News of Note
London Bombings
Fears of More Attacks
Three Arrested Let Go
More Bodies Found
Police appeal for bombing footage
Faith leaders condemn attacks
Family give up hope
Analysis: Police progress

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Five Soldiers Hurt in IED Attack
Iraq on Track for Election Security

Fallen Heroes
Body of missing SEAL recovered
Motorcycle Ride Honors Fallen

Fox News
Baghdad Blasts
Family Shot in Sleep
U.S. Filmmaker Freed
Remains Said to Belong to Dylan Groene
Hunkering Down (Hurricane Dennis)
Bomb Attack Injures 20 at Turkey Resort
EU Charter in Doubt Despite Luxembourg OK
Israel Approves Jerusalem Barrier
Israel Disputes Blair's Claim
Skateboarder Clears Great Wall
Taliban Beheads 10 Afghan Soldiers

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Sudan opposition criticizes constitution
Suicide attacks kill at least 48 in Iraq
Wall makes Jerusalem family consider move
Israel Cabinet endorses Jerusalem barrier
Rebel bomb attack injures 20 in Turkey
Anti-Shiite fervor stuns Iraqi community
Israel: Conflict not fueling terror
Suicide bombers kill 7 Iraqis near Syria
10 Afghan soldiers beheaded by militants

Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Australia plays down reports of more troops for Iraq
Australia says no plans to take south Iraq control
General Says Insurgency Weakened in Baghdad

CENTCOM: News Release
OPERATION SCIMITAR CONTINUES

Department of Defense
Officials Reassure Public of Transit Safety — Story
Detained U.S. Citizen Released by Coalition — Story

ON THE GROUND
U.S. Unit Helps Bring Water to Iraqi Farmers — Story

IN IRAQ
Marines Unearth IEDs in Operation Shadyville
USS Gonzalez Patrols the Indian Ocean
Re-enlistments in Iraq Exceed Expectations

IN AFGHANISTAN
Attack on Medical Group Shows Desperation
Guard Soldier Says Afghan Troops Eager to Serve
Black Hawk Crew Rescues 3 Afghan Children

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Girl Jumps Rope for Troops, Vets — Story
Nevada Man Donates Money, Gifts
Island Educators Support Families
Returning Troops Get Gift of Golf

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Boards Assess Status of Detainees
Medics Saw Few Signs of Abuse
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Marines Train for Drench Warfare
Guard Carries Out State Missions
National Guard, Reserve Update

Weather
Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf

Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Gitmo

Today in History
1533 - Pope Clement VII excommunicates King Henry VIII of England.
1740 - Czarina Anne expels Jews from Little Russia.
1781 - Thomas Hutchins is designated Geographer of the U.S.
1798 - An Act of Congress establishes the U.S. Marine Corps (celebrated as the USMC birthday until November 1921, when General Lejeune summarized the mission, history, and tradition of the Corps, ordering that it be read every November 10th following to celebrate the Corps' birthday).
1804 - Vice President Aaron Burr kills Alex Hamilton in a pistol duel in New Jersey.
1812 - The U.S. invades Canada.
1952 - General Eisenhower is nominated as the Republican presidential candidate.
1955 - Congress authorizes all U.S. currency to say "In God We Trust"; Colorado's Lowry AFB dedicates its new USAF Academy, with 300 cadets.
1962 - Cosmonaut Micolaev sets a record for what was then the longest space flight, at 4 days.
1974 - The House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on the Watergate inquiry.
1977 - Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., is posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom.
1979 - The U.S. satellite Skylab enters the atmosphere over Australia, disintegrating.
1980 - Iran frees American hostage Richard I. Queen.

Birthdays
1274 - Robert the Bruce, Scottish King
1767 - John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. President
1861 - George William Norris (Rep-NE)
1899 - E.B. White, writer ("Charlotte's Web")
1916 - Gough Whitlam, Australian PM
1920 - Yul Brynner, actor ("The King and I", "The Ten Commandments")

Passings
1804 - Alex Hamilton, killed in a pistol duel by Vice President Aaron Burr
1937 - George Gershwin, composer ("American in Paris")
1989 - Sir Laurence Olivier, acting great

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Shattuck, Lewis W., USAF (WA); F105D shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - alive as of 1998
Wilkins, George H., USN (NC); A4C shot down, remains returned October, 1996

1972
Crody, Kenneth L., USMC (IN); CH53D shot down, KIA, body not recovered
Hendrix, Jerry W., USMC (KS); CH53D shot down, KIA, body not recovered
Lesesne, Henry D., USN (SC); A4 shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Captain as of 1996 - alive and well as of 1998
Masterson, Frederick J., USN (CA); F4J shot down, released by DRV March 1973 - retired as a Lt. Commander as of 1996 - alive and well as of 1998
Randall, Robert I., USN (NJ); F4J shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998