News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Saddam's Kurdish Genocide Trial Resumes
Soldier's Diary: Saying Goodbye (Fox News)

Operation Enduring Freedom
US, Afghan Troops Arrest Over 20 Suspected Militants
Afghan troops retake town from insurgents

Homeland Security / War on Terror
U.S. Marks Sept. 11 Attacks
Zawahiri Releases New Video - Video: 'You Should Worry'
Bush to bin Laden: "America will find you"
Text of President Bush's 9/11 address
Giuliani fears his health hurt on 9/11
World remembers 9/11 but many not crying
A mournful nation remembers Sept. 11
9/11 Showed Spirit of Pentagon
President, First Lady Lay Wreaths
Troops in Iraq Honor Victims of Sept. 11 Attacks
Terrorist Strike In Damascus
U.S. embassy attack boosts oil
Syrian security kills three
Family Found Guilty in '93 Mumbai Bombings

Mid-East Ceasefire
Hamas Militants Kill Israeli Soldier in Gaza
Hamas, Fatah to Form Coalition Government
Palestinian govt won't object to Abbas-Israel talks

Worldwide Wackos
Iraqi PM Visits Iran

Politics / Government
Sen. Chafee's race tops busy voting day
Bush assassination film set for U.S. release
Top races in Tuesday's primary elections
Gay ex-N.J. governor to talk to Oprah
Nine states to hold primaries

Mother Nature
Hurricane Florence Leaves Bermuda Without Power
Tropical Storm Gordon Forms
Suspected meteor rattles N.Zealand's South Island
Calif. wildfire could threaten park

Oddities
Truck Hits Tennessee House, Kills Man Dozing on Couch
73-Year-Old 'Chatty Kathy' on Trial for Pa. Hammer Slaying
Couple jailed over 'royal' wedding rip-off
Shoe size mix-up costs German clothes thief dear

Other News of Note
New Era of Oil Costs
Walking into History - Atlantis crew to amble in orbit

Fox News
Landis Attorney Seeks Dismissal of Doping Charges
Harvard University Ends Early Admission Program
Woman Reported Missing From Carnival Cruise Ship
eBay Sellers Cash In on 'Croc Hunter' Steve Irwin Tragedy

Reuters: Top News
At least 10 dead in Yemen stadium crush
U.S. top destination for foreign students
Hitler biographer Joachim Fest dies
Don't hurt rays after Irwin death, officials say
Canon says to recall copiers that can catch fire
TiVo starts sales of premium TV video recorder
NY's gay baths become sex clubs of last resort
Truckers helped by driver crunch, hurt by fuel
Some antidepressants raise violence risk: study
China says will make human organ donations easier
Russian Church urges Madonna to tone down her act
Nikkei hits one-month closing low
Charter profit up year to beat forecasts
ITV shares drop with ad outlook seen difficult
Cobham underlying pretax rises
Bracing for Best Buy
On the radar: Ceradyne
Many happy returns, by Linda Stern
AT&T to offer 20 TV channels for PC viewing
Oil rebounds after six-day slide
Global markets strong but risks rise: IMF report
TiVo starts sales of premium TV video recorder
Hiring outlook stable for rest of 2006: survey
Trading network Liquidnet to make splash in Asia

AP World News
Longoria says 'Housewives' her last show
Hewlett-Packard probe widens
L.T., Chargers shut out Raiders 27-0
Man charged in Phoenix Baseline case
Where you live linked to life expectancy
Vikings win debut under Childress, 19-16
Concerns raised over Web sex ad replies
Mayor vetoes Chicago 'living wage' bill
Patriots trade Deion Branch to Seahawks
Chiefs QB Green out indefinitely
Smith's son died during hospital visit
Obituaries in the news
Man, son's killer work to stop violence

Military.com
US Wants to Send Suspect to Iraq Court
Joint Common Missile Gets New Life

CENTCOM: News Releases
IRAQI SOLDIERS DETAIN 3 TERRORISTS

U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES OVER DEATHS OF AFGHAN CIVILIANS

USJFCOM
Urban Resolve 2015 continues with personnel-controlled experiments
Wireless for the Warfighter capability fills communication gaps for warfighter - podcast

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
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ON THE GROUND
Quality of Life Projects Continue to Find Success - Story
Technicians Ensure U-2 Airplanes Ready for Flight - Story

IN IRAQ
Officials Award Health-Care Clinic Contracts
Marines Work to Enhance Communications
U.S. Personnel Open Restored Water Well
Tameem Railway Station Receives Upgrades
Iraqis Disregard Threats to Repair Damaged Roads
New Iraqi Recruits Show Courage and Honor

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

IN DJIBOUTI
20 Servicemembers Become U.S. Citizens in Africa

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

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
490 BC - The Athenians secure victory in the second Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon.
1609 - Henry Hudson discovers the Hudson River.
1649 - Drogheda, Ireland falls to Puritan troops; the inhabitants are massacred.
1758 - Charles Messier observes the Crab Nebula.
1776 - Nathan Hale leaves the Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) on an espionage mission.
1814 - Near Baltimore, the Battle of North Point is fought.
1857 - The Central America sinks off Cape Romain, SC, killing 423.
1901 - Arabs attack Gedara, Palestine.
1918 - U.S. forces launch an attack on German-occupied St. Mihiel, France.
1923 - Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from the British South Africa Co.
1934 - Lithouania, Estonia, and Latvia sign the Baltic Pact.
1938 - Adolph Hitler demands self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia
1941 - The USS Bear becomes the first American vessel to capture a German ship (the Busko) in WWII.
1949 - In New Jersey, the Hercules Co. power plant explodes, killing 51 and injuring 200 in the worst explosion since WWII.
1953 - Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F. Kennedy; Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Secretary of the U.S.S.R's Communist Party.
1959 - "Bonanza" premiers; the U.S.S.R. launches Luna-2, the first spacecraft to impact on the Moon.
1961 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes the X-15 to 34,840 m.
1965 - Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana, killing 75.
1966 - "The Monkees," premiers on NBC; Gemini XI is launched for a 71-hour flight.
1970 - The USSR launches Luna-16, which will return samples from the lunar Sea of Fertility.
1978 - "Taxi" premiers on ABC.
1980 - A military coup occurs in Turkey.
1983 - The U.S.S.R. vetoes a U.N. resolution deploring its shoot-down of a Korean civilian airliner.
1986 - In Beirut, U.S. professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped and held hostage.
1988 - Gilbert, the strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica.
1990 - The U.S., France, England, the U.S.S.R., East Germany, and West Germany sign an agreement allowing the two Germanys to merge.
1991 - The space shuttle STS-48 (Discovery 14) is launched.

Birthdays
1720 - Frederick Philipse III, land owner (Bronx, Westchester, Putnam)
1818 - Richard Jordan Gatling, inventor (hand-cranked machine gun)
1852 - H.H. Asquith, British PM (1908-16)
1871 - Prince Friedrich (Romania)
1888 - Maurice Chevalier, singer / actor ("Gigi" - "Thank Heaven for Little Girls")
1892 - Alfred A. Knopf, publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal)
1913 - Jesse Owens, track star (spoiled Hitler's 1936 Olympics by winning four gold medals)
1924 - Howard Curtis Nelson (Rep-UT)
1931 - George Jones, country singer (He Stopped Loving Her Today)
1940 - Stephen J. Solarz (Rep-NY)
1944 - Barry White (Love's Theme)

Passings
1972 - William Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy)
1988 - Alan Bible (Sen-NV, 1954-74); Lauris Norstad, NATO commander/CEO Corning Fiberglass

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Green, Gerald, USN (CO); F8E shot down (pilot); KIA, body not recovered

1966
Sprague, Stanley G., USAF (SD);A1E shot down (pilot), remains returned September, 1990

Waggoner, Robert F., USAF (CO); F105D shot down (pilot), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

1967
Hawthorne, Richard William, USMC (NY); RF4B shot down (pilot, w/Hawthorne), presumed KIA, body not recovered

Kane, Richard Raymond, USMC (NJ); RF4B shot down (aircrew, w/Hawthorne)

1968
Maxwell, Samuel C., USAF (NE); F105D shot down (pilot), remains returned June, 1989 - ID'd October, 1989

Shark, Earl E., US Army (CA); disappeared after being wounded in firefight - DIC September, 1968

1972
McMurray, Frederick C., USAF (ID); F4E shot down (navigator, w/Zuberbuhler), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel (decorations include Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star with V, Purple Heart, POW medal) - alive and well as of 1998

Zuberbuhler, Rudolph U., USAF (ID); F4E shot down (pilot, w/McMurray), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive as of 1998