News of Note
Israel at War
Israel Vows to Decimate Hezbollah
American in Beirut: 'Helpless Walk'
Zawahiri: Holy War Against Israel
U.N. Statement on Israeli Bombing
Iran: Israel Hit Self-Destruct Button
Video: Rick Leventhal Reports in Bint Jbail
Video: What Does Wall Street Want?
Video: Hope for Gaza Soldier's Release
Video: Hezbollah's Deadly Guerilla Tactics
Israel calls up reserves, diplomatic divide widens - Video
Diplomatic divide over Lebanon crisis widens - Video
Syria's Lebanese refugees remain defiant - Video
Bush cites Iran's role in Lebanon conflict
Israel nixes major U.N. role in Lebanon
Israel won't expand offensive in Lebanon

Operation Iraqi Freedom
US boosts Iraq troop levels amid Baghdad violence - Video
Saddam trial adjourns 'til October verdict
31 die in attack on Baghdad neighborhood
U.S. may send 5,000 more troops to Baghdad

Operation Enduring Freedom
Americans Among Dead in Afghan Crash

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Qaeda deputy leader warns over Mideast fighting - Video

Other Military News
11th-hour try to block US F-16 sale to Pakistan

NSA / CIA
House report criticizes US intelligence on threats - Video

Worldwide Wackos
US sanctions two India firms for transfers to Iran - Video
Key UN members said to reach informal deal on Iran - Video
Lebanon fighting and North Korea top ASEAN agenda - Video
China links US Mideast stance to Iran measure - Video

Moonbat Watch
Activists protest beer-swilling pigs

Politics / Government
Bush signs law for national sex offender registry - Video
UK's Blair to meet Bush on Mideast facing criticism
Bush urged to enforce Voting Rights Act
House GOP pressing vote on minimum wage

Mother Nature
California heat wave deaths as high as 90

News from My Neck of the Woods
Massachusetts "Big Dig" chief to resign
Turnpike chairman out after Big Dig death

Oddities
Thanks for auditioning, we'll call you
Man saves dog thrown from window

Other News of Note
Colorado killer claims 48 murders across US

Fox News
Tour de France Champ Landis Denies Doping Claim to Mom
Saddam's Trial Wraps Up
Iraq Bombs Kill 31, Injure 153
Calif. Heat Deaths Reach 81
Bush Signs Bill to Keep Tabs on Convicted Child Molesters
Bush Signs Voting Rights Act
California Opens 'Fusion' Anti-Terrorism Center
Yates Committed to Hospital
Radio Station Converts From Pious to Pornographic
Montana Senator Blasts Crew Back From Battling Wildfire
Neighbor Charged With Murder of 5-Year-Old Utah Girl

Reuters: Top News
NASA mulls mothballing US space station research
Home DNA tests "snake oil," congressman says
Intel counters AMD with fast, energy-saving chip
Microsoft fails to ease investors fears on Windows
Lethal injection worries stir US death penalty debate
First China alternative marriage Web site thrives
Vegan diet reverses diabetes symptoms, study finds
US issues high-strength hydrogen peroxide warning
Rolling Stones phoning in their shows for fans
"Miami Vice" set to heat up box office
Bolton under water
Stocks dip on Microsoft concerns

AP World News
Landis: Stigma 'may never go away'
Neighbor charged in death of Utah girl
Doctors test anti-smoking vaccine
Intel unveils new chips, slashes prices
Scarlett Johansson denies divalike demands
Bristol-Myers announces probe; profit off
Exxon Mobil 2Q profit hits more than $10B
Landis denies cheating to win Tour
Publicist: Hasselhoff was sick, not drunk
Stocks slip as investors await GDP reading
Exxon Mobil earns $10.4 billion in 2Q
'Kazaa' makers settle piracy lawsuits
Prince's second wife seeks divorce
Teen has car towed, murdered by drifter
Texan charged with kidnapping, carjackings

Military.com
Navy Gets New High-Tech Choppers
Army's Readiness Questioned
Up-Front Medical Bills

CENTCOM: News Releases
AFGHAN HELICOPTER CRASHES IN PAKTIA

COALITION FORCES CAPTURE TERRORIST AND ASSOCIATE NORTH OF TIKRIT

1ST BCT SOLDIERS SEIZE WEAPONS, MUNITIONS

IA, MND-B SOLDIERS CAPTURE WEAPONS, MUNITIONS, 5 DETAINEES

IPs, MND-B SOLDIERS SEIZE WEAPONS, DETAIN SUSPECTS

MND-B PATROL CAPTURES 6 DETAINEES, UNEARTHS WEAPONS CACHE

IA, IPs, MND-B WORK TOGETHER, DETAIN 12 TERRORISTS

IRAQI FORCES DIVERT MISSION TO AID CITIZEN IN DISTRESS

MND-B SOLDIERS DETAIN TERRORISTS, FIND WEAPONS CACHES & ROADSIDE BOMBS IN BABIL

COALITION KILLS THREE EXTREMISTS FOLLOWING FAILED AMBUSH

IRAQI CITIZEN LEADS MND-B SOLDIERS TO TERRORIST WEAPONS CASH

IPs, MND-B SOLDIERS FIND EXPLOSIVES

COALITION FORCES STRIKE TERRORIST NORTHWEST OF RAMADI

ENEMY FIGHTERS ATTACK COALITION UNIT, SEVEN EXTREMISTS KILLED

IRAQI SOLDIERS, MARINES RESCUE THREE HOSTAGES, RECOVER LARGE WEAPONS CACHE

IRAQI CHILD MEDICALLY EVACUATED AFTER SUSTAINING INJURIES AT HOME

STB, 4TH BCT, 4th INF. DIV. DONATES EQUIPMENT TO IRAQI ESSENTIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENTS

2nd BCT SOLDIERS PREVENT TERRORIST ATTACK

MND-B SODLIERS CAPTURE 9 TERRORISTS IN BAGHDAD

IRAQI CITIZEN'S TIP LEADS MND-B SOLDIERS TO WEAPONS

COALITION FORCES SUCCESSFULLY TARGET TERRORIST IN BAGHDAD

COALITION FORCES CAPTURE ONE TERRORIST AND SEVEN ASSOCIATES NORTH OF RAMADI

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Coalition Responds to Crash - Story
U.S. Soldiers Capture Terrorists
Iraqi Forces Nab Insurgents
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Battalion Helps Iraqis Take the Lead - Story
New Command Oversees Military Doctrine - Story
Airmen Control Skies Over Dangerous Areas - Story
Stops in 'Hot' Zone Require Quick Off-loads - Story

IN IRAQ
Soldiers Join Noncommissioned Officer Corps
British Regiment Gets Hometown Treat
Local Tribes Work Together to Rebuild Iraq
Market Sign of Prosperity for Iraqi Town
Tactical Operations Center Tracks Troops

IN AFGHANISTAN
'Camp Justice' Becomes 'Thunder Cove'
Medics Visit Remote Afghan District
Extremists Destroy Afghan School

BACKGROUND
IRAQ
Renewal In Iraq
Iraq: Security, Stability
Fact Sheet: Progress and Work Ahead
Report: Strategy for Victory in Iraq
Iraq Daily Update
This Week in Iraq (PDF)
Multinational Force Iraq
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (PDF)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Weekly Reconstruction Report (PDF)
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Fact Sheet: Budget Request
Fact Sheet: War on Terror
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

CASUALTIES
Two Servicemembers Die in Iraq - 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

Gitmo

Today in History
1586 - Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe.
1588 - The Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I.
1821 - Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day).
1830 - In France, a revolution Charles X with Louis Philippe.
1862 - Confederate forces are defeated at More's Hill, MO.
1868 - The 14th Amendment is ratified, granting citizenship to ex-slaves.
1900 - In Connecticut, Louis Lassing creates the Hamburger.
1914 - Austria-Hungary attacks Serbia, officially beginning WW I.
1931 - Congress makes "The Star-Spangled Banner" the U.S. National Anthem.
1942 - Nazis murder 10,000 Jews in Minsk, Russia.
1943 - Italian Facist dictator Benito Mussolini resigns; FDR announces the end of U.S. coffee rationing.
1945 - A U.S. Army bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building, 14 die; the U.S. Senate ratifies the UN charter 89-2
1962 - Mariner I is launched for Mars; it plummets into the Atlantic Ocean.
1964 - Ranger 7 is launched toward the Moon; it sends back 4308 TV pictures.
1977 - Oil first flows through the Alaska pipeline.
1986 - NASA releases the transcript from the doomed Challenger Space Shuttle.
1988 - Israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for the first Israeli visit in 21 years.
1990 - A blackout hits Chicago.

Birthdays
1165 - Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic/philosopher
1746 - Thomas Heyward, soldier, signed Declaration of Independence
1859 - Balington Booth, founded Volunteers of America
1907 - Earl S. Tupper inventor of Tupperware
1929 - Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, First Lady
1961 - Scott E. Parazynski, MD/astronaut

Passings
1540 - Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed
1655 - Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist
1746 - John Peter Zenger, journalist, involved in 1st Amendment fight
1750 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (Art of the Fugue)
1794 - Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary/avocat, guillotined

Reported Missing in Action
1966
McSwain, George P., USN (CA); A4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive in 1998