News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Al Qaeda building political arm in Iraq: General - Video
W. House: Bush not frustrated with Iraqi government

Homeland Security / War on Terror
No Explosives Found in Port of Seattle Bomb Scare
NYC Releases Over 1,600 Sept. 11 Emergency Calls
Flight Diverted to Boston After Mid-Air 'Emergency'
Video: Mid-Air Emergency
Feds say no terrorism on diverted flight
UK police granted more time to quiz bomb suspects - Video
Mich. prosecutor drops terror case
U.S. beefing up air passenger checks

Troops on Trial
Marine Corps officer charged in Iraq assaults

Mid-East Ceasefire
Lebanon OKs Troops in South
Video: Fragile Cease-Fire
Video: Israeli Troops Pull Out
Lebanon's army set to deploy in Hizbollah bastion - Video
France ready to lead new Lebanon force: minister - Video
Criticism of Lebanon war rises in Israel
Israel begins giving positions to U.N.

NSA / CIA
Jury at impasse in prisoner abuse case

Worldwide Wackos
Cuba keeps expectations low with scant Castro news

Politics / Government
Bush Hops on Harley for Economic Tour
"CAFTA 15" Democrats may survive labor's wrath

Mother Nature
Wyoming wildfire threatens homes

Other News of Note
Arrest in JonBenet Ramsey Murder
Suspect nabbed in Bangkok on unrelated sex charges
Raw Data: Statement by John Ramsey
Video: Arrest in JonBenet Ramsey Murder
Can Forensics Crack the Case?
Photo Essay: Remembering JonBenet Ramsey
Virginia Teen Wins Court Battle to Stop Chemo

Fox News
Mexican Drug Kingpin Busted
Wife of Jailed Tyco CEO Kozlowski Files for Divorce

Reuters: Top News
The HIV "Elite"
Small victories feature at conference
Sex workers march for rights
Pluto wins reprieve but number of planets may rise
Possible key human evolution genes identified
AOL to hunt down spammer's gold
Food a basic need in HIV fight: UN agency
Depp, Burton team up for 'Sweeney Todd' film
S&P 500 hits three-month high - Video
HP shares jump as profit tops views
Network Appliance falls after results
Mcafee shares fall on restatement news
Big Lots swings to profit
Mr. Market nails a valuation
DeMartino: Entergy is on the radar
Dow theorist warns on recession
Hewlett-Packard net rises, plans $6 bln buyback
Fed's Fisher: Inflation greatest risk to US
Striking Chile Escondida union modifies demands
Teck concedes defeat in Inco bid as offering fails
Satellite TV giants retire from wireless sale
July core CPI up slightly; housing starts slow

AP World News
Feds catch drug kingpin while fishing
Staph skin infections on rise in U.S.
Spears says baby No. 2 was not planned
HP profit surges, beating expectations
Things haven't changed much at Medinah
Gwyneth Paltrow returning to acting
Dow ends up 97 on tame inflation data
O'Malley wins big league debut for Cubs
Plan would add planets to solar system
Elvis fans end pilgrimage at graveside
Consumer prices rise by 0.4 percent
Google's home town to get Web access free
NASA approves Aug. 27 launch
Allen meets with Indian PAC over remarks

Military.com
Jets Intercept United Airlines Flight
DoD Finds Cruise Missile Defense 'Gaps'
New Expeditionary Warfare Device Approved

CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO VILLAGE

CFC-A COMMANDER TOURS COMBAT MEDIC SCHOOL

AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES CAPTURE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS

2 EXPLOSIONS RUPTURE GAS LINE, DESTROYS 4 BUILDINGS; BLAST KILL 63 IRAQIS, WOUND 140

GEN. PACE VISITS CAMP LIBERTY, ASSURES TROOPS THEY HAVE SUPPORT
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY NOTES POSITIVE QUARTER IN AFGHANISTAN

SUICIDE BOMBER INJURES CIVILIANS

PATROLS DETAIN SUSPECTS, SEIZE MUNITIONS

MND-B SOLDIERS STRIVE TO KEEP TERRORISTS OUT OF NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTHERN BAGHDAD

IRAQI FORCES CAPTURE TERRORIST IN BAGHDAD OPERATION

SUSPECTED AL QAEDA FACILITATOR TARGETED IN RAID

EXTREMISTS FIRE ROCKET, INJURE CIVILIANS

4-1 NATIONAL POLICE BRIGADE STOPS VEHICLE-BORNE BOMB IN EAST BAGHDAD

QUICK RESPONSE SEES FLOOD RELIEF FLOW INTO GHAZNI

USJFCOM
Commander stresses information access

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Positive Trend Seen in Baghdad - Story
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Marines Give Insurgents No Time For Rest - Story
Chief Master Sgt. Praises Afghan Progress - Story
Iraqis Take Control of Baghdad Neighborhood - Story

IN IRAQ
Soldiers Complete Projects in Zafaraniya
Al Rasheed Renovation Nears Completion
Marine Artist Renders Fallen Iraqi Hero
Operation Combs Al-Doura Neighborhood

IN AFGHANISTAN
Security Forces ‘Fly Away’ to Support Mission
Training Academy Gets New Motorcycles

IN KENYA
Medical Project Treats Villagers in Kenya

IN UGANDA
Uganda, U.S. Provide Humanitarian Assistance

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
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
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

Today in History
1787 - In Budapest, Jews are granted permission to pray in groups.
1846 - The U.S. acquires Los Angeles.
1863 - Federal batteries and ships bombard Fort Sumter, in South Carolina.
1870 - In Washington state, the first ascent of Mt. Rainier occurs.
1877 - Asaph Hall discovers the Martian moon Phobos.
1940 - F.D.R. and Canada's P.M. William M. King agree to a joint defense commission.
1942 - U.S. bombers stage their first independent raid on Europe, attacking Rouen, France.
1948 - Alger Hiss denies being a Communist agent.
1955 - Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods the Connecticut River, killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion worth of damage.
1958 - The world's first Lunar probe, the U.S.'s Thor-Able, explodes at T+77 seconds.
1959 - A 7.1 earthquake strikes Yellowstone National Park.
1960 - Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spy trial opens in Moscow; Gabon gains independence from France.
1961 - The Kennedy administration establishes the Alliance for Progress.
1962 - East German border guards shoot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, during his attempt to cross the Berlin Wall into the western sector.
1966 - Pioneer 7 is launched into a solar orbit.
1969 - Hurricane Camille claims more than 250 lives.
1970 - The U.S.S.R. launches Venera 7 for a soft landing on Venus.
1978 - The Eagle II makes the first manned balloon crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.

Birthdays
1786 - Davy Crockett, American frontiersman/adventurer/politician (killed at the Alamo)
1844 - King Menelik II of Ethiopia (1896-1913)
1870 - Frederick Russell, developer of the first successful typhoid fever vaccine
1876 - Eric Drummond, first Secretary-General of the League of Nations (1919-33)
1900 - Quincy Howe, newscaster (CBS Weekend News)
1905 - John Hay Whitney, publisher (NY Herald Tribune 1961-67)
1914 - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., son of F.D.R. (Rep-NY, 1949-55)
1929 - Francis Gary Powers, USAF vet, American U-2 pilot (shot down / captured by U.S.S.R. in the 1959 U-2 incident)
1952 - Kathryn C. Thornton, Ph.D. / astronaut (STS 33, sk: 49)

Passings
1850 - Jos‚ Francisco de San Martin South American revolutionary hero, dies
1987 - Rudolph Hess Nazi, dies at 93, after 46 years in Spandau Prison
1988 - Franklin D Roosevelt Jr (Rep-D-NY, 1949-55), dies on 74th birthday
1988 - Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq pres of Pakistan (1978-88), dies at 63 in plane crash

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Brand, Joseph William, USAF (IL); F105F shot down (pilot), remains returned by SRV September, 1977

Kemp, Freddie, US Army (NY); fell while crossing river, presumed Killed

Singer, Donald Maurice, USAF (PA); F105F shot down (electronic warfare officer), remains returned by SRV September, 1977

1967
Dion, Laurent N., USN (RI); RA5C shot down, KIA, body not recovered

Hom, Charles David, USN (CA); RA5C shot down(w/Dion), KIA, body not recovered

1968
Gartley, Markham L., USN (ME); F4B shot down (pilot), released September, 1972

Hoffson, Arthur T., USAF (TX); F4D shot down (navigator / bombadier, w/Powell), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

Mayhew, William J., USN (WV); F4B shot down (w/Gartley) - records show remains were returned, but was released alive March, 1973

Powell, William E., USAF (TX); F4D shot down (pilot, w/Mayhew), remains returned December, 1985

1969
Loepke, Malcolm "Buck," US Army; helicopter shot down by North Korea, held for 180 days (captured with three others; not noted in PMSEA) **Korean War Vet**

1970
Wellons, Phillip Rogerson, USAF (NC); F4E shot down, KIA, body not recovered

1972
Pitzen, John R., USN (IA); F4J shot down (pilot, w/Pender), remains recovered November, 1994 - ID'd March, 1996

Pender, Orland J., USN (RI); F4J shot down (radio intercept officer, w/Pitzen), remains recovered November, 1994 - ID'd March, 1996

Raebel, Dale V., USN (SD); A7A shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive and well as of 1998