News of Note
Attacks in Jordan
Missile Arrest in Jordan
Al-Qaida in Iraq: We fired Jordan rockets
Jordan says Syrian militants behind rocket attack

Gaza Withdrawal
Evacuation of Israeli settlements complete-police
Pockets of Resistance
Palestinians: Pullout Key to Future
Video: Protests in West Bank Settlement
Photo Essay: Soldiers Push Into West Bank
Palestinian: Withdrawal helps state plan
Gaza withdrawal highlights divisions
Palestinian groups jostle for Gaza control
Kidnapped journalist released in Gaza
Hamas details past attacks in Gaza Strip

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Kurdish returnees revive Iraqi village
Text of proposed Iraq constitution
Official denies Iraqi insurgency leaders are operating from Jordan

Operation Enduring Freedom
Army Wants Review of Tillman Investigation

Able Danger
Pentagon Can't Verify That Able Danger ID'd Atta

Homeland Security / War on Terror
London Cops Promise Shooting Report This Year
Libya says to be taken off U.S. terrorism list

Politics
Democrats Split Over Position on Iraq War

News of the Weird
Japanese house-sitter robot hits stores
Turkmen president bans lip synching

Fox News
Iraqis Hash Out Constitution
D.C. Radio Host Fired for Anti-Islam Remarks
Falling Short
Video: Army to Miss Recruiting Goals

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Israel completes evacuation of settlers
Experts inspect Lebanese bomb site
Iraq oil exports resume at reduced rate
Egypt eyes possibility of Islamist party
Palestinian injured in West Bank town
Egypt detains Briton over manuscripts
Jewish family of 13 is last one in Gaza

Reuters: Top News
Europeans call off key nuclear talks with Iran
Iraq assembly gets charter draft, Sunnis irate
Atlanta Olympics bomber apologizes to victims
Iraq's Sunnis aim to defeat constitution in vote
U.S. says North Korea right to nuke power no deal-breaker
Bush: US must finish job in Iraq to honor the fallen

JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Israel completes evacuation of settlers
Bush defending his Iraq war policy

Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Sunnis' best friend in Iraq negotiations? The US
Two US troops killed in Iraq
Rebels kill five in Iraq, minister escapes attack
Iraq's Assembly Is Given Charter, Still Unfinished
Iraq PM 'confident of agreement'

CENTCOM: News Release
SUCCESSES THIS WEEK IN IRAQ (12-18 AUGUST 2005)

Department of Defense
Homeland Defense Exercise Wraps Up — Story
U.S. Seeks 'Total Victory' Over Terrorists — Story Remarks
Iraqis to Take 3 More Days to Resolve Issues — Story
Iraqi Plan to Aid Saddam’s Victims’ Families

ON THE GROUND
U.S. Troops Teach Iraqi Soldiers Medical Skills — Story
Test Pilots Troubleshoot Apache 'Symptoms' — Story
Sweetwater Canal Work to Benefit Basra Area — Story
Troops Help Iraqis Develop Local Government — Story
Bridge Provides Link to Kandahar, Future — Story

IN IRAQ
Marine Gunrunners Homeward Bound to North Carolina

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Engineer District Hosts Contractor Open House

IN BAHRAIN
French Take Helm of Combined Task Force 150

FACE OF DEFENSE
Husband, Wife Blackhawk Pilots Serve in Iraq — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
VA Supports 'Freedom Walk' — Story
Pro Wrestlers Support Troops
Event Honors WWII Veterans

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Vehicle Rollover Kills 2 U.S. Troops
Roadside Bomb Kills Soldier
Officials Report on Successes
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Forces Secure Konar Province
Four U.S. Soldiers Killed
Academy Graduates Police Officers
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Detainee Transfer Announced
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Bush Thanks Vets for Sacrifices
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualties — Story

Today in History
1617 - London establishes the first one-way streets.
1833 - Britain abolishes slavery in the colonies, freeing 700,000 slaves.
1864 - Fort Morgan (Mobile, AL) falls.
1866 - The Treaty of Prague ends the Austro-Prussian war.
1869 - The first carload of freight (boots & shoes) arrives in San Francisco, from Boston.
1872 - The first Japanese commercial ship carries tea to San Francisco.
1889 - The first ship-to-shore wireless message is received in the U.S.
1904 - The Automobile tire chain is patented.
1914 - Japan declares war on Germany.
1924 - Mars makes its closest approach to Earth since the 10th century.
1939 - The U.S.S.R. and Germany sign a non-aggression pact.
1944 - Romania is liberated from Nazi occupation.
1960 - The world's largest frog (3.3 kg) is caught in Equatorial Guinea.
1961 - The U.S. lunar probe Ranger-1 reaches 190 km from Earth before falling back.
1966 - The Lunar Orbiter 1 takes its photograph of Earth from the Moon.
1973 - The Intelsat communications satellite is launched.
1977 - Bryan Allen, in the Gossamer Condor, makes the first man-powered flight of a mile.
1979 - Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in New York City.
1979 - The U.N's Vienna office opens.

Birthdays
1754 - French King Louis XVI (1774-92)
1785 - Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Naval hero
1869 - James (Sunny Jim) Rolph, San Francisco mayor (1912-31), MUNI backer
19-- - Cathy St. George, Playboy playmate (Aug, 1982)
1901 - John Sherman Cooper (Sen-KY)
1912 - Gene Kelly Pitts, dancer/actor (An American in Paris, Going My Way)
1930 - Michel Rocard, Prime Minister of France
1933 - Pete Wilson (Sen-CA)
1944 - Antonia Novello, US Surgeon General
1951 - Queen Noor of Jordan
1966 - Laura Richmond, Playboy playmate (Sep, 1988)
1967 - Nancy Jane Cox, Miss Kentucky-America-1991

Passings
1819 - Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Naval hero, on his 34th birthday
1926 - Rodolpho Alfonzo Rafaello Pietro Filiberto Guglieimi Di Valentina
D'Antonguolla (Rudolph Valentino), silent movie idol, at age 31
1927 - Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti executed in MA (robbery / murder)
1989 - Yusef Hawkins, African-American youth beaten by 30 whites and then shot to death (Bensonhurst, NY)

Reported Missing in Action
1967
Baker, Elmo C., USAF (MO); F105D shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998
*** decorations include Silver Star with 3 OLC, Bronze Star with Device, Distinguished Flying Cross with 3 OLC, Air Medal with 10 OLC, Purple Heart, Legion of Merit***

Braswell, Donald R., US Army; escaped August, 1967 (w/Holt)

Carrigan, Larry E., USAF (AZ); F4D shot down (navigator / bombadier, w/Lane), released by DRV March, 1973 - alive as of 1999

Gerndt, Gerald L., USAF (WI); F4D shot down (pilot, w/Sawhill), released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Holt, Dewey T., Civilian; escaped August, 1967 (w/Braswell)

Lane, Charles, USAF (SD); F4D shot down (pilot, w/Carrigan)

Midnight, Francis B., USAF (IN); F4D shot down (pilot)

Ness, Patrick L., USN (MN); F4B shot down (radio intercept officer, w/Sitek) by direct SAM hit, KIA, remains returned April, 1986

Sittner, Ronald N., USAF (OH); F4D shot down ("GIB", w/Tyler), remains returned December, 1997

Sawhill, Robert R., USAF (PA); F4D shot down (w/Gerndt), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive as of 1998

Sitek, Thomas W., USN (NY); F4B shot down (pilot, w/Ness), KIA, body not recovered

Tyler, Charles R., USAF (AZ); F4D shot down (pilot, w/Sittner) released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

1968
Bergevin, Charles L., USAF (CT); RF4c disappeared while on reconnaissance mission over Quang Binh province (navigator, w/Setterquist); presumed KIA, body not recovered
*** My adopted MIA hero - see post here ***

Ferguson, Walter, Jr., US Army (NY); DIC May, 1970

Setterquist, Francis L., USAF (MN); RF4C disappeared while on reconnaissance mission over Quang Binh province (pilot, w/Bergevin), presumed KIA, body not recovered