News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Judge to Saddam: 'You're Not a Dictator'
10 Killed in Violence in Central Iraq
Death squads threaten Iraq's political process
10 more killed in Iraq; militant caught

Operation Enduring Freedom
Taliban Kills 4 Afghanistan, Poland Promises 900 Troops
U.S. declines Taliban funeral target
US Considered Bombing Taliban Funeral
Fifty Killed in Afghan Violence

Troops on Trial
Officer Recommends Trial For Marine in Iraqi Murder Case
Chaplain Convicted of Disobeying Order

Other Military News
Wiccan sign allowed on soldier's plaque (It's about time.)
Army adds real soldiers to video game

Mid-East Ceasefire
Israeli Military Appeals Release of 19 Hamas Leaders
Corrupt? Misguided? West Bank militants face heat
Amnesty: Hezbollah committed war crimes (Shocking....really)

Worldwide Wackos
Iran, EU Postpone Talks on Uranium Enrichment
IAEA protests "erroneous" U.S. report on Iran
Iran says open to "new conditions" over atom standoff
Differences on N. Korea overhang Bush-Roh talks
Castro photos raise expectations at summit

Politics / Government
Richards Dead at 73
Bush to Visit Capitol Hill in Search of GOP Support
Senate Republicans defy Bush over terrorism trials

U.N. News
Flooding affects 357,000 Ethiopians: U.N.

Mother Nature
Helene Forms as Gordon Becomes Category 3 Hurricane
Indonesians displaced by mud feel anger, misery
Arctic ice melting rapidly, study says

News from My Neck of the Woods
Conn. mom breaks record for biggest baby (Yikes!)

Oddities
Can you hear me now?
Grapes of wrath for thief...

Other News of Note
Montreal Rampage Probed
Changes to Islamic law on rape hit snag in Pakistan

Fox News
Dwarf Planet Named Eris After Greek Goddess
Stocks to Watch: Xilinx
Flood in Chinese Coal Mine Traps Seven Workers

Reuters: Top News
Britain's Brown attempts to heal leadership rift
Russian central banker killed in contract "hit" - Video
Thai monkey business over as orangutans head home
Game makers call for mobile shopping revolution
CBS wants to buy the next YouTube, not YouTube
Master clarinet maker in Chile wows music world
Dengue outbreak kills over 100 Cambodian children
Hip hop music fans have more sex: study
Judge orders made-for-TV band to change name
Marianne Faithfull has breast cancer

AP World News
Shuttle astronauts unfurl solar panel
IMF lifts global growth forecast
Software streams music with PC off
White Sox pitcher Garcia nearly perfect
Experts see slow obesity fight for kids
Google adds more mapping innovations
Twins star rookie Liriano out for season
Mother of missing boy commits suicide
Garcia almost perfect in White Sox win
Dow closes up 45, Nasdaq finishes up 12
Obituaries in the news
Central America seeks American retirees

Military.com
Shuttle Crew Behind Schedule

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

FALLEN PAKTYA LEADER SET THE EXAMPLE FOR SERVICE TO COUNTRY

USJFCOM
Liveblogging: Urban Resolve 2015 - Read Chris' liveblog
Deputy director for joint force training to take NATO post

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Iraqi Police Capture Insurgents - Story
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ON THE GROUND
Iraqi Army Reaffirms Faith in Future of Iraq - Story
A Moment for Historical Reflection in Mosul - Story
Airmen Deploy to Monitor Airspace, Battlefield - Story

IN IRAQ
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 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

Today in History
1716 - In Boston Harbior, the first U.S. lighthouse is lit.
1807 - Aaron Burr is acquitted of a misdemeanor charge.
1812 - Napoleon and his forces occupy Moscow.
1814 - Francis Scott Key is inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner."
1847 - U.S. troops under General Scott enter Mexico City.
1872 - Britain pays the US $15 milliin for damages during the Civil War.
1886 - George K. Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents the typewriter ribbon.
1891 - The "Empire State Express" train goes from NYC to East Buffalo (436 miles,) in 7 hours, six minutes (a record).
1899 - In NY, Henry Bliss becomes the first automobile fatality.
1917 - The provisional government of Russia is established; a Republic is proclaimed.
1923 - Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.
1930 - Nazis gain 107 seats in the German election.
1938 - The Graf Zeppelin II, the world's largest airship, makes its maiden flight.
1940 - Congress passes the first peace-time conscription (draft) bill.
1948 - A groundbreaking ceremony for the U.N. world headquarters takes place.
1954 - Hurricane Edna (the second of that year) hits NYC, causing $50 million in damage.
1956 - In Washington, D.C., the first prefrontal lobotomy is performed.
1957 - A U.N. resolution condemns the U.S.S.R.'s invasion of Hungary.
1963 - Mary Ann Fischer of SD gives birth to the U.S.'s first surviving quintuplets (4 girls, 1 boy).
1964 - Walt Disney is awarded the Medal of Freedom at the White House.
1965 - "F-Troop" premiers on TV.
1968 - The USSR's Zond-5 is launched on the first circumlunar flight.
1972 - "The Waltons" premiers on TV.
1973 - Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s.
1974 - Charles Kowal discovers Leda, Jupiter's 13th satellite.
1975 - Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton is canonized - the first U.S.-born saint.
1983 - The U.S. House of Representatives votes in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner (416-0).
1991 - Carolyn Suzanne Sapp of HI is crowned Miss America 1992.

Birthdays
1849 - Ivan Pavlov Russia, physiologist/pioneer in psychology
1864 - Lord Cecil of Chelwood, helped form League of Nations, Nobel Prize winner (1937)
1886 - Jan Garrique Masaryk, statesman/minister to London (1918-35)
1887 - Karl Taylor Compton, physicist/atomic bomb scientist
1899 - Hal Wallis, movie producer (Maltese Falcon)
1907 - Cecil Brown, news correspondent (CBS)
1921 - Hughes Rudd, TV newscaster (CBS)

Passings
1759 - Louis Montcalm, French general (Plains of Abraham)
1836 - Aaron Burr, 3rd VP
1852 - Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington
1901 - President William McKinley dies in Buffalo, of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. (VP Theodore Roosevelt becomes President.
1911 - Piotr Stolypin, Russia's PM, assassinated by Mordka Bogrov
1982 - Bashir Gemayel, Lebanon's president-elect, killed by a bomb; Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco, in a car crash

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Taylor, Neil Brooks, USN (ME); A4C shot down, KIA, body not recovered

1966
Stoddard, Clarence W., Jr., USN (TX); A1H shot down, KIA, body not recovered