News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Up to 700 Iraqi Police Officers Poisoned
Iraqi VP's Brother Killed in Baghdad
Woman tells court Saddam forces buried family alive - Video

Operation Enduring Freedom
NATO Commander: Afghans Could Turn to Taliban
Dozens of Taliban said killed in Afghan battles - Video

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Somali government troops take pro-Islamist town - Video

Other Military News
Sports programs help disabled veterans

Worldwide Wackos
United States Confirms North Korean Nuclear Test
Test Could Spark Arms Race
Report: South Korea Suspends 4,000-Pound Aid Shipment to North Korea
South Korean Stocks Plunge After Reported North Korea Nuclear Test
Raw Data: North Korean Statement on Alleged Nuke Test
For U.S., Asian role key to next steps
Kim Jong-il flaunts nuclear prowess
Nuclear test overshadows South Korean's UN selection - Video
Japan, S.Korea agree N.Korea nuclear test a threat - Video
N.Korea may face more sanctions after nuclear test - Video
N.Korea jars markets, but only mildly - Video
Yen hits 8-mth low vs dollar on N.Korea jitters - Video
Gold jumps 1.5 percent on North Korea, higher oil
Fidel Castro Not Dying, Brother Says

Politics / Government
Republicans Attempt to Defend Hastert
Republican knew of Foley messages in 2000: Post - Video
Republicans hit by wave of political bad news
Convert seen winning disgraced U.S. congressman's seat
GOP losing advantage with married moms
AP: Allen failed to report stock options

U.N. News
UN rights chief says hundreds died in Darfur attack

Oddities
Reality Couples Head to Divorce Court ... but Why?

Other News of Note
Phelps wins 2006 Nobel prize for economics
Church Bells Toll for Amish Shooting Victims
Salinas Valley Lettuce Recalled for E. Coli
Reward offered to catch Russian journalist's killers - Video
OPEC ministers back first supply cut in two years

Fox News
Lesbian Couple Weds in Massachusetts
Musharraf Leads Pakistan Quake Memorial
Cardinals Beat Padres, Will Face Mets in NLCS
Stocks to Watch: Johnson & Johnson, McKesson

Reuters: Top News
Web video search site Blinkx signs Microsoft pact
"Click" here for first 50GB Blu-ray Disc
Exercise helps breast cancer patients avoid anemia
Genetic mutation doubles breast cancer risk: study
"Prada" leads parade at foreign box office
Dolan family to buy 100 pct of Cablevision
PNC to buy Mercantile Bankshares for $6 billion
Sony chairman Idei expects next CEO to be Japanese
Output from Exxon Russia field to decline from 2008
Two BA execs quit amid fuel surcharge probe

AP World News
Pitt, Jolie mobbed during rickshaw ride
Pa. wants to become 'Wall Street West'
T.O. silenced as Eagles dominate Cowboys
Service held for Anna Nicole Smith's son
Investors look to Fed minutes, earnings
Police search for missing UVM student
LA mayor opens tourism office in China
Obituaries in the news
Punk icon closing after 33 years
Loan could determine rail project's fate
Mental health treatment by video
Salmon fishing is back on Maine river

Military.com
Battered Marines Adjust to Civilian Life

CENTCOM: News Releases
7-10 CAV. REGT. RESPOND TO ATTACK WITH MORTAR FIRE

MND-B SOLDIERS FIND 14 WEAPONS CACHES, IEDs AND BODY ARMOR

IA, MND-B SOLDIERS SEIZE MULTIPLE WEAPONS CACHES, DETAIN THREE SUSPECTS

USJFCOM
USJFCOM commander discusses reserve force issues - podcast
USJFCOM sends support teams to CENTCOM - podcast
Newsmaker Profile: Col. Eugene V. "Gene" Bonventre - podcast
Command working to meet the warfighter's needs with focused efforts - podcast
Command seeking information from industry on access management

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Nation Marks Fifth Anniversary Of Enduring Freedom, Terror War - Story
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ON THE GROUND
Senior NCO Visits 10th Mountain Division Soldiers - Story
Iraqi Engineer Juggles Family's Safety with Job - Story
'America's Battalion' Returns to Families in Hawaii - Story
Exercise Teaches Marines How to Thwart Attacks - Story

IN IRAQ
U.S. Soldiers Teach Iraqis About Fiber Optics
Local Doctors Treat Ghazaliyah Residents
Iraqi Army Medics Train to Save Lives
Teams Teach Contracting, Budgeting, Planning
Iraqi Army Gives Civilians Lease Payments
Iraqi Soldiers Graduate from Combat Training
Water Facility Will Deliver Millions of Gallons

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan NCOs Complete Drill Sergeant Course
Afghan Laborers Continue Work on Local Dam

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
Three Soldiers Killed in Iraq - 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

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
0680 - Husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'ite religious leader, is brutally killed (along with his family), in Karbala (the Muslim holy day of Ashurah is based on this).
1000 - Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England).
1635 - Religious dissident Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1701 - The Collegiate School of CT (Yale U) is chartered in New Haven.
1837 - The steamboat Home sinks off NC, killing 100.
1876 - The first two-way telephone conversation occurs (also the first over outdoor wires).
1877 - In Cleveland, the American Humane Association is organized.
1888 - The public is first admitted to the Washington Monument.
1903 - New York City sees 11" of rainfall in 24 hrs.
1915 - Woodrow Wilson becomes the first U.S. President to attend a World Series game (World Series #12).
1930 - Laura Ingalls (not that one) completes the first transcontinental flight by a woman. completed, Laura Ingalls
1936 - The Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles.
1947 - The first telephone conversation between a moving car and a plane takes place.
1960 - Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Eddie LeBaron throws the shortest ever touchdown pass (2").
1961 - Tanganyika becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
1962 - NASA civilian test pilot John B. McKay takes the X-15 to 39,200 m.
1963 - Uganda becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth.
1970 - The Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence.
1975 - Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
1977 - Soyuz-25 is launched to Saluyt-6, but returns after it fails to dock.
1983 - Four South Korean cabinet ministers are assassinated in Rangoon, Burma.
1984 - Kathy Sullivan becomes the first American woman to walk in space.
1986 - The U.S. Senate convicts U.S. District Judge Harry E. Claiborne, making him the fifth federal official to be removed from office through impeachment.
1990 - Saddam Hussein threatens to hit Israel with a new missile

Birthdays
1547 - Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (Don Quixote)
1757 - Charles X, reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed
1782 - Lewis Cass (Gov-MI)
1899 - Bruce Catton, civil war historian
1908 - James E. Folsom (Gov-AL 1947-51, 1955-59)
1918 - E. Howard Hunt, involved in the Watergate break-in
1924 - Robert Rushworth, pilot (X-15)
1940 - Gordon Humphrey (Sen-NH); John Lennon, musician (The Beatles)

Passings
1934 - King Alexander of Yugoslavia, assassinated by Georgief, a Croatian terrorist
1958 - Pope Pius XII
1967 - Che Guevara, executed in Bolivia
1988 - Felix Wankel, developer of the Wankel rotary engine

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Tanner, Charles N., USN (TN); F4B shot down (pilot, w/Terry), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive and well as of 1998

Terry, Ross R., USN (FL); F4B shot down (RIO, w/Tanner), released by DRV March, 1973 - alive as of 1998

1967
Clements, James A., USAF (TX); F105 shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - R.I.P. March, 1997.

1969
The following lost when the rotor blades of a UH1D struck trees during an extraction, and it crashed in Long Khanh Province, Vietnam.

Driver, Dallas A., US Army (VA)

Garbett, Jimmy R., US Army (FL)

Moore, Raymond G., US Army (OH)

Suydam, James L, US Army (NJ)

Turner, James H., US Army (OH); crew