News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraqi Authorities Find 29 Bodies in Baghdad
Iraq war's signature wound: brain injury

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Yemen Authorities Foil Plot to Attack Two Oil Facilities
Africa key to Pentagon counterterrorism strategy
Al-Qaida joins Algerians against France
Air cargo faces tighter screening

Welcome Home!!
Kidnapped USAF Officer Returns to U.S.

Troops on Trial
Reprimand Suggested for Chaplain

Mid-East Ceasefire
Israel: Bombing of U.N. Post Due to Bad Maps
Letter from captive Israeli soldier given to family

Immigration / Border Control
Border Agent Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes
House OKs Fence Along U.S.-Mexico Border

Worldwide Wackos
Hugo Chavez Pledges Support for Iran, Cuba
Chavez: U.S. Denying Visas
North Korea warns South against joining US sanctions
N. Korea's Refusal to Talk Bolstered Allies

Politics / Government
GOP Officials: Ney to Plead Guilty
Ohio Republicans pick replacement for Rep. Ney
Ohio state senator seeks Ney's seat
Senate Panel OK's Bush-Opposed Detainee Bill
Ex-N.J. Gov. McGreevey Book Details Gay Life

Media in the Media
LA Times editor opposes more staff cuts

Mother Nature
Wildfires Scorch U.S. West
Lightning-sparked fires rage in Montana
Photo Essay: Raging Wildfires
Gordon downgraded to Category 2 Atlantic hurricane

Oddities
Milan fashionistas fear Spanish skinny model ban
Cult enters bunkers though doomsday uneventful

Other News of Note
FDA Sends Warning Over Fresh Spinach (Damn...I love fresh spinach)

Fox News
Lawyer: FCC Ordered Media Study Destroyed
Official: Ford to Offer Buyouts to UAW Workers
Stocks to Watch: Adobe
Coach Guilty of Plot to Injure Autistic Player
More Charges in Group Sex Assault of 11-Year-Old
Interior Dept. Close to Deal to Fix Oil Royalties
Protesters Force Mexico Holiday Changes
Web Posting Hints Columbine Link in Montreal Shooting
Anna Nicole Smith Supports Probe of Son's Death

Reuters: Top News
Cult guru to hang for Tokyo subway gas attack
Wolfowitz defends graft plan - Video
Ohio Republicans pick replacement for Rep. Ney
Dying glaciers draw curious to Swiss Alpine peaks
Activists slam birth control for elephants in India
Microsoft touts wireless connection as iPod killer
Nintendo to debut console in November
After a century of struggle, a new monastery rises
Poor U.S. states among the fattest, survey finds
Lopez, Anthony celebrate salsa legend in "Cantante"
"Survivor" maven's big racial experiment a bust
Weak oil and gold weigh on resource stocks
Nikkei slips after government report
U.S. stock futures little changed before CPI
Oil holds near $63 on ample winter fuel stocks
Gold steadies after 3-month lows
Look at Europe to see the future
Supplier consolidation inevitable
Nintendo is dark horse in video game console war
Singapore activist ban "authoritarian": Wolfowitz
IMF sees growth risks
Scotiabank eyes Malaysia but denies bid

AP World News
Pakistan's parliament condemns Pope
Duane 'Dog' Chapman arrested in Hawaii
Twins pull within one game of 1st place
Report: Agents gave Reggie Bush gifts
Colo. worker wins transgender bias case
Slaton gets 195; No. 5 Mountaineers win
Surging Twins win; close in on first
Wie in bit of trouble at PGA's Lumber 84
Pa. woman missing 10 years sues city
Ill. train derailment prompts evacuation
Obituaries in the news
Michigan convict caught after 30 years

Military.com
VA 'Retro Pay' Begins
Milblogging.com Tops 1,500 Blogs
Naval Academy Adopts new Drinking Policy
DoD Pushes Biobased Fuels
U.S. Military Takes Two Paths

CENTCOM: News Releases
UAV CATCHES AIF MOTAR TEAM IN THE ACT

Department of Defense
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ON THE GROUND
25th Infantry Assumes Responsibility for Ops - Story
Iraqi Police Department Recruits 67 Men-in-Blue - Story

IN IRAQ
Iraqi Army Reaffirms Faith in Future of Iraq
Marines Make Midnight Run to Aid Iraqi Girl
A Moment for Historical Reflection in Mosul
Airmen Deploy to Monitor Airspace, Battlefield
Soldiers, Civilians Hold 9-11 Memorial Race
Troops in Iraq Honor Victims of Sept. 11 Attacks
Quality of Life Projects Continue to Find Success
Officials Award Health-Care Clinic Contracts
Marines Work to Enhance Communications

IN AFGHANISTAN
Legacy of Fallen Citadel Graduate Lives On
Coalition Forces Deliver Cement to Afghan Village
Reconstruction Team Donates Prayer Rugs

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 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

Gitmo

Today in History
1620 - The Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims aboard.
1776 - British forces capture Kip's Bay, Manhattan.
1789 - The Department of Foreign Affairs is renamed the Department of State.
1821 - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua gain independence.
1830 - In England, William Huskisson becomes the first to be run-over by a railroad train.
1862 - Stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry.
1887 - Philadelphi celebrates the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.
1894 - Japan defeats China in the Battle of Ping Yang.
1904 - Wilbur Wright makes his first airplane flight.
1914 - The Battle of Aisne begins (Germany vs. France).
1916 - At the Battle of Flors, in France, the first tank is used in war ("Little Willies").
1917 - Russia is proclaimed a republic.
1931 - At Invergordion, the British naval force mutinies over pay.
1935 - The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship, and make the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany.
1938 - British PM Chamberlain visits Hitler at Berchtesgarden.
1940 - The Tide turns in the Battle of Britain (The RAF beats the Luftwaffe).
1941 - Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil, Lithuania.
1947 - The first 4-engine jet-propelled fighter plane is tested in Columbus, OH.
1948 - An F-86 Sabre sets a world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph.
1949 - "The Lone Ranger" premiers on ABC-TV
1950 - U.N. forces land at Inchon, in southern Korea.
1952 - The U.N. turns Eritrea over to Ethiopia.
1959 - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrives in the U.S. to begin a 13-day visit.
1963 - Four African-American children are killed in the bombing of a Black Baptist church in Birmingham, AL.
1965 - "Lost in Space" premiers on TV.
1966 - Gemini XI returns to Earth.
1968 - Zond-5 is launched; it will make the first lunar flyaround with an Earth reentry (it was a probable test flight for a manned fly-around, but Apollo 8 got there first).
1973 - "Star Trek-Animated" premiers on TV
1976 - Soyuz-22 carries two cosmonauts into an 8-day Earth orbit.
1981 - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
1982 - The first issue of "USA Today" is published by Gannett Co., Inc.; Israeli forces begin pouring into west Beirut.

Birthdays
0053 - Trajan, 13th Roman emperor (98-117), conqueror of Ctesiphon.
1830 - Porfirio D¡az, soldier, president of Mexico (1877-1911)
1857 - William Howard Taft , 27th U.S. President (1909-13), chief justice
1876 - Frank E. Gannett, newspaper publisher (Gannett)
1881 - Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, race car builder (Amaz Bugattis)
1890 - Dame Agatha Christie, mystery writer (Murder on the Orient Express)
1904 - King Umberto II of Italy (1946)
1913 - John Mitchell, Nixon's attorney general (went to jail)
1914 - Creighton Abrams, U.S. Army General (Vietnam War)
1929 - Murray Gell-Mann, physicist who predicted the existence of quarks
1941 - Miroslaw Hermaszewski, first Polish space traveler (Soyuz-30)
1946 - Oliver Stone, director (Wall St, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon); Tommy Lee Jones, actor (Executioner's Song, Bloody Monday)
1984 - Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales, third in the line of British sucession

Passings
1979 - Tommy Leonetti, singer/actor (Gomer Pyle USMC)
1982 - Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iran's former foreign minister, executed by Iran
1983 - Willie Bobo, jazz drummer (Cos)

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Tice, Paul Douglas, USMC (NY); KIA, body not recovered