Quote of the Day
"There is no doubt in my mind we were right in fighting. I don't think we had to fight to preserve America but it was necessary in order to preserve American honor. A free people were threatened with the yoke of Communism being imposed by force, I fought to prevent that and I feel that fight was successful. Our belief in freedom of choice for all required that we help the South Vietnamese or any other nation that needs our help."
-- Capt. Harry T. Jenkins, USN - former POW (see below)

News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S. Troops Killed - 3 die in Iraq attacks, accident
Saudis Vow $1B to Rebuild Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan Soldiers Conduct U.S.-Style Training

Jordan Bombings
Bomber's Wife Arrested
Woman nabbed in hotel attacks

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Muslims Attack and Burn Two Churches in Pakistan

Royal Threat - Al Qaeda calls Queen Elizabeth an enemy of Islam

Paris Burning
Cops Attacked in France Riots
Overall violence down, police say
Video: Tightened Security

Fox News
Iowa Tornadoes Kill One
Man Rams Car Into Courthouse, Shot by Police
Baby Dies After Breast-Feeding Incident
Shark Attacks Florida Surfer
Sale of BTK Killer's Home Stalled by Legal Issues
Germany to Mend U.S. Ties
Muslims Attack and Burn Two Churches in Pakistan
Sour Ending for Mideast Democracy Summit
Engineers Work to Repair Levees by 2006
U.S. Troops Killed
3 die in Iraq attacks, accident
1,100 Saddam Lawyers Quit

Reuters: Top News
Talabani sees UK troop withdrawal in 2006
Rice urges Saudis to do more to fight terrorism
Forces wary at news of Saddam aide death
Bush looks to lift image on Asian tour
Israel's political crisis deepens
Indian police arrest man over Delhi blasts
Bush to press Hu on currency
Budget fight reveals Republican snarl
Briton claims to have beaten HIV virus
Goliath's name found in archaeological dig
Norway converts Nazi HQ into Holocaust center
US trade chief urges resolving issues
Investors mull growth areas as bird flu looms

AP World News
IAEA Chief to Press Iran on Compromise
PLO Calls for UN Probe Into Arafat's Death
Bus Plunges Into Pakistan River
Slain Terrorist's Family Arrive in Jakarta
Al-Zarqawi's Hometown Torn Over Bombings
India Won't Pull Out of Kashmir Region
Thousands Mourn Rabin, 10 Years Later
Pakistan, India Peace Talks Progressing
Iraq Official: Militants Training in Syria
Annan Urges Reconciliation in Iraq Visit
Web Sites Conflict on Death of Saddam Aide
Liberia's 'Iron Lady' Poised for Tough Job
4 Dead As Police Fire on Rally in Kenya

CENTCOM: News Release
WEAPONS CACHES DISCOVERED
OPERATION STEEL CURTAIN UPDATE
TERRORISTS MORTAR TEAM CAPTURED

Department of Defense
Rice, Annan Focus on Iraq's Progress -- Story
Rice Chides Syria Over Lebanon, Iraq Policies -- Story
Coaltion Forces Raid Al Qaeda Safe House -- Story
President Reaffirms U.S. Commitment -- Story Remarks
Bush Honors Vets, Vows to Boost Support Programs

ON THE GROUND
Marine Security Unit, Bahrain Celebrates Birthday
Photos: Marines Celebrate Birthday in Afghanistan

IN IRAQ
Brigade Transfers Authority at Camp Victory
Coalition Forces, Iraqis Open Soccer Field Photos
Troops Convert Trash Lot to Soccer Field for Kids

IN AFGHANISTAN
Operation Pil Aids Security in Kunar Province

HOMECOMING
Photos: USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Returns

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Performers Salute Troops -- Story
Supporters Join Vets Day Parade
Network Highlights Troop Support
Ky. Communities Support Troops

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Hurricane Coverage
Iraq Transition of Power

IRAQ
Rice Thanks Troops in Iraq
Operation Steel Curtain Continues
Tall Afar Benefits from Rebuilding
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

AFGHANISTAN
Road Projects Near Completion
Military Courts Nearly in Session
Afghans Thwart Attack, Detain 2
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Patience, Resolve Key to Victory
Fact Sheet: War on Terror
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Veterans' Service Ensured Freedom
Veterans Day Special to OIF Vets
Submarine USS Norfolk Deploys
National Guard, Reserve Update

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

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1002 - English king Ethelred II launches a massacre of Danish settlers.
1775 - American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal.
1789 - Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes."
1830 - Oliver Wendell Holmes publishes "Old Ironsides."
1843 - In Washington State, Mt. Rainier State erupts.
1849 - Peter Burnett is elected the first governor of California.
1854 - The New Era sinks off the coast of NJ, killing 300.
1865 - P.T. Barnum's New American museum opens in Bridgeport, CT; the U.S. issues its first certificates; the first shipment of canned pineapples leaves Hawaii.
1909 - 259 miners die in a fire at the St. Paul Mine in Cherry, IL.
1921 - The U.S., France, Japan and the British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty.
1927 - The NY-NJ Holland Tunnel, the first twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens.
1931 - Hattie Caraway (AK) is appointed the first U.S. woman Senator.
1941 - The British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sinks in the Mediterranean.
1942 - The minimum draft age is lowered from 21 to 18.
1946 - The first artificial snow is produced from a natural cloud in Mt. Greylock, MA.
1956 - The Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses.
1965 - The Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks off the Bahamas, killing 89.
1969 - VP Spiro T. Agnew accuses network TV news of depths of bias and distortion.
1970 - A cyclone kills an estimated 300,000 in Chittagong, Bangladesh; Lt. General Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following a military coup; VP Spiro Agnew calls TV executives "impudent snobs."
1971 - Mariner-9 becomes the first craft to orbit another planet (Mars).
1978 - NASA launches HEAO.
1979 - In NY, Ronald Reagan announces his candidacy for President.
1982 - The Vietnam War Memorial is dedicated in Washington, DC.
1985 - The Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, killing 25,000.
1986 - NASA launches the space vehicle S-199.

Birthdays
1312 - King Edward III of England (1327-77)
1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson, author (Treasure Island)
1856 - Louis D. Brandeis, Supreme Court Justice (1916-39)
1930 - Fred Harris (Sen-OK)

Passings
0867 - St. Nicholas I (the Great), Pope (858-67)
1460 - Henry the Navigator, prince of Portugal
1829 - Sam Patch, loses his life in a 125' dive into Genesse Falls
1868 - Gioacchino (Antonio) Rossini, composer (Barber of Seville)
1974 - Karen Silkwood, killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances

Reported Missing in Action
1964
Bloom, Darl R., USMC (PA); RF8A collided with another aircraft, Killed, body not recovered

1965
Jenkins, Harry T., USN (DC); released by DRV February, 1973 - died in the crash of a homemade aircraft August, 1995

1968
Erskine, Jack D., Civilian; employee of Geotronics Company, VC sketches of him found

1969
Ray, Ronald E., US Army (TX); recon patrol ambushed in Laos, severely wounded in the action

1970
Bancroft, William W., USAF (IN); RF4C shot down (navigator, w/Wright), KIA, body not recovered

Wright, David I., USAF (MD); RF4C shot down (pilot, w/Bancroft), KIA, body not recovered