News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
OPERATION IRON FIST CONCLUDES

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghanistan straddles stability and chaos

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Third Suspect Arrested
Video: City on Alert Bloomberg: Right Decision
Photo Essay: Please Open Your Bag, Ma'am

CIA Leak
'It Wasn't Me'
Rove to Testify Again on CIA Leak
Video: Judith Miller Testifies

Fox News
Major Quake Hits Pakistan, India, Afghanistan
Bye-Bye Bosox
IOC Chief Wants Armstrong Inquiry
La. Death Toll from Katrina Tops 1,000
New Orleans Mayor Proposes Gambling

Reuters: Top News
Scores feared trapped or killed after Pakistan quake
Bush predicts confirmation of Miers
Credibility issues over New York subway threat
Bush urges companies to produce bird flu vaccine
DeLay seeks dismissal of Texas charges

AP World News
Serb Paramilitaries Charged After Video
Explosions Kill Six Marines in Iraq
House GOP May Try to Weaken Detainee Rules
Indonesia Grapples With Terror Threat

The Seattle Times
New Orleans cops may have taken 200 cars
Washington Monument reopens after bomb threat
DeLay's lawyers allege prosecutorial misconduct
Study indicates vaccine prevents cervical cancer

Military.com
Bush: U.S. Foiled at Least 10 Terror Plots

CENTCOM
CJTF-HOA dedicates Mouloud school renovations
Photos: Weapons Cache Search (09/28/05) Pakistan's President Musharraf Visits Centcom (09/20/05) Bright Star 2005 (09/19/05) October Front Page Photos

Department of Defense
Intel from Raids Leads to Security Hike — Story
Coalition Forces Ready for Referendum — Story Video
Major Offensive Operations Continue in Iraq
Roadside Bomb Blasts Kill Six Marines in Iraq
General: Iraqi Forces 'Unbelievably Better' — Story Transcript Video
Insurgent Attacks Increase as Iraqi Elections Near
Iraqis, Coalition Beef Up Border Interdiction

ON THE GROUND
Kirkuk Teachers, Students Get Supplies — Story
Paratroopers Train Afghan Troops on Artillery — Story
Joint U.S.-Afghan Patrol Combs Zormat Area — Story

FACE OF DEFENSE
Iraq Deployment a Family Affair — 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
Water Systems to Benefit 31,000
Academy Ready to Train Guards
U.S., Iraqis Committed to Security
Troop Killed; River Gate Continues
Photos: Operation River Gate
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)

AFGHANISTAN
OEF Coalition Remains Strong
Officials Request Rules Change
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Bush Maps Strategy for Victory
Bush: Iraq Central Front in War
Bush: Denounce Violent Extremism
Cheney Topic: War on Terrorism
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
System Supplies Troops Faster
National Guard, Reserve Update

HONORING THE FALLEN
Troops Remember Fallen Airman — 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

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1604 - The supernova called "Kepler's Nova" is first sighted.
1775 - Officers decide to bar slaves and freed Blacks from the Continental Army.
1818 - Two English boxers are the first to use padded gloves.
1840 - The first Hawaiian constitution is proclaimed.
1860 - A telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens.
1862 - At the Battle of Perryville (KY), a Confederate invasion is halted.
1871 - The Great Fire of Chicago kills 200, destroying miles of Chicago's buildings, along with the original Emancipation Proclamation.
1896 - Dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks.
1912 - The First Balkan War begins.
1918 - Sgt. Alvin York reportedly single-handedly kills 25 Germans, and captures 132.
1933 - In San Francisco, Coit Tower is dedicated as a monument to firefighters.
1934 - Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for the murder of Charles Lindbergh's infant son.
1939 - Germany annexes Western Poland.
1944 - "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debuts on CBS radio (on Ozzie and Harriet's ninth wedding anniversary).
1945 - President Truman announces that atomic bomb technology has been shared with Britain and Canada.
1955 - The World's most powerful aircraft carrier, the USS Saratoga, is launched.
1957 - The Brooklyn Dodgers announce they are moving to Los Angeles; Turkish and Syrian border guards exchange fire.
1962 - Algeria is admitted as the 109th member of the U.N.; North Korea reports a 100% election turnout, and a 100% vote for the Workers' (Communist) Party.
1963 - The Sultan of Zanzibar cedes his mainland possessions to Kenya.
1964 - Gilroy Roberts becomes the first U.S. chief engraver to retire (the others died in office).
1970 - Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1978 - Kenneth Warby sets the world water speed record at 319.627 mph (514 kph).
1981 - President Reagan greets predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral.
1982 - Poland bans Solidarity.
1988 - A fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, and causes $2,000 in damage.
1990 - Israeli police kill 17 Palestinian rioters.

Birthdays
1869 - J. Frank Duryea, inventor (first auto built and operated in the U.S.)
1890 - Eddie Rickenbacker, aviator - the "Ace of Aces" (WWI)
1895 - Juan Peron, Argentine President (1946-55, 1973-74)
1895 - King Zog I of Albania (1928-1939)
1916 - Spark Matsunaga (Sen-HI)
1920 - Frank Herbert, sci-fi writer (Dune)
1936 - David Carradine, actor (Kung-Fu, Boxcar Bertha, Young Guns)
1941 - Jesse Jackson, clergyman/presidential candidate
1943 - Chevy Chase, comedian/actor (SNL, Vacation, Fletch, Caddyshack)
1949 - Sigourney (Susan Alexandra) Weaver, actress (Alien, Working Girl)

Passings
1869 - Franklin Pierce 14th president of US, dies in Concord, NH
1944 - Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican politician, dies
1982 - Fernando Lamas actor/director, dies at 67 of cancer
1985 - Leon Klinghoffer, American tourist; hijackers of the Achille Lauro murder him and throw him overboard.

Reported Missing in Action
1963
Denton, Manuel R., USN (TX); UH34D crashed (crewman, w/Ritchey), possible aircraft collision, Killed, body not recovered

Ritchey, Luther E., Jr., USMC (OH); UH34D crashed (pilot, w/Denton), possible aircraft collision, Killed, body not recovered

Wadsworth, Dean Amick, USAF (TX); T28 shot down, emains identified April, 1999

1966
Feldhaus, John Anthony, USN (TN); A1H crashed, presumed Killed

Womack, Sammie N., US Army (VA); released February, 1967 - retired as a Staff Sgt - alive as of 1998

1967
The following lost in the crash of an E1B on Monkey Mountain near Da Nang; bodies not recovered
Guerra, Raul A., USN (CA); journalist / passenger
Pineau, Roland R., USN (MI); crew
Roggow, Norman L., USN (IA); crew
Wolfe, Donald F., USN (MT); crew
Zissu, Andrew G., USN (NY); pilot

1969
Altizer, Albert H., US Army (WV); Killed after the boat he was on overturned while crossing river, body not recovered

Watkins, Robert J., Jr., US Army (MD); AH1G crashed while returning from a mission (co-pilot); rescued on 10/13

1970
Ott, William A., USAF (CA); RF4C shot down (pilot, w/Shay)

Shay, Donald E., Jr., USAF (MD);RF4C shot down (WSO, w/Ott)