News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Senate Democrats plan probes into Iraq war - Video
Braving death, Baghdad's children start school
Upsurge in Attacks on Troops in Iraq

Homeland Security / War on Terror
House Panel Reverses Course on Detainees
Alleged Sept. 11 Plotter to Face Gitmo Hearing
General calls for clarity over interrogations
Pentagon to release report on September 11 claims
Pentagon ordered to identify detainee abuse cases
Afghanistan, Pakistan clash over war on terror

Mid-East Ceasefire / Israel at War
Israeli forces raid Palestinian stronghold in Gaza
Quartet welcomes Palestinian unity government - Video

Immigration / Border Control
House OKs Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote
Congress debates immigration bills

NSA / CIA
OSCE speaks out over secret prisons

Worldwide Wackos
Chavez: U.S. Empire Will Soon Fall, Bush is 'Devil'
Major powers want Iran action in October
Israel calls Iran its greatest threat

Politics / Government
Senate Democrats plan probes into Iraq war - Video
Conservative vote no guarantee for Republicans
Bush's allies struggle to keep war bills
Bush says he'd send troops into Pakistan
Papers show Bush allies' inside access

U.N. News
Peacekeepers in Darfur Through End of 2006

News from My Neck of the Woods
Club Owners Plead No Contest for Deadly 2003 Fire

Oddities
Jerusalem? Never heard of it
Shanghai: It's a big pajama party

Other News of Note
Katrina Nursing Home Owners Indicted
California Farms Focus of Spinach Probe
U.S. urges Thai coup leaders to restore democracy - Video
New Orleans nursing home owners indicted

Fox News
Space Shuttle Atlantis' Crew Readies for Return to Earth
NASA plans for 6:21 a.m. ET landing attempt
Videos: Former Astronaut on Floating Objects
Bench NASA?
Cops Arrest Suspect in Woman's Dragging Death
Oil Dips to Lowest Price in 6 Months
Federal Reserve Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
Stocks to Watch: Hospira and Nike

Reuters: Top News
California sues carmakers
Hungarian protesters vow to keep up pressure on PM - Video
Exxon misleads on climate change: UK Royal Society
FCC seen backing airline's broadband at Logan
Yahoo, Current TV unveil new video service
Rush west leaves Polish families in tatters
Tanning cream may ward off skin cancer: study
Madonna's "Confessions" tour sets record
Bob Seger faces fans with first album in 11 years
Taiwan protests get violent
Stocks rise on Fed; solid profits
Stocks fly with profits up, oil off, steady Fed - Video
Dollar falls after U.S. rates kept on hold
Gold sheds New York gains despite weaker dollar
Mayne shares jump 36 percent after Hospira bid
Comtech shares rise after earnings
Fed holds interest rates steady
Emerging market crisis?
Pfizer aims to be No. 1 in biotech - CEO
EA says SEC requests options data, shares fall
Boeing says expects "good news" on border contract
GSE debate tempo quickens, official says
Amaranth moves to disband, sell assets - sources

AP World News
Skeleton sheds light on ape-man species
Diaz files police report vs photographer
Yankees clinch AL East title again
Second Duquesne suspect surrenders
Thai leader says no elections for a year
Charges filed in Mo. baby's kidnapping
Jolie and Pitt give $1 million gifts
Birth-control patch label warns of risk
News Corp. may start Chinese MySpace

Military.com
Troop Needs in Iraq May Force Hard Choices
Navy Slashes Aviation Budget

CENTCOM: News Releases
AFGHAN, COALITION DOCTORS TREAT ANDAR PATIENTS

NEW GOVERNOR FOR GHAZNI PROVINCE

USJFCOM
Urban Resolve 2015 leaders meet with the media - photos - podcast
Empire Challenge 06 focuses on joint, coalition warfighting operations - podcast
Liveblogging: Urban Resolve 2015 - Read Chris' liveblog

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Bush, Iraqi Leader Discuss Future - Story
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
British Forces Distribute Rice, Flour, Oil - Story
Medical Personnel Treat Nearly 500 Residents - Story
U.S. Soldiers, Iraqis Hold Recruitment Drive - Story
Navy's C-130 Moves Cargo to Deployed Units - Story

IN IRAQ
Trade Show Highlights Progress in Irbil
Leaders Highlight Successes of Baghdad Operation
Micro-Finance Organization Helps Local Pharmacy
Soldier Hit by Anti-Tank Mine Praises Up-Armor
Operation Improves Ameriyah, Deters Terrorists
82nd Airborne Takes Over Operations in Bayji
Iraqi Police, U.S. Soldiers Seize Weapons, Suspects
25th Infantry Division Continues Transition Role

IN AFGHANISTAN
10th Mountain Division Soldiers Thwart Extremists
Legacy of Fallen Citadel Graduate Lives On

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
1348 – In Zurich, Switzerland, Jews are accused of poisoning wells.
1451 - Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge.
1776 – Great fire in NY.
1780 - Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
1784 – Penns Packet and General Advisor becomes the first daily newspaper in America.
1792 – The first French Republic is declared.
1863 - Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after their defeat at Chickamauga.
1872 - John Henry Conyers of SC becomes the first Black student at Annapolis.
1893 - Frank Duryea drives the first U.S.-made gas propelled car.
1895 – The first auto manufacturer (Duryea Motor Wagon Company) opens.
1913 – The first aerobatic maneuver, sustained inverted flight, is performed in France.
1922 - President Warren G. Harding signs a joint resolution to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
1930 - Johann Ostermeyer patents the flashbulb.
1931 - Britain goes off the gold standard.
1934 – A typhoon strikes Honshu Island in Japan, killing 4,000.
1937 - J.R.R. Tolkien publishes "The Hobbit."
1938 – A hurricane with 183 m.p.h. hits New England, killing 700.
1949 – The Federal Republic of (West) Germany is created; the People's Republic of China is proclaimed.
1954 – The Nuclear submarine "Nautilus" is commissioned.
1957 - "Perry Mason" premiers on CBS-TV.
1964 - Malta gains independence from Britain.
1970 - "Monday Night Football" premiers on ABC (the Browns beat the Jets); Luna-16 leaves the Moon.
1972 – Marcos declares martial law in the Philippines.
1974 – The U.S.’s Mariner-10 makes its second fly-by of Mercury.
1981 - Belize gains independence from Britain; Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first female Supreme Court Justice.
1982 - Cable cars in San Francisco cease operations for two years of repairs.
1984 - NASA launches Galaxy-C.
1989 - Poland's National Assembly approves prime minister Mazowiecki.

Birthdays
1415 - Frederick III, German Emperor (1440-1493)
1756 - John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt)
1788 - Margaret Smith Taylor, 1st lady
1866 - Charles Jean Henri Nicolle, bacteriologist, Nobel Prize winner (1928); H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells, author (War of the Worlds)
1909 - Kwame Nkrumah, President of Ghana (1958-66)
1912 - Chuck Jones, animator (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck)
1931 - Larry Hagman, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas)
1940 - Bill Kurtis, newscaster (The American Parade)
1950 - Bill Murray, comedian, actor (SNL, Stripes)
1955 - Richard J. Hieb, astronaut (STS 39, Sk:STS 49)

Passings
1327 – King Edward II of England
1776 - Nathan Hale, American spy, hanged by the British
1956 - Anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated
1957 – King Haakon VII of Norway
1961 - Earle Dickson, inventor (Band-aid)

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Ammon, Glendon L., USAF (IN); F105D shot down (pilot), remains returned August, 1978

Bauder, James R., USN (CA); F4B shot down (pilot, w/Mills)

Mills, James B., USN (CA); F4B shot down (Naval Fighter Officer, w/Bauder)

1967
Kien, Nguyen Thai, Commando (Vietnam); released September, 1984 – alive and well as of 1998
Judge, Mark W., USMC (CA); KIA, remains recovered

Plumadore, Kenneth L., USMC (NY); DIC, remains recovered

Vescelius, Milton J., USN (MI); RF8J shot down (pilot), remains recovered August, 1985

1969
Cecil, Alan B., US Army SF (OK); KIA, body not recovered

Jackson, James W., Jr., USMC (GA); reportedly disappeared from hospital

1971
Carroll, Roger W., Jr., USAF (MO); F4D shot down (pilot, w/Cook), DIC, remains returned June, 1994 – ID’d October, 1995

1972
Cook, Dwight W., USAF (IA); F4D shot down (weapons/systems officer, w/Carrol), remains returned June, 1994 – ID’d June, 1995