Department of Defense
Democracy a 'Serious Blow' to Terrorists — Story Remarks
Operations Along Euphrates Prompt Attacks — Story Transcript
Commission Works to Smooth Transition
Coalition Forces Must Be on Offensive — Story

COMMENTARY
There Can Be No Moderate Solutions To Extremism
By Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
Last month Britain was twice attacked by an enemy that takes advantage of the openness of free societies to kill and terrorise from within. Shortly after the July 7 massacre, one American, summarising the sentiments of his countrymen, wrote to the British embassy in Washington. More

ON THE GROUND
Camp Fallujah Fuel Farm Gets Facelift — Story
Unit Trains for Routine, Ready for Unexpected — Story
Iraqi Engineer Brothers Rebuild Homeland — Story
Road Linking Afghan Cities Nears Completion — Story Photos

IN IRAQ
Soldiers, Airmen Care for Iraqi Patients
Staging Facility Takes Over Where Hospital Leaves Off
Camp Victory Opens New USO Tent

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Army Hones Skills at Artillery Range
Hawaii Guard Builds Kandahar Infrastructure
23 Troops in Afghanistan Become U.S. Citizens

FACE OF DEFENSE
Marine Makes a Difference in Iraqi Community — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Pocket Flags Support Troops — Story
Soldiers Meet 'Dukes' Cast

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Marine Statement Blasts Images
14 Marines, Interpreter Killed
Citizens Help Troops Nab Suspects
Reconstruction Continues in Iraq
Petraeus Touts Progress
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Weapons Found Following Firefight
Roadside Bomb Wounds 3
Troops Kill Six Insurgents
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Uzbek Decision No Surprise
Rumsfeld Lauds U.S. Air Force
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Panel Mulls Performance Pay
Marines to Train Iraqis
National Guard, Reserve Update

HONORING THE FALLEN
"Our men and women who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan and in this war on terror have died in a noble cause, in a selfless cause. Their families can know that American citizens pray for them. And the families can know that we will honor their loved one's sacrifice by completing the mission, by laying the foundations for peace for generations to come."
President George W. Bush
Remarks, Aug. 3, 2005

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualty — Story

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
1693 - Dom Perignon invents champagne
1735 - A jury acquits John Zenger (NY Weekly Journal) of seditious libel (charged by the royal governor of NY - a victory for Freedom of the press.
1753 - George Washington becomes a master mason.
1777 - Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes the first circus.
1790 - The U.S. Coast Guard is founded as the Revenue Cutter Service.
1830 - Plans for the city of Chicago are laid out.
1892 - Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden is arrested in Fall River, MA, for the murder of her parents.
1914 - Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany.
1916 - The U.S. agrees to buy the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million.
1925 - After 13 years of occupation, U.S. marines leave Nicaragua.
1927 - The Peace Bridge between the U.S. and Canada opens.
1944 - Anne Frank is arrested by Nazis at age 15.
1956 - For the first time, a motorcycle is ridden at over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph).
1960 - A rocket-propelled USAF research aircraft sets a speed record at 2,150 mph.
1971 - For the first time, the U.S. launches a satellite into lunar orbit from a manned spacecraft.
1974 - The Crawford-Butler Act permits Puerto Ricans to elect their own governor.
1977 - President Carter establishes the Department of Energy.
1981 - Oliver North is assigned to White House duty.
1988 - Congress votes to award reparations of $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned during WWII.
1990 - The European community proposes a boycott of Iraq.

Birthdays
1755 - Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor of the modern pencil
1823 - Oliver Perry Morton (Gov-IN)
1859 - Knut Hamsun Norway, writer / Nazi (Hunger - Nobel 1920)
1901 - Louis Armstrong, Jazz great ("Hello Dolly," "Wonderful World" - oldest musician in Billboard history to score a Number One song
1900 - Arturo Umberto Illia, president of Argentina (1963-66)
1943 - Michael J. McCulley, Cmdr. USN / astronaut (STS-34)
1955 - Andrew M. Allen, Cpt. USMC/ astronaut (sk: STS-46)
1955 - Charles D. "Sam" Gemar, US Army / astronaut (STS 38, 48)

Passings
1265 - Simon de Montfort, English baron, in battle
1526 - Juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer
1981 - Melvyn Douglas actor, dies at 80
1984 - Mary Miles Minter, silent screen star

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Burns, John R., USAF (TN); A1E crashed, KIA, remains ID'd Feb, 1993

1967
Bisz, Ralph C., USN (FL); A4E shot down, believed KIA, body not recovered

1971
Waldhaus, Richard, Civilian (CA); Released by PRG February, 1973