria_togo
Togo Military-Backed Leader Visits Nigeria Reuters News Agency
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...005Feb16.html?
Switzerland to Return Looted Millions to Nigeria The Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../17/wleb17.xml
Lebanon unites in show of grief and anger The Christian Science
Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0217/p01s03-wome.htm
Syria's role in Lebanon under fire The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...005Feb16.html?
U.S. Tensions With Syria Escalate International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/16/news/allies.html
Killing of Hariri forges a rare unity The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/stud...s/17diplo.html
Allies Resisting as U.S. Pushes Terror Label for Hezbollah The Daily
Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m...7/ixworld.html
Palestinians to rebuild Gaza port The Christian Science Monitor
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...s_csm/ojericho
Israelis leaving Jericho The Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...=1078027574097
IDF has destroyed 4,170 houses
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...=1078027574097
Ya'alon: I salute 'legal decision' on my early exit
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...=1078027574097
Ya'alon fires back Ha'aretz
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/541252.html
Army brass slams Ya'alon decision The Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...=1078027574097
The next chief: The fighter vs. the pilot The Christian Science
Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0217/p06s01-woiq.htm
A 'pragmatic' Islamist for Iraq The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...005Feb16.html?
Impasse Develops In Shi'ite Coalition
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,3,00.html
Kidnapped Italian journalist begs for help
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/stud...es/17iraq.html
Italian Hostage Pleads on Tape for Foreigners to Leave Iraq
International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/16/news/iraq.html
Eight kidnapped Iraqis found dead Knight Ridder Newspapers
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ror_threats_wa
Extremists using Iraq for recruitment and training, CIA chief says The
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...005Feb16.html?
No Stated Withdrawal Timetable, but Plenty of Goals International
Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/16/news/iran.html
Mystery blast in Iran rattles nerves The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...005Feb16.html?
IAEA Digs Into Past of Iranian Program
http://www.iaea.org/
IAEA The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story...416319,00.html
Iran and Syria confront US with defence pact The New York Times
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/16/news/kim.html
Dear Leader Kim turns 63
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3203523.stm
DLK Agence France-Presse
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...iaattackshabib
US probably tortured freed Australian Guantanamo detainee
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...sionary_killed
Brazil Sends Troops to Amazon Region The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...487674,00.html
How to keep those secrets safe
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../17/db1701.xml
Major George Fielding has died aged 89 The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...487119,00.html
Major-General George Crookenden has died aged 84 The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...487124,00.html
Jan Nowak has died aged 91 !-- /Obituaries --
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History Sympatico
http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_...mth=Feb&day=17
Today in Canadian History UK Defence Today
http://news.mod.uk/news/press/news_p...wsItem_id=1469
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