On Independence Day, 2005, Pentagon officials said that 2 US Navy SEALS missing in Afghanistan have been found dead. Another was found and rescued on Saturday. The fate of the fourth is unclear. Their helicopter was lost last Tuesday (June 28, 2005) in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan. A US rescue helicopter was shot down the same day, allegedly by Taliban forces, killing 16 Navy Seals.
In retaliation, US forces bombed a neighborhood in the same province, killing 17 civilians. Afghanistan's government condemned the attack today.
About 700 people have died in renewed fighting in Afghanistan in recent weeks.
Luis Posada Carriles remained in US custody on Independence Day, although many countries have demanded his extradition to Venezuela for the 1976 terrorist bombing of a Cuban airliner. Posada entered the US illegally sometime last winter and was arrested in May. So far, the ex-CIA agent has been charged only with illegally entering the US. The US has refused extradition.
On Independence Day, the death toll for US forces in Iraq stood at 1,745.
On Independence Day, Karl Rove and Robert Novak walked the streets free men, while Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper face jail time.
The United Church of Christ struck a blow for freedom--and the culture wars--when it passed a resolution supporting same-sex marriages on Independence Day.
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