-- -- General Thomas S. Power, 1968

Jordan Hotel Horror
At least 57 dead in three explosions; hundreds wounded
U.S. to Pursue Amman Terrorists
Amman Was Prime Terror Target
Fast Facts: Attacks Linked to Zarqawi
Fast Facts: Recent Al Qaeda Attacks
Fast Facts: Past Attacks in Jordan
Bush condemns Jordan attacks, offers aid in manhunt

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Chalabi stirs Iraq war controversy
Bombs in Iraq Getting More Sophisticated

Homeland Security / War on Terror
No death penalty in new Guantanamo cases: US
Two accused of missile smuggling conspiracy
Malaysian Terror Leader Believed Killed
Hezbollah Militant Suspected in '94 Blast

Paris Burning
Rioting Begins to Slack Off in France

Supreme Court
Supreme Court battle enlivens US senator's new novel
Democrats scrutinize Alito in Vanguard case

Oddities
One-way ticket to Cambodia, please...
Ostrich on loose tramples car in bid for freedom
Two pandas tie the knot, guests dress as pandas

Oil execs defend profits at Senate

Department of Defense
Car Bombs Kill at Least 5, Wound 25 -- Story
Afghan Forces Thwart Attack, Detain Two -- Story
Enlisted Advisor Visits Homeland Defenders -- Story
Coalition, Iraqi Forces Discover Weapons -- Story

ON THE GROUND
Operation Pil Aids Security in Kunar Province -- Story
Brigade Transfers Authority at Camp Victory -- Story
Coalition Forces, Iraqis Open Soccer Field -- Story Photos
Troops Convert Trash Lot to Soccer Field for Kids

IN IRAQ
Medal of Honor Recipients Visit Troops
Ironman Soldier Races Through Iraq
Special Ops Reservist Helps Rebuild Iraqi Air Force

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan, U.S. Soldiers Prepare for Winter

FACE OF DEFENSE
Combat Doc Supports Marines in Ar Ramadi -- Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Group Trumpets Taps for Veterans -- Story

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Hurricane Coverage
Iraq Transition of Power

IRAQ
Marine Dies From Bomb Blast
Steel Curtain Yield 'Substantial'
Pace: Security Measures Success
Safe House Raid Kills Terrorists
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Army Chief Visits U.S.
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Directive Sets Interrogation Policy
U.S., Israel Discuss Terror War
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Bush Honors Former Chairman
Army Keeps Recruiting Standards
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

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1674 - The Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (NY) to the English.
1775 - Congress establishes the U.S. Marine Corps.
1801 - Kentucky outlaws dueling.
1808 - The Osage Treaty is signed.
1836 - Louis Napoleon is banished to America.
1864 - Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of Mexico.
1917 - 41 suffragists are arrested in front of the White House.
1918 - Jozef Pilsudski proclaims Poland's independence.
1926 - Vincent Massey becomes the first Canadian minister to the U.S.
1928 - Hirohito is enthroned as Emperor of Japan.
1945 - College football's #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0; General Enver Hoxha becomes leader of Albania.
1951 - For the first time, a long distance telephone call is made without operator assistance.
1954 - The Iwo Jima Memorial (servicemen raising the U.S. flag) is dedicated in Arlington, VA; Lt. Colonel John Strapp travels 632 MPH in a rocket sled.
1960 - The Senate passes a landmark Civil Rights Bill.
1968 - Zond-6 is launched - the second unmanned circumlunar and return flight.
1969 - "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS-TV.
1970 - Luna-17, with the unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod-1, is launched.
1975 - The ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and its crew of 29 are lost in a storm on Lake Superior; in NYC, PLO leader Yaser Arafat addresses the U.N.; the U.N. General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism.
1978 - Israel's top negotiators break away from Middle East peace talks.
1980 - Dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie; CBS pays the $12.55 fare.
1989 - Guerrillas battle with government forces in El Salvador; Germans begin punching holes in the Berlin Wall; Word Perfect 5.1 is shipped.
1990 - Lebanon releases two French hostages (Camille Sontag and Marcel Coudari).
2084 - Transit of Earth as seen from Mars.

Birthdays
1483 - Martin Luther, founded Protestantism
1683 - King George II of England (1727-60)
1759 - Frederich von Schiller, German poet/lyricist (Ode to Joy)
1793 - Jared Kirtland, physician/naturalist - reformed penitentiaries
1844 - Sir John S.D. Thompson, 4th Canadian PM (1892-94)
1882 - Frances Perkins, first female Cabinet member (Secretary of Labor 1933-45)
1930 - Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr., Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1981-88)
1935 - Ronald E. Evans, Captain USN / astronaut (Apollo 17)

Passings
1865 - Henry Wirz, Confederate prison Commandant (Andersonville), executed for excessive cruelty
1938 - Kemal Atarok, first President of Turkey
1982 - Leonid I. Brezhnev Soviet First Secretary

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Carter, William T., USN (SC); S2E crashed (crew), Killed, body not recovered

McAteer, Thomas J., USN (PA); S2E crashed (pilot), Killed, body not recovered

O'Brien, John Lawrence, USAF (PA); A1E shot down, KIA, body not recovered

Riordan, John M., USN (WA); S2E crashed (crew), Killed, body not recovered

Schoderer, Eric J., USN (NJ); S2E crashed (crew), Killed, body not recovered

1967
Cook, Kelly F., USAF (IA); F4C shot down (pilot, w/Crew)

Crew, James A., USAF (PA); F4C shot down (bombardier/navigator, w/Cook)

Huneycutt, Charles J., Jr., USAF (NC); F4C shot down (bombardier/navigator, w/Morgan), remains returned September, 1989

Morgan, James S., USAF (AR); F4C shot down (pilot, w/Huneycutt)

1972
Wright, Frederick W., USN (NJ); A7A shot down, remains returned September, 1998 - ID'd December, 1990