News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Blast Kills 8 Laborers in Iraq
Hunting drive-by killers on patrol in Baghdad
Al-Qaida gains strength in Sunni heartland

Operation Enduring Freedom
AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES CAPTURE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY NOTES POSITIVE QUARTER IN AFGHANISTAN

Homeland Security / War on Terror
NYC to Release Sept. 11 Calls
22 British Terror Suspects to Face Detention Hearing
UK police seek extra time to quiz bomb suspects - Video
Islamist militia take key Somali port: residents
Bush says U.S. safer, but not yet safe
Man pleads not guilty in Seattle case
TSA chief defends X-ray shoe screenings
The New Age of Terror

Troops on Trial
General to rule on Iraq rape case in September - Video
Britain to Pardon WWI Soldiers

Other Military News
Military academy missing proper permits

Mid-East Ceasefire
Pushing for Peace
IDF continues troop withdrawal
Israel to halt pullout unless Lebanon army deploys
Wife of kidnapped journalist makes Gaza appeal - Video
Hamas, Fatah to renew talks on unity government
France calls for end to Lebanon blockade
Many Israelis furious at how war was run
Enhanced U.N. Force Likely to Deploy Within Weeks
Forces Search for Fox News Journalists
U.N. Peace Efforts Threatened

Worldwide Wackos
Venezuelan democracy looks alive, despite doubts
Iran says can discuss atomic work suspension in talks - Video

Politics / Government
Ford Checks Into Mayo Clinic
Carter's Son Wins Nv. Primary
Sen. Allen Apologizes for Insult to Challenger's Aide
Bush will not endorse Republican opposing Lieberman
Congressman helps deliver his own son

Mother Nature
Global warming affects hurricane intensity: study

Oddities
Man drinks potion for good luck: doesn't get any
Would-be shepherds flock to job offer

Other News of Note
Solar System Debate - Proposal would add 3 planets
NBA Player Arrested After Shooting Near White House

Fox News
ACT Scores Hit 20-Year High- FOXNews.com's College 101
Dell Battery Danger Stems From Manufacturing Defect
List of Dells to Be Recalled
Higher Energy Costs Fuel Consumer Inflation
Remembering the King

Reuters: Top News
Water crisis warning
Video: One in five lacks safe drinking water
Rich and poor countries alike face water crisis - Video
Czech PM resigns, president to name Topolanek
Agency reviewing all Sony laptop batteries
Google is everywhere in headquarters town
Fans sink their fangs into "Snakes on a Plane"
Future seen promising for AIDS vaccine
Breast cancer chemo side effects elevated
Fans sink their fangs into "Snakes on a Plane"
Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards reach divorce pact

AP World News
Consumer prices up, factory output slows
2 games go 18 innings in MLB on same day
Wal-Mart posts 1st profit fall in decade
Reporters must testify over Bonds leak
DEA busts coast-to-coast heroin ring
Prosecutors to monitor Madonna act
L.A. sues over sewage dumping ban
Va. teen in court over cancer treatment
Cop whistle-blower awarded $3.7 million
Slain Tenn. pastor's wife freed on bail
Police: DNA links man to 4 Mich. deaths

Military.com
Lockheed Says F-35 Could Fly Pilotless

CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO VILLAGE

CFC-A COMMANDER TOURS COMBAT MEDIC SCHOOL

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

GEN. PACE VISITS CAMP LIBERTY, ASSURES TROOPS THEY HAVE SUPPORT

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
Value of experimentation to the joint warfighter stressed in urban experiment - podcast
Urban Resolve 2015 kicks off to support warfighters - podcast
Command conducts experiment with Army’s TRADOC - podcast
Command to release news through podcasting
Warfighters test tools for new command and control program
Command's simulation tool changes name as it expands scope
More about modeling and simulation
Joint fires contract goes to SAIC
Joint Systems Baseline Assessment2006 completes technical assessment
Kamiya takes over as head of Joint Warfighting Center and joint training
See photos from the Change of Command
Training team supports exercise in Kyrgyz Republic
See photos from RC 06
Media Roundtable for Multinational Experiment Four - photos
Command surgeon, wife participate in week-long bicycle ride across Iowa
Command begins contract pre-solicitation process
USJFCOM Army Staff Sergeant receives Senior Military Member of the Quarter Award

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Iran Fighting Two Proxy Wars - Story
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ON THE GROUND
Iraqis Take Control of Baghdad Neighborhood - Story
Soldiers Complete Projects in Zafaraniya - Story
Uganda, U.S. Provide Humanitarian Assistance - Story

IN IRAQ
Al Rasheed Renovation Nears Completion
Marine Artist Renders Fallen Iraqi Hero
Operation Combs Al-Doura Neighborhood
Helping Iraqi Youth ‘Best Part of My Job’
Combat Zone Ingenuity Protects Marines

IN AFGHANISTAN
Security Forces ‘Fly Away’ to Support Mission
Training Academy Gets New Motorcycles
Coalition Teams Treat Afghan Patients
Meeting Clairifies Reconstruction Team's Role

IN KENYA
Medical Project Treats Villagers in Kenya

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
1777 - Americans defeat the British in the Battle of Bennington, VT.
1780 - The British decisively defeat the Americans in Battle of Camden, SC.
1812 - General Hull surrenders Detroit and the Michigan territory to England.
1861 - President Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with the Confederacy.
1863 - The Emancipation Proclamation is signed.
1896 - Gold is discovered in the Klondike.
1898 - The roller coaster is patented.
1920 - Ray Chapman of the Indians becomes the only fatality in major league baseball a day after being hit in the head by a pitch from the Yankees' Carl Mays.
1934 - The U.S. ends occupation of Haiti (from 1915).
1948 - The Israeli pound becomes legal tender.
1954 - Sports Illustrated publishes its first issue.
1955 - Fiat Motors orders the first private atomic reactor.
1960 - Britain grants independence to Cyprus.
1960 - The Republic of the Congo (Zaire) forms.
1963 - Independence is restored to the Dominican Republic.
1984 - NASA launches Ampte.
1990 - In Kuwait, Iraq orders 4000 Britons and 2500 Americans to Iraq.

Birthdays
1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, football pioneer, inventor of the tackling dummy
1892 - Harold Foster, cartoonist (created "Prince Valiant")
1897 - Robert Ringling, circus master
1904 - Wendell Stanley, biochemist, first to crystallize a virus (Nobel Prize, 1946)
1913 - Menachem Begin, Israeli PM (1977-83, Nobel Prize, 1978)
1925 - Fess Parker, actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller)
1930 - Frank Gifford, NFL halfback (NY Giants)/ABC sportscaster
1933 - Stuart A. "Smokey" Roosa, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Apollo 14)
1935 - Julie Newmar, actress (Catwoman-Batman)
1939 - Valeri V. Ryumin, cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 32)

Passings
1920 - Norman Lockyer, editor of NATURE, discoverer of helium in Sun
1948 - Babe Ruth
1977 - Elvis Presley
1991 - Shamu the Whale (age 16), respiratory failure

Reported Missing in Action
1968
Blevins, Lural Lee III, US Army (PA); KIA, remains recovered June, 1969 - ID'd November, 1975

Elbert, Fred, USMC (NY); released by PRG March, 1973 - a.k.a. John Peter Johnson - peace committee

Graniela, Jose A., Jr., US Army (NY); KIA, body not recovered

McElhanon, Michael O., USAF (TX); F100F disappeared en route to refuel

Overlock, John F., USAF (MA); F100F disappeared en route to refuel

1971
Kennedy, John W., USAF (VA); 02A disappeared during reconaissance mission - remains returned 1992/1993, ID'd June, 1996

1975
Simmons, Willie E., released October, 1975