"If this century is to be dominated by non-state actors with no respect to the international community, we are in for even greater dangers. It should not be lost on us, for example, that Hezbollah fields greater and longer-range weapons than most regional armed forces. There is no doubt that these are dangerous times for the world. But there should also be no doubt that with concerted international action and the application of our own substantial power, these dangers can be overcome."

News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Britain's Foreign Secretary: Iraq Must Transfer Security
Iraqis extend state of emergency a month
Iraq Violence Escalates
Pendant Reminder of Unity in Iraq
Five Terrorists Killed During Raid and Air Strike in Muqdadiyah
Marines Receive Gunfire From Hospital
Iraqi Ground Forces Command Assumes Command and Control of 8th Iraqi Army Division

Operation Enduring Freedom
Coalition Forces Trap 700 Taliban in Afghanistan
USS Enterprise Aircraft Destroy Taliban Targets in Afghanistan
Afghan National Security Coordination System Being Implemented

Homeland Security / War on Terror
White House: U.S. safer but not yet safe
Officials Slow to Hear Claims of 9/11 Illnesses
Pakistan, Militants Sign Deal
Denmark Police Net 9 in Overnight Terror Sweep
Islamic Militant Gets 8-Year Sentence for 2005 Bali Blasts
African leaders discuss Somalia military pact

Troops on Trial
Troops face court-martial in Iraq rape case

Other Military News
WWII Hero Gabaldon Dies

Mid-East Ceasefire
U.N. to Mediate Israel, Hezbollah
Annan: Good News on Blockade
Blast Kills Hariri Investigator
Japan awaits birth of possible royal heir
Penury and boredom weigh on West Bank refugees
Summit possible
Israeli soldier-swap deal reached: paper
Lebanese can't wait for Israeli pullout
Video: Qatar pledges troops for Lebanon
Lebanese troops move into Hizbollah bastion
Hamas Crippled by Failure to Pay Workers
UN Ranks Begin to Swell in Lebanon

Immigration / Border Control
Immigration activists spar at Phoenix rally

Worldwide Wackos
College Crackdown
Iran, EU Leaders to Meet
Powers should not isolate Iran: Annan
Castro says well enough to meet dignitaries - Video

Politics / Government
Bush says tax cuts helping workers
Security headlines congressional agenda
Lawmakers Want DOD Changes

U.N. News
Haiti, U.N. to disarm gang members

Media in the Media
Katie Couric debuts Tuesday on CBS

Mother Nature
Hurricane John's leftovers douse U.S.

News from My Neck of the Woods
2003 Rhode Island Club Fire Trial Set to Open
Cops: 'Noose Tightening' on Trooper Shooter Fugitive
Video: Closing in on Cop Killer
3 women slain at Maine ski area inn

Oddities
Nearly Half of Chinese Can't Speak National Language
Your chance to be just like Cher
Graveyard thieves choose tombstone over flowers
Pope John Paul was spied on in Vatican: cardinal

Other News of Note
Irwin's Death Caught on Tape
TV Network Plans Tributes
Video: How Did Deadly Barb Kill Irwin?
Irwin's death clogs Web sites
Irwin pulled barb out of chest before death - Video

Fox News
Calderon Readies for Victory in Disputed Mexican Elections
World's Largest Passenger Jet Takes Test Flight
Stocks to Watch: News Corp.

Reuters: Top News
Calderon to be Mexican president
Gene-altered rice from China found in EU: greens
New Ukraine PM Yanukovich vows reform, transparency
China to provide potable water for rural residents
Gene-altered rice from China found in EU: greens
Intel set to announce job cuts: report
Exploitative Internet marketing fuels child obesity
"Invincible" brings summer box office to close

AP World News
Toddlers don't always outgrow chubbiness
Freston out as Viacom CEO
Poll: Online viewers shun lengthy videos
Kids buy lunches with scans of fingers
Henin-Hardenne, Federer in action today
Experts say economy is slowing down
Jerry Lewis telethon raises record $61M
Yankees rally in 8th to beat Royals
Tiger rallies for 5th straight victory
Florida State wins opener in Miami by 3

Military.com
A Raptor for U.S. Allies
Weather Still Good for Shuttle Launch
U.S. Nuclear Envoy to Visit Beijing

CENTCOM: News Releases
MNF-I TRANSFERS ABU GHRAIB TO GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ

PORTABLE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTED IN PAKTYA

IRAQI AND US SECURTY FORCES CAPTURE 30 INSURGENTS, 38 SUSPECTED INSURGENTS, OVER WEEKEND OPS IN WESTERN AL ANBAR PROVINCE

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

Department of Defense
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ON THE GROUND
Iraqis Assume Responsibility for Prison - Story
Iraqi Army Battalions Take Security Lead - Story
Iraq to Assume Control of Security Forces - Story
Marines, Sailors Leave for Duty in Iraq - Story

IN IRAQ
New Brigade Takes Control of Air Operations
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
Roadside Bombs Kill Soldiers - 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
1774 - 1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia
1781 - Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, trap Cornwallis
1795 - US-Algiers sign peace treaty
1836 - Sam Houston elected president of the Republic of Texas
1862 - Lee crosses the Potomac & enters Maryland
1877 - Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas
1882 - 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC
1885 - 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind)
1900 - France proclaims a protectorate over Chad
1901 - National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues formed
1905 - Treaty of Portsmouth USA, ends Russo-Japanese War
1906 - 1st legal forward pass (Brandbury Robinson to Jack Schneider)
1914 - Battle of Marne (WW I) begins
1918 - Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early
1923 - Flyweights Gene LaRue & Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously
1944 - Allies liberate Brussels
1946 - Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game
1953 - 1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC
1958 - "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in the US; 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte NC
1960 - Cassius Clay captures the olympic light heavyweight gold medal
1968 - 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi, Pakistan
1972 - 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics; Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley, Belgium
1975 - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to assassinate Ford in Sacramento
1977 - Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night"; Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn
1978 - Sadat, Begin & Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md
1979 - Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Bruma
1980 - World's longest auto tunnel, St. Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens
1982 - Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph
1983 - 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB; Elmer Trettr sets record for highest terminal velocity at 201.34 mph end of a 440 yard motorcycle run from a standing start
1984 - 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) -Discovery 1- lands at Edwards AFB
1986 - NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms; NASA launches DOD-1
1988 - CFL's Earl Winfield (Ham) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return, 100-yd kickoff return & 58-yd pass reception
1989 - Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of the Today Show
1990 - Iraqi Pres Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West
1991 - US trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins

Birthdays
1187 - Louis VIII [Coeur-de-Lion] king of France (1223-26)
1638 - Louis XIV the great, king of France (1643-1715)
1847 - Jesse James Missouri, outlaw
1921 - Jack Valenti, President of Motion Picture Association of America
1929 - Andrian G. Nikolayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Vostok III Soyuz 9); Bob Newhart, comedian (Bob Newhart Show, Newhart)
1952 - Graham Salmon, blind runner (fastest 100m by a blind man)

Passings
1981 - Ayatollah Ali Qoddusi, prosecutor-general of Iran, assassinated

Reported Missing in Action
1963
Intoratat, Phisit, Civilian, Air America (Thailand); Escaped January, 1967

De Bruin, Eugene H., Civilian, Air America (US); Escaped January, 1967, possibly killed in escape

Tik, Chui To, Civilian, Air America (Thailand);

1965
La Grand, William J., US Army (OR); A1G crashed (passenger), Killed, Body not recovered

Marshall, Richard C., USAF (IL); A1G crashed (pilot), Killed, Body not recovered

Shaw, Edward B., USN (RI); A1H shot down at sea, KIA/BNR

1966
Abbott, Wilfred K., USAF (WY); F8E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive as of 1999

1967
The following USAF personnel lost in the crash of two F4Cs:

Downing, Donald W. (WI); bombardier/navigator (w/Raymond)

Hanson, Thomas P. (FL); bombardier/navigator (w/Hanson)

Miller, Carl D. (MO); pilot (w/Hanson)

Raymond, Paul D. (NY); pilot (w/Downing)

Also reported MIA this day in 1967:
LaPorte, Michael L., USN (CA); corpsman, lost in helicopter drop of recon patrol

Prather, Martin William, USMC (KY); KIA/BNR

1968
Posey, George R., USN (IN); washed overboard, Killed, Body not recovered

1970
Hauer, Robert D., USAF (MA); O2A crashed

1974
Sharman, Neil, Civilian (Australia); Captured Ban Pak Hin Boun, on boat en route to Thankhek, presumed dead