News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Six Marines Die in Iraq
Marines find insurgency's deadly tools in Haditha
US kills 29 in W. Iraq operation against Qaeda
Photos: Iraq Offensives
OPERATION RIVER GATE UPDATE
IRAQI, COALITION FORCES' SEPTEMBER WEAPONS HAUL IN BAGHDAD BIGGEST SINCE MAY
IRAQI ARMY TAKES CONTROL OF FOUR BAGHDAD DISTRICTS

Operation Enduring Freedom
Defiant Critic Among First Afghan Winners
COALITION INVESTIGATING 4 AFGHAN POLICE DEATHS, 1 WOUNDED NEAR GERESHK
Enduring Freedom: Coalition Remains Strong Special

Welcome Home!
Ohio Marine Battalion Comes Home

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Wary Commute in New York
FBI Looks at Cheney's Computers in Spy Probe
Congress Expected to Clear Private Screener Hurdle
Al Qaeda's No. 2 complains about money, Iraq tactics

Hurricane Season
Katrina Victims Still Nameless
Hurricane Stan Death Toll 236
Tammy Drenches Georgia

Supreme Court
Ex-Sen. Coats to Guide Miers

Fox News
IAEA, Director ElBaradei Win Nobel Peace Prize
Video: Miers Gaining Ground?
Hamas Members Kidnapped
Missing Student Found Dead
Gunmen Kill Eight Pakistanis
L.A. Mayor Blasts Arnold
Texas Explosion Injures Eight
Eisner Off Disney Board
Sources: Earle Angry When Jury Did Not Indict DeLay
Mystery Canada Illness Is Legionnaire's

Reuters: Top News
ElBaradei and IAEA win Nobel Prize
Aides laying groundwork for Sharon-Abbas summit
Taiwan president sees no rush for China talks
ElBaradei: Peace Prize a "shot in the arm"
Former Taiwan president to visit United States
Bomb threat disrupts Rolling Stones concert in US
Actor Blake tells LA court he loved murdered wife
Vaccine prevents onset of cervical cancer
Donated tsunami fishing boats mixed blessingReutrs Recommends
Clean coal isn't climate-friendly yet
US may face tough winter for heatoil imports

AP World News
Many Sunnis to Vote No in Iraq Referendum
Iran Denies Blair Charge of Iraq Meddling
Palestinians Arrest 30 in West Bank
Cops: Bali Bombing Mastermind Escapes Raid
8 Killed, 19 Wounded at Pakistan Mosque
Syria Growing More Isolated
Sri Lanka Presidential Candidates Declared
N. Korea Insists on Atomic Reactor
Colombia Paramilitaries Halt Peace Process
Reputed IRA Chief Target of British Raids
Immigrants Die in Clashes at Spain Border
Gunmen Kidnap Palestinian Professor
Schroeder, Merkel Negotiate Chancellery
Brazil Bishop Ends Hunger Strike

The Seattle Times
Bush calls Iraq key terror battleground
Cafes delayed adding security, Bali official says
French Guiana seeks a new image
Ho Chi Minh Trail connects past and future

Boston Globe: World
Afghanistan straddles stability and chaos
As draft compact is distributed, some Iraqis fear reprisals
Israel says no to use of civilians in raids
6 Africans killed near Spanish enclave
Global court targets Uganda cult
Norwegian asserts '80s infiltration of Mossad

Military.com
Bush: U.S. Foiled at Least 10 Terror Plots
Guard Battalion Meets With Success in Weapons Search
Response Plan may Spread Throughout Navy
Skippers of Colliding Ships to Keep Jobs
Army Reorganizes to Boost its Combat Power
Defense Travel Cuts Defeated in Senate
San Antonio Proudly Lines up Behind the Military Recruiter
Bomber Blows up Iraqi Minibus, Killing 10, Including Police Recruits

CENTCOM: News Releases
IRAQI, U.S. FORCES NAB 34 TERROR SUSPECTS
IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE EMIR CAPTURED
SOLDIERS, IRAQI FORCES CONTINUE OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS IN BAGHDAD

Department of Defense
Bush Maps Strategy for Terror War Victory — Story Remarks Video
Iraq Central Front in War on Terror, Bush Says
Bush Urges Muslims to Denounce Violent Extremism
Iraqis, Coalition Beef Up Border Interdiction — Story Transcript Video
U.S., Iraqis Committed to Secure Environment

ON THE GROUND
Joint U.S.-Afghan Patrol Combs Zormat Area — Story
Iraq's Border Academy Ready to Train Guards — Story
U.S., Iraqi Forces Deliver School Supplies — Story

IN IRAQ
Taji Depot Ramps Up Training, Supply Efforts
6th Civil Affairs Group Takes Reins in Al Anbar
Troops Work to Bring Security to Iraqi City Photos
Loyal Partners Sniff Out Trouble in Iraq

FACE OF DEFENSE
Purple Heart Recipient Recalls Attack — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
'Stars for Stripes' Boosts Morale — Story
Crop Circle Maze Honors Troops
Auctions Support Memorial Fund

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Hurricane Coverage
Iraq Transition of Power

IRAQ
Troop Killed; River Gate Continues
Photos: Operation River Gate
Weapons Finds Largest Since May
Bush Pleased With Progress
Petraeus Details Military Progress
Operation River Gate Begins
Bomber Stopped Short of Target
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Cheney Topic: War on Terrorism
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Troops To Be Reimbursed for Gear
Cheney Visits Marines Photos
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

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1571 - The Spanish and Italians defeat the Turkish fleet in the Battle of Lepanto.
1737 - 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 in Bengal, India.
1765 - The Stamp Act Congress convenes in NY.
1777 - Americans beat the British the Second Battle of Saratoga and the Battle of Bemis Heights.
1780 - American militia defeat the British near Kings Mountain, SC.
1826 - The Granite Railway (first chartered railway in the U.S.) begins operations.
1868 - Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) opens.
1871 - A 16-hour fire injures 30 of Chicago's 185 firefighters.
1886 - Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba.
1908 - Crete revolts against Turkey, aligning with Greece.
1919 - The first London-to-Amsterdam airline service begins (British Aerial Transport).
1924 - Marble Bar, Australia, sees the first of 160 consecutive days of 100-degree heat.
1931 - Rochester, NY, is the site of the first infra-red photograph.
1938 - Germany demands that all Jewish passports be stamped with the letter J.
1949 - The German Democratic Republic forms from the Russian occupation zone.
1950 - U.S. forces invade Korea, crossing the 38th parallel.
1957 - "American Bandstand" premieres on TV.
1958 - Potter Stewart is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court; the U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
1963 - Bobby Baker resigns as Senate Democratic secretary; Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and the Dominican Republic, killing 7,190.
1965 - A 50-mph wind gust carries Robert Mitera's tee shot 447 yards to score the world's longest straight hole-in-one - at the 10th hole in Miracle Hills, Omaha, NE.
1968 - The Motion Picture Association of America adopts the film rating system.
1985 - The 21st Space Shuttle Mission (51-J; Atlantis-1) lands at Edwards AFB; PLO terrorists seize the Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro.
1988 - The Latvian flag is raised in Riga for the first time since annexation by the U.S.S.R.
1990 - Israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens.

Birthdays
1728 - Caesar Rodney, patriot, signer of the Declaration of Independence
1885 - Niels Bohr, physicist, expanded quantum physics / Nobel Prize Winner (1922)
1888 - Henry A. Wallace, 33rd U.S. Vice President / Progressive presidential candidate
1906 - James E. Webb, head of NASA (1961-68)
1931 - Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of South Africa / Nobel Prize winner (1982)
1943 - Oliver North, Col., USMC / author / inventor / radio show host, (figure in Iran-Contra hearings
1951 - John Cougar Mellencamp, rocker (Jack & Diane)
1955 - Yo-Yo Ma, world famous Chinese cellist
1958 - Kim Morris, Playboy playmate (Mar, 1986)

Passings
1849 - Edgar Allen Poe, poet / author
1959 - Mario Lanza, singer

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Gilchrist, Robert M., USAF (CO); RF4C shot down (pilot)

Knight, Larry Dale, USAF (OR); RF4C crashed offshore (pilot)

Pabst, Eugene M., USAF (NY); RF4C shot down (backseater to Gilchrist)

Treece, James A., USAF (TN); RF4C shot down (pilot); status later changed to "Died while missing"

1967
Appleby, Ivan D., USAF (CA); F4D shot down (pilot, w/Austin), remains returned January, 1995 - ID'd October, 1995

Austin, William R. II, USAF (SC); F4D shot down (backseater, w/Appleby), released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Fullam, Wane E., USAF (TN); F105D shot down (pilot), remains returned September, 1987

Hodges, David L., USN (MD); A4E shot down (pilot), KIA, remains ID'd April, 1999