News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
13 on Holy Pilgrimage Slain in Iraq Ambush
PM talks security with top cleric
Pentagon: Civil War Possible
Pakistan Condemns Pilgrims' Killings
Soldier's Diary: The Reason We're Here (Fox News)
Abu Ghraib now under Iraq's control
Planning error delays U.S.-Iraq military handover
Bush: Iraq has not fallen into civil war

Operation Enduring Freedom
NATO Aircraft Crashes
Taliban assassinate Afghan police, battle NATO
Bin Laden manhunt still drawing a blank
U.S. official warns on Afghanistan opium

Homeland Security / War on Terror
British police arrest 16 in anti-terrorism raids
Security must target people not objects
Agency wants FAA execs disciplined over 9/11: NYT

Other Military News
U.S. missile hits target in test

Mid-East Ceasefire
Italian Troops Arrive in Lebanon to Boost U.N. Force- Palestinian Teachers Strike
Annan in Iran to shore up Lebanon truce - Video
Israeli army kills 3 Palestinians in Gaza - Video

Worldwide Wackos
Iranian President Defiant Ahead of Talks With Annan
EU gives Iran two more weeks in nuclear standoff - Video
N. Korea Blasts U.S. Missile Test

Politics / Government
Pittsburgh Mayor Bob O'Connor Dead at 61
In NYC, Nagin says he regrets WTC remark

Mother Nature
Ernesto Soaks Mid-Atlantic - Video
John Loses Punch After Roaring Ashore in Baja
Did Wake Island Survive Typhoon?
Track Ernesto - Track John
Hurricane John cuts power in La Paz - Video

Oddities
Home alone, and back again, for sleeping beauty
Cambodia passes adultery law, opposition walks out

Notable Sports News
Red Sox Pitcher Jon Lester Diagnosed With Cancer
U.S. Wins Bronze in Basketball World Championships

Other News of Note
Mother Gets Photos of Abducted Son After 24 Years
Mexican leftists silence Fox - Video
Capital crime wave threatens tourism

Fox News
Friends of Pluto Discoverer Protest Ex-Planet's Demotion
FBI Joins Search for Missing Arkansas Teen
Blake Pays Tribute to Agassi
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Reuters: Top News
China says rain to ease drought
Sandisk launches 2-gigabyte MP3 music player
Voice recognition goes wireless
Memory of Yankee ghosts can't halt new stadium
Spain may lead world with heart "polypill" in 2009
Mom's vitamin E may affect child's asthma risk
Stocks may climb after Labor Day - Video
Take-Two shares fall on warning, regulatory issues
Bristol profit could suffer, despite Plavix win
Peerless Systems shares fall after Q2 loss
VeriFone shares rise on strong results, outlook
August payroll growth moderate
On the radar: Biovail Corp
August auto sales down as consumers feel pinch
Can't rule out China hard landing: Bernanke
Data point to cooler growth, steady rates
Fed gets inflation target benefits informally: study
Carmakers asked to hurry up on plug-in hybrids
Housing market woes benefit apartment landlords

AP World News
1st victims of Ky. plane crash buried
MySpace to enable members to sell music
Police: Ellen escapes injuries in crash
A-Rod suddenly a fan favorite
Shields says Cruise has apologized
Superintendent takes flak for calendar
Thrill is gone at MTV Video Music Awards
U.S. unemployment rate slides in August
Toyota, GM vehicle sales jump in August
Iran jetliner accident kills 29
Greece shocks U.S. at world basketball

Military.com
Rumsfeld Reaches out to Democrats
Air Force Has 'Hard Time' Developing Bomber

CENTCOM: News Releases
“AMERICA’S BATTALION” CAPTURES 16 INSURGENTS, 24 SUSPECTED INSURGENTS, IN HADITHA TRIAD REGION OF IRAQ

IRAQI ARMY RECRUITS 293 IRAQIS IN HABBANIYAH AND FALLUJAH

DELTA COMPANY VISITS TIARRA SCHOOL

CHAIN OF IEDS DISCOVERED IN PAKTIKA

EXTREMISTS DAMAGE MALEKSHAY SCHOOL

USS ENTERPRISE RETURNS TO FIFTH FLEET

IRAQI GROUND FORCES COMMAND ASSUMES COMMAND AND CONTROL OF 8TH IRAQI ARMY DIVISION

USJFCOM
Northrop-Grumman will support command's joint training mission
UR 2015 multinational participation combines operational experience with cultural heritage - podcast

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Iraqi Command Assumes Control - Story
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ON THE GROUND
Iraqi Army Battalions Take Security Lead - Story
Iraq to Assume Control of Security Forces - Story
Marines, Sailors Leave for Duty in Iraq - Story
New Brigade Takes Control of Air Operations - Story

IN IRAQ
Young Iraqi Girl Needs Life Saving Surgery
Iraqi, U.S. Forces Provide Medical Aid
Dustoff Crews Bring Mercy From Above
45th Sustainment Brigade Assumes Command
101st Airborne Soldiers Free Kidnap Victims
‘Gators’ Prowl Highways Surrounding Fallujah
Medics Provide Health Services to Villagers

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
31 BC- Octavian defeats Antony at the Battle of Actium, becoming Emperor Augustus.
490 BC- Phidippides, seeking aid from Sparta against the Persions, runs the first marathon.
1789 - Congress establishes the U.S. Treasury Department.
1864 - Union General William T. Sherman captures Atlanta.
1898 - Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain.
1901 - Vice President Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly, and carry a big stick."
1930 - The first non-stop airplane flight from Europe to the U.S. completes its trip - in 37 hours.
1935 - A hurricane kills 423 in the Florida Keys.
1936 - The first transatlantic round-trip air flight occurs.
1944 - Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank), is sent to Auschwitz; George H.W. Bush ejects from a burning plane in WWII.
1945 - Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam's independence from France.
1963 - CBS and NBC expand their network news from 15 minutes to 30 minutes.

Birthdays
1838 - Queen Lydia Kamekeha Liliuokalani, last queen of Hawaii (1891-93)
1853 - Wilhelm Ostwald, physical chemist, Nobel Prize Winner (1909)
1856 - Yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of the Taiping Rebellion
1866 - Hiram Johnson (Gov-CA)
1918 - Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell
1931 - Alan K. Simpson (Sen-WY)
1936 - Joan Kennedy, 1st wife of Senator Ted Kennedy (MA)
1958 - Marlene Janssen, Playboy playmate (Nov, 1982)
1960 - Eric Dickerson, NFL halfback (LA Rams, Indianapolis Colts)

Passings
1547 - Hernan Cortes, Spanish general (defeated the Aztecs)

Reported Missing in Action
1963
Cruz, Raphael, USAF (CA); B26B disappeared during air cover mission, remains returned October, 1996
McKinney, Neil B., USAF (IN); B26B disappeared during air cover mission, remains returned October, 1996
Purcell, Howard, Philip, USAF (PA); B26B disappeared during air cover mission (pilot), remains returned October, 1996

1965
Collins, James Q., USAF (NC); F105 shot down (pilot), released by DRV (injured) February, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

1967
Bennett, William G., USAF (AL); F105D shot down, survival unlikely

1972
Greenwood, Robert R., Jr., USAF (VA); F4E shot down (WSO, w/Wood)
Herold, Richard W., USAF (NY); O1 shot down (same location as Greenwood & Wood), KIC
Wood, William C., Jr., USAF (TN); F4E shot down (pilot, w/Greenwood)