CROSSROADS — A flock of ducks attempts to waddle through a patrol of Stryker light armored vehicles on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 20, 2005. U.S. soldiers of Company A, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Richardson, Alaska, conducted the patrol. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jeremy D. Crisp

News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military: Soldier Killed Iraq Bomber, Saved Lives
Three U.S. GIs Killed in Iraq
Car Bomb Kills 20

Operation Enduring Freedom
U.S. Paratrooper Killed in Afghanistan Attacks

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Bones Found at WTC Site
Three Schoolgirls Beheaded in Indonesia

Hurricane Season
More Danish Terror Arrests
Hurricane Victims Selling Meals for Profit on eBay?
Hurricane Beta Gains Strength

Fox News
Arizona Court: Out-of-Womb Embyros Aren't 'Persons'
High Court Guessing Game
Charges Against Murder Suspect's Mom Dropped
Libby Resigns After Indictment
Raw Data: Libby's Statement
Raw Data: Libby Indictment (pdf)
Raw Data: Cheney Praises Libby
Libby May Cite Lack of Memory
Video: Bush Reacts to Indictment
Video: Amb. Joe Wilson
Blasts Rock New Delhi; 49 Die
Video: New Delhi Blasts
Photo Essay: Explosions in India
India Train Plunges Into River; 100 Dead

Reuters: Top News
Democrats criticize oil industry subsidies
Pentagon invites UN torture investigator to Guantanamo
Car bomb kills 25 in Iraqi Shi'ite town
Mel Gibson to shoot epic movie in Mayan language
WHO urges protective clothing for poultry workers
Politics aside as Arab TV laps up US pop culture

AP World News
Some Experts Scoff at Terror WMD Threat
Israeli Aircraft, Artillery Bombard Gaza
U.S. Helps Pakistan Earthquake Survivors
Berlusconi Sought to Dissuade Bush on Iraq
Groups to Rally Against Bush in Argentina
Iran Rejects Derision of Leader's Remarks
Syria Leader Wants Probe on Hariri Death
3 Nations Predict Tough Syria Resolution
GI Kills Suicide Bomber Who Attacked Hotel
Kim Praises China's Efforts in Nuke Talks
Scathing Oil-For-Food Report Draws Denials
Israel Fires Missiles Into Northern Gaza
U.N.: at Least 1.7M Zambians Need Food

CENTCOM: News Release
FOREIGN-FIGHTER LEADER TARGETED
HUSAYBAH TERRORIST STRONGHOLDS DESTROYED
U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AIR FORCES SUPPORT PAKISTAN AID

Department of Defense
Bush: U.S. Won't Stop Short of Victory — Story Remarks
Cheney Thanks Troops on Robins Air Base — Story
Much Progress Made in North-Central Iraq — Story Video Transcript
General Cites Improvement in Security Forces —Story Video

ON THE GROUND
Former Al Qaeda Site Resembles Ghost Town — Story
Stryker Soldiers Patrol Streets of Mosul — Story Photos
'Makos' in Sky Support Warriors on Ground — Story
Afghan Troops Help Meet Local Medical Needs — Story

IN IRAQ
UXO Disposal Reclaims Land, Saves Lives
Departing Troops' Legacy: Patrols, IED Finds
Tuskeegee Airmen Visit Troops in Iraq
Project to Provide Potable Water, Hydrants

IN AFGHANISTAN
EC-130s Support Ground Units in Afghanistan

FACE OF DEFENSE
Kuwaiti-born Marine on Third Deployment in Iraq — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Car Displays Marine Program Logo — Story

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Hurricane Coverage
Iraq Transition of Power

IRAQ
Iraqi Police Officers Graduate
4 Troops Killed in Operations
Rebuilding Effort Moves Forward
Hotel Targeted for Media Value
Iraq-Iran Border Crossing Complete
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Forces Stop Potential Attacks
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Official Releases Intel Blueprint
Gitmo Visit Impresses Medical Pros
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Airmen Train Troops for Duty
Hospital Deploys Medics to Kuwait
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
539 BC- Babylon falls to Cyrus the Great of Persia.
1682 - William Penn lands in what will become Pennsylvania.
1727 - A severe earthquake hits in New England.
1811 - The first Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans.
1863 - The International Committee of the Red Cross is founded (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963).
1894 - The Hawaiian Republic holds its first election.
1923 - Turkey is proclaimed a republic (National Day).
1929 - On "Black Tuesday," the Stock Market crashes, triggering "Great Depression."
1940 - Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson draws the first number in the first peacetime military draft in U.S. history (#158).
1942 - 16,000 Jews are killed in Pinsk, Russia; the Alaska highway is completed.
1945 - The first ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it was patented.
1956 - The International Zone of Tangier is returned to Morocco; Israeli paratroopers drop into the Sinai to open Straits of Tiran.
1957 - A hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament).
1960 - A chartered C46 carrying Cal State's football team crashes, killing 16.
1964 - In NYC, the Star of India and other jewels are stolen.
1966 - NOW (the National Organization of Women) is founded.
1982 - Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking (he is later acquitted).
1988 - 2,000 U.S. anti-abortion protesters are arrested for blocking clinics.
1989 - In NYC, the MTA opens the 63rd street subway extension.

Birthdays
1875 - Marie, queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania (1914-27)
1884 - Bela Lugosi, horror actor (Dracula, Body Snatcher)
1891 - Fanny Brice, singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks)
1897 - Paul Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propagandist
1947 - Richard Dreyfuss, actor (Jaws, Nuts)

Passings
1618 - Sir Walter Raleigh, executed in London
1885 - George B. McClellan, Union General
1901 - Leon Czolcosz, assassin of President McKinley, executed
1911 - Joseph Pulitzer American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC
1947 - Frances Cleveland Preston, former First Lady
1957 - Louis B. Mayer, MGM producer
1990 - William French Smith, attorney general (1980)

Reported Missing in Action
1963
Pitzer, Daniel L., US Army SF (WV); released November, 1967 - deceased

Rowe, James N., US Army SF (TX); escaped December, 1968 - killed in the Phillipines by a sniper in 1989

Versace, Humberto R., US Army SF (VA); reportedly executed September, 1965 - on PRG DIC list

1968
Bezold, Steven, US Army (MO); O1G shot down (observer, w/Harrison)

Harrison, Donald L., US Army (GA); O1G shot down (pilot, w/Bezold)

Hunter, James D., US Army (TN); swept off of air mattress by wave, Killed - accidental drowning

1971
Oakley, Linus Labin, USAF (AR); KIA, body not recovered

1972
Sullivan, James E., USN (MA); A7C shot down, remains returned August, 1985