Operation Iraqi Freedom
SUCCESSES THIS WEEK IN IRAQ (5-11 AUG)
AL QAEDA LIEUTENANT KILLED IN IRAQ

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan Chopper Crash Kills 17 Spanish Troops

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Italy Nabs 141 in Terror Raids
Egypt court hears resort blasts testimony
Egypt explosion injures two Canadians

U.N. Follies
U.N. Orders Internal Probe

Fox News
Iraqi Pols Split on Key Issues
U.S. Officials Downplay Delay
Video: U.S. Ambassador
Cockpit Voice Recorder Lost in Cypriot Jet Crash
Bush Ranch Protester's Husband Wants a Divorce
More Roberts Docs Released
Scuffles at Gaza Flashpoint
At least 50 resisters arrested
Arabs, Israelis Hold Peace Reunion
Envoy: End 'Israel Bashing' at U.N.
Raw Data: Sharon on the Pullout

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Officials: Iraq constitution undecided
Background to Gaza withdrawal plan
Israeli soldiers mark first day of pullout
Emotions run high in Gaza's evacuation
Abbas sets date for legislative elections

Reuters: Top News
Israeli forces, protesters clash in Gaza settlement
Failure to meet constitution date worries Iraqis
USDA finds 1,000 violations of mad cow rules
U.S. seeks massive stock of smallpox vaccine
Wash. Post drops sponsorship of Pentagon event
U.S. pressure on Iraq could backfire, say experts

CENTCOM: News Release
NAJAF MATERNITY HOSPITAL UNDERGOING RECONSTRUCTIVE REBIRTH
UPDATE-- TASK FORCE FREEDOM SOLDIERS FIND CHEMICAL PRODUCTION FACILITY
TASK FORCE FREEDOM SOLDIERS FIND CHEMICAL PRODUCTION FACILITY

Department of Defense
Iraqi Parliament Extends Deadline — Story
Chairman on 10-Day Tour to Visit Troops — Story Photos
Kosovo Mission an Important Success Story — Story
Task Force Baghdad Soldiers Foil Attacks — Story
Task Force Baghdad Troops Survive IED Blast
Iraqi Policeman Engages Suicide Bomber

ON THE GROUND
Afghan Army Center Improves Troop Services — Story
U.S., British Geodetic Surveyors Map Iraq — Story Photos
Scouting Program Grows in Iraqi Community — Story
Task Force Baghdad Visits Children’s Hospital — Story
Fort Sam, Community Focus on Preparedness — Story

IN IRAQ
Alaska’s Sherpa Crews Tackle Desert Duties Photos
Joint Missions Search for Insurgent Materials

IN AFGHANISTAN
Medical Outreach Visit Treats Afghan Villagers
Bagram Runway Reopens After C-17 Incident

FACE OF DEFENSE
Iowans Help Iraq Reconstruction — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Marine Given Key to City Award — Story

Fund Helps Children, Spouses
TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Bush: Iraqis 'Taking Control'
Wanted Al Qaeda Member Killed
Chem Site Samples Analyzed Further
Raid Yields Possible Chem Facility
Photos: Chem Production Facility
Najaf Maternity Hospital Rebuilds
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S., Afghans Battle Insurgents
Army Opens Medical Center
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting

WAR ON TERRORISM
Army Speeds Technology to Troops
Innovations Aid Language Classes
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
VJ Day Remembered
Stryker Variant Arrives for Duty
Alabama Depot Weighs in on Fight
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualties — 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
1777 - Americans defeat the British in the Battle of Bennington, VT.
1780 - The British decisively defeat the Americans in Battle of Camden, SC.
1812 - General Hull surrenders Detroit and the Michigan territory to England.
1861 - President Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with the Confederacy.
1863 - The Emancipation Proclamation is signed.
1896 - Gold is discovered in the Klondike.
1898 - The roller coaster is patented.
1920 - Ray Chapman of the Indians becomes the only fatality in major league baseball a day after being hit in the head by a pitch from the Yankees' Carl Mays.
1934 - The U.S. ends occupation of Haiti (from 1915).
1948 - The Israeli pound becomes legal tender.
1954 - Sports Illustrated publishes its first issue.
1955 - Fiat Motors orders the first private atomic reactor.
1960 - Britain grants independence to Cyprus.
1960 - The Republic of the Congo (Zaire) forms.
1963 - Independence is restored to the Dominican Republic.
1984 - NASA launches Ampte.
1990 - In Kuwait, Iraq orders 4000 Britons and 2500 Americans to Iraq.

Birthdays
1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, football pioneer, inventor of the tackling dummy
1892 - Harold Foster, cartoonist (created "Prince Valiant")
1897 - Robert Ringling, circus master
1904 - Wendell Stanley, biochemist, first to crystallize a virus (Nobel Prize, 1946)
1913 - Menachem Begin, Israeli PM (1977-83, Nobel Prize, 1978)
1925 - Fess Parker, actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller)
1930 - Frank Gifford, NFL halfback (NY Giants)/ABC sportscaster
1933 - Stuart A. "Smokey" Roosa, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Apollo 14)
1935 - Julie Newmar, actress (Catwoman-Batman)
1939 - Valeri V. Ryumin, cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 32)

Passings
1920 - Norman Lockyer, editor of NATURE, discoverer of helium in Sun
1948 - Babe Ruth
1977 - Elvis Presley
1991 - Shamu the Whale (age 16), respiratory failure

Reported Missing in Action
1968
Blevins, Lural Lee III, US Army (PA); KIA, remains recovered June, 1969 - ID'd November, 1975

Elbert, Fred, USMC (NY); released by PRG March, 1973 - a.k.a. John Peter Johnson - peace committee

Graniela, Jose A., Jr., US Army (NY); KIA, body not recovered

McElhanon, Michael O., USAF (TX); F100F disappeared en route to refuel

Overlock, John F., USAF (MA); F100F disappeared en route to refuel

1971
Kennedy, John W., USAF (VA); 02A disappeared during reconaissance mission - remains returned 1992/1993, ID'd June, 1996

1975
Simmons, Willie E., released October, 1975