News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Reporter's Notebook: Company of Heroes
Aziz refuses to testify against Saddam
Iraq lawmakers work on draft constitution
Annan laments Iraq bombing on anniversary
Iraq Constitution in 2 Days?
Combat Stress Unit Returns to Iraq

Fallen Heroes
Marines Salute Fallen Comrades

Able Danger
Senate Considers Hearing on Able Danger Findings
Video: Able Danger Briefing

Gaza Withdrawal
More Evacuations
Gaza settlements nearly empty
Video: Israeli Troops Storm Roof
Video: Synagogue Standoff
Photos: Settlers Resist Pullout
Video: Troops Storm Roof
Scenes from Israel's Gaza withdrawal
Gaza withdrawal brings back Yamit images
Coming steps in Israeli pullout process
Police praised for patience with settlers
Arabs look for next steps in Gaza
Palestinians relieved, bitter on pullout

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Missile Attacks Miss U.S. Vessel, Israeli Airport
German Court Convicts Suspect in 9/11 Hijackings
Calif. faces pressure to join border emergency call

Milbloggers in the News
Blogs Give New View From War

Fox News
Cindy Sheehan Leaves Camp After Mother's Stroke
Cypriot Crash Baffles Probers
Shuttle Grounded Until 2006
U.S. Customs Computer Virus Snarls Travel
VP: Honor Troops With War Win

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Aceh rebels seek safety before disarming

Reuters: Top News
S.Lanka, rebels to discuss how to preserve truce
Roberts documents underscore conservative values

Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Britain says no timetable for Iraq pull-out
US bolsters Iraq prison security
Shiites Were Apparent Targets in Baghdad Blasts; Toll Rises to 43

Military.com
BRAC Struggles With Plan
"Ghost Riders" Demolition
Possibility of Third Iraq Tour
Brain Caps and Pentagon Pandas
Honoring WWII Heroes
Catching Drug Traffickers a New Priority
Video: Subtitles (spoof of British news report from Iraq)

CENTCOM: News Release
NO U.S. SAILORS OR MARINES INJURED IN AQABA, JORDAN ROCKET ATTACK

Department of Defense
Task Force Displays New Type of Warfare — Story
Iraqi Progress Continues on Many Fronts — Story
Rumsfeld, Paraguayan President Reaffirm Ties
Myers: Expectations Not Lowered in Iraq
Constitution Delay Will Not Affect Operations
Casey Predicts Success in Iraq Mission

ON THE GROUND
Iraqi Water Systems to Be Rehabilitated — Story
Coalition 'Team Village' Assists Afghans — Story Photos
Australian Commodore Turns Over Command — Story

FACE OF DEFENSE
Immigrant Heeds Father's Words, Joins U.S. Marines — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Tribute Ride Scheduled for 9/11 — Story
Sailors Meet Padres' Pitcher

TOP NEWS
Four Soldiers Killed in Samarra
Ad Diwaniyah Police Get New Cars
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
'Eye on Iraq' (pdf)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Fact Sheet: Helping Women in Iraq

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Photos: Homeland Defense
UAV Use Expands in Terror War
Exercise Tests Attack Response
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
DoD Recognizes Top Installations
Chairman on Tour to Visit Troops
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
1099 - Crusaders defeat the Saracens in the Battle of Ascalon.
1263 - King James I of Argon censors Hebrew writings.
1787 - W. Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus.
1812 - The USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") defeats the British warship Guerriere.
1909 - The Indianapolis 500 Speedway holds its first race.
1934 - The Plebiscite in Germany approves sole executive power for Adolph Hitler.
1942 - 5,000 Canadian and 1,000 British soldiers raid Dieppe, France. 4,000 of them are killed, wounded, or captured by the Germans in a matter of hours.
1954 - Ralph J. Bunche is named undersecretary of the U.N.
1981 - Two U.S. Navy F-14 's shoot down two Soviet-built Libyan SU-22's.
1985 - Japan launches the Susei, its second probe of Halley's Comet.
1988 - At 11:00 p.m. EDT, Iran and Iraq begin a cease-fire after 8 years at war.
1989 - Tadeusz Mazowiecki is elected - the first non-communist president of Poland.
1991 - A coup in the U.S.S.R. deposes Mikhail Gorbachev.

Birthdays
1646 - John Flamsteed, first English astronomer royal
1785 - Seth Thomas, pioneer in the mass production of clocks
1870 - Bernard Baruch, financier/presidential adviser
1871 - Orville Wright, aviator
1878 - Manuel Quezon, first president of the Philippine Commonwealth (1935-42)
1907 - Thurston Morton (Sen-KY, 1957-1969)
1934 - David F. Durenberger, (Sen-MN)
1935 - F. Story Musgrave,M.D. / astronaut (STS 6, 51-F, 33, 44)
1946 - Charles F. Bolden, Jr., astronaut (STS 61C, 31, STS 45); Bill Clinton, 42nd US President.
1948 - Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson ("Tipper" Gore - wife of Al Gore, VP to President Clinton)

Passings
14 - Octavian (Augustus) Roman general, emperor
1493 - Emperor Frederick III of Germany (1440-1493)

Reported Missing in Action
1968
Collins, Theothis, USMC (NJ); KIA (explosive device), body not recovered

Hoffman, Terry Alan, USMC (IN); CH46D shot down (crewmember), remains returned/buried 1994

1969
Bohlig, James Richard, USMC (CA); F4B did not return from night mission (pilot, w/Morrissey), KIA, body not recovered

Flanigan, John N., USMC (FL); F4B shot down (radar intercept officer, w/Smith), remains returned 1989 - ID'd June, 1997

Morrissey, Richard Thomas, USMC (NY); F4B did not return from night mission (pilot, w/Bohlig)

Smith, Robert N., USMC (PA); F4B shot down (pilot, w/Flanigan)

1972
Behnfeldt, Roger Ernest, USAF (OH); RF4C shot down (pilot), remains returned September, 1987

Shingaki, Tamotsu, USAF (HI); RF4C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Major - alive as of 1998