News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Al Qaeda in Iraq Tape Invites Scientists to Join Jihad
Brother-in-law of Saddam trial judge killed: police - Video
Woodward: Bush concealing level of Iraq violence
50 years on, Algiers bomber sees US "error" in Iraq
Book Says Bush Ignored Urgent Warning on Iraq
At Checkpoints in Baghdad, Disguise is a Lifesaving Ritual
Violence Returns to Baghdad
Civilian Says Guardsmen Fled Convoy

Operation Enduring Freedom
Unit Focuses on Afghan Construction

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Senate OKs Terror Detainee Bill
House passes warrantless domestic spying measure
Many Rights in U.S. Legal System Absent in New Bill
Pakistan accused of hundreds of terror abductions

Other Military News
Rumsfeld comments on intelligence report
Fight Over Reserve MGIB
Republicans' Bill to Ease Pressure on Military Chaplains

Immigration / Border Control
U.S. border fence bill clears Senate hurdle
Mexico opposed to U.S. border fence (I'm shocked...really)

Worldwide Wackos
Iran sees no "logic" in suspending atomic work: TV

Homegrown Moonbats
De Niro has role in NYC trans fat debate
Stone: Bush has set U.S. back 10 years

Politics / Government
Bush: 'Cut and Run' Dems Hurting War on Terror
President slams Dems at Alabama fundraiser
Groups Rally to NY AG Candidate Pirro Amid Probe
Iowa mayor jailed on drug charges
Congress chronicles Abramoff's contacts
Democrats See Strength in Bucking Bush

U.N. News
Call to Overhaul U.N. Security Council Renewed
Sri Lanka war imperils civilians, tsunami aid: UN envoy

Mother Nature
California Firefighters Keep Watch on Homes
Typhoon Xangsane Leaves 48 Dead in Philippines
Tropical Storm Isaac slows in Atlantic

News from My Neck of the Woods
R.I. club owners to plead in fire deaths

Oddities
Parasitic weed seems to smell its prey
Inmate has victim's name tattooed on him
Embalmer implicates partner in documents

Other News of Note
Florida Police Conduct Massive Manhunt for Cop Killer
More than 500 police involved in search - VIDEO
Colorado Cops: Gunman Sexually Traumatized Girls
Girl in school standoff told family: "I love you"

Fox News
Thai Military Selects Ex-General as New PM
Stocks to Watch: Tribune, Ford and RIM
Police Classify T.O. Case as 'Accidental Overdose'
Dow Flirts With Record Close, Ends Day at 11,718

Reuters: Top News
Opposition hopes high in tight Zambia election - Video
Thai military seeks to ease fears for democracy
Russia starts pulling officials out of Georgia
Japan PM Abe lays out vision for "Beautiful Japan"
First female space tourist returns to Earth
Travelers to Africa, Asia returning with new virus
Lenovo, IBM recall 526,000 notebook batteries
Yahoo in deal to feature services on HP computers
U.S. homework outsourced as "e-tutoring" grows
Nerve stimulation promising for Alzheimer's
Weight gain between pregnancies raise risks
Doctor says Smith shocked at son's methadone use
Madonna and Janet Jackson records topple Britney
RIM results "smashed" expectations
Sony shares fall 1 pct on global battery recall
Nikkei closes higher but down 5.5 pct in half-year - Video
Oil holds above $62 as supply glut balances OPEC
US stocks rise; Dow briefly tops record closing high
Reuters Summits: Venture Capital
Private equity hungry for tech
Video: Firms looking to Eastern Europe
Comment: Oil bears and bulls
Ideas & Screening: Rush Enterprises
DaimlerChrysler, Chery close to car deal: sources
Verizon sues pretexting firms linked to HP probe
Ford Motor Credit to cut 2,000 jobs
HP CEO shoulders probe burden before lawmakers
Lenovo, IBM recall 526,000 notebook batteries
Icahn seeks to remove six ImClone board members

AP World News
3 execs testify about HP's spying probe
Grascals named top bluegrass entertainer
Mets say Martinez out for postseason
Miles Davis inducted into RockWalk
Parcells to decide if T.O. ready to play
Elvis Presley fan club revived in Tupelo
Letters offer glimpse of Rose Kennedy
Dow ends up 29 after reaching milestone
Amanda Peet is pregnant and ready to wed

Military.com
Pentagon Bends on Notifying Congress of Awards

CENTCOM: News Releases
CCCI CONVICTS 22 INSURGENTS

IA AND CF SOLDIERS DISCOVER LARGE WEAPONS CACHE IN MOSUL

SOLDIERS FIND, THWART IED EMPLACEMENT

IA FINDS, DESTROYS VBIED, MND-B SOLDIERS DETAIN TERRORIST, SEIZE MUNITIONS

IP, IA, MND-B SOLDIERS DETAIN 8 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS, SEIZE WEAPONS CACHE

IED BOMB MAKER DETAINED FOLLOWING KONAR PROVINCE OPERATION

EIGHT KILLED AND THREE WOUNDED DURING RAID IN BAQUBAH

IA, MND-B SOLDIERS DETAIN 25 TERRORIST SUSPECTS NEAR YUSUFIYAH

IRAQI SECURITY FORCES TARGET IED CELL

ISF CAPTURE TWO TERRORISTS SUSPECTED OF VIOLENCE AGAINST IRAQI CIVILIANS

USJFCOM
USJFCOM sends support teams to CENTCOM - podcast
Newsmaker Profile: Col. Eugene V. "Gene" Bonventre - podcast
Command working to meet the warfighter's needs with focused efforts - podcast
Command seeking information from industry on access management

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
NATO Defense Ministers to Discuss Roles in Afghanistan, Other Issues - Story
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
U.S., Iraqi Soldiers Team Up to Find Terrorists - Story
Ceremony Notes Re-opening of Al Bawasil School - Story
Marines Work to Restore Safety on the Roads - Story
British Forces Kill Escaped al-Qaida Terrorist - Story

IN IRAQ
Weapons Cache Found Near Kathamayan Mosque
Deployed 'Doc' Mends Bodies and Minds in Iraq
MP Brigade Takes Charge of Detainee Operations

IN AFGHANISTAN
Harriers Complete Combat Runs in Afghanistan
Coalition Routs Taliban, Extremists in Ghazni
10th Mountain Division Soldiers Thwart Extremists

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 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

Gitmo

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1349 - In Krems, Austria, Jews are accused of poisoning the wells.
1364 - The British defeat the French Battle of Auray.
1650 - In Englande, Henry Robinson opens the first marriage bureau.
1785 - The Chaidic sect is excommunicated in Krakow, Poland.
1789 - The First Congress adjourns; the U.S. War Department establishes a regular army.
1829 - London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty; Scotland Yard is formed.
1853 - The emigrant ship Annie Jane sinks off Scotland, drowning 348.
1892 - In Mansfield, PA, the first night football game is played.
1907 - Construction begins on the Washington National Cathedral.
1915 - A hurricane claims 275 lives in the Mississippi Delta.
1918 - Allied forces score a decisive breakthrough of the Hindenburg Line.
1936 - For the first time, the radio is used for in a presidential campaign.
1940 - The Booker T. Washington, the first U.S. merchant ship commanded by a Black captain, is launched at Wilmington, DE.
1943 - General Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice.
1944 - Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia.
1951 - S.B. Nicholson discovers the 12th satellite of Jupiter.
1953 - The Milton Berle Show premiers
1954 - Willie Mays makes his famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz's 460' drive.
1969 - Love American Style premiers on ABC-TV.
1973 - Soyuz-12 returns to Earth.
1977 - The Soviet space station Salyut-6 is launched into Earth orbit.
1979 - Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to visit Ireland.
1983 - For the first time, Congress invokes the War Powers Act.
1986 - The U.S.S.R. releases U.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff, confined on spy charges.
1988 - The 26th Space Shuttle mission, Discovery-7, is launched; U.N. peacekeeping forces win the Nobel Peace prize.
1990 - After 83 years, construction of the Washington National Cathedral is completed.

Birthdays
1511 - Michael Servetus, physician (Christianism Rostituta)
1755 - Robert Lord Clive, founder of the British empire in India
1758 - Horatio Nelson, British naval hero (Trafalgar)
1895 - Joseph Banks, parapsychologist (Extra-Sensory Perception)
1901 - Enrico Fermi, physicist (fission), Nobel Prize winner (1938)
1902 - Miguel Alemán, president of Mexico (1946-52)
1925 - John Tower (Sen-TX)
1927 - Paul McCloskey (Sen-CA)
1929 - Bob Newhart, actor/comedian (Bob Newhart Show)
1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, singer (Great Balls of Fire, Breathless)
1939 - Larry Linville, actor (Frank Burns-M*A*S*H)
1942 - Madeleine Kahn, actress (Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety); William Nelson (Rep-FL), astronaut (STS 61C)
1943 - Lech Walesa, leader of the Polish Solidarity movement, Nobel Prize winner (1983)
1948 - Bryant Gumbel, sportscaster/TV host (Today Show)
1964 - Julie Peterson, Playboy playmate (Feb., 1987)
1969 - Erika Eleniak, Playboy playmate (Jul., 1989)

Passings
1895 - Louis Pasteur
1978 - Pope John Paul I
1987 - Henry Ford II
1988 - Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family)
1989 - A.A. Busch, Jr., brewer/baseball owner (St Louis Cardinals)

Reported Missing in Action
1968
Newberry, Wayne E., USAF (IL); A1H shot down, KIA, body not recovered

1969
Curran, Patrick R., USMC (IL); A6A shot down (bombardier / navigator)

Lono, Luther A., USMC (WA); A6A shot down (pilot)

1972
Bosiljevac, Michael J., USAF (NE); F105G shot down (EWO, w/O'Neil) , KIA, remains returned in 1988

Brett, Robert A., Jr., USAF (OR); F111A shot down (navigator, w/Coltman)

Coltman, William C., USAF (PA); F111A shot down (pilot, w/Brett)

O'Neil, James W., USAF (CA);F105G shot down (pilot, w/Bosiljevac), released by DRV March, 1973 - alive as of 1998