News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
4,000 Iraq police killed in past 2 years

Operation Enduring Freedom
Nation Marks Fifth Anniversary Of Enduring Freedom, Terror War

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Prisoner abuse by U.S. Guantanamo guards described
Report: Thousands wrongly on terror list

Welcome Home!!
'America's Battalion' Returns to Families in Hawaii

Troops on Trial
Sailor: I Watched Marines Shoot Iraqi
Grisly testimony in alleged Hamdania murder
Medic gets a year in prison in Iraqi's death

Other Military News
Justice Dept. Probes 'Kidnapping'Of Air Force Major in Kyrgyzstan
Marine base seeks missing laptop
Greek divers lift WWII bomber wreckage
Santa Claus Wears Kevlar

Mid-East Ceasefire / Israel at War
Hamas's 'Executive Force' gains strength in Gaza

Here We Go Again
Danish TV shows cartoons mocking Prophet Mohammad

Worldwide Wackos
U.N. Urges North Korea to Cancel Planned Nuke Test
Kim Jong Il holds rally for top military brass - VIDEO
World powers to discuss possible Iran sanctions - Video

Politics / Government
Foley Scandal Investigations Heat Up
Democrats assail Republicans over scandal - Video
Bush anti-terror message stalled by sex scandal - Video
White House Aide Named in Abramoff Report Quits
Texas Gov. Perry touts work in debate

In the Courts
Lawyer Shortage Frustrates New Orleans Judges

U.N. News
Sudan's envoy doesn't back down on warning to U.N.

News from My Neck of the Woods
Powerful Underground Explosion Rocks Waterbury (CT)

Oddities
Teacher Hacked to Death in Mexican City
Father Kills His 4 Kids, Goes to Police, Confesses
Rival Miners Hurl Dynamite at Each Other
Abducted by aliens? Call now for compensation
Stinky feet, annoying noise top IgNobel prize list
Remains of giant camel discovered in Syria

Other News of Note
Mourners to Bury 5th School Shooting Victim as 6th Lies in Grave Condition
Photos: Burials For Amish School Children
Amish girl asked to be shot first, woman says
Iowa ground beef recalled after E.Coli find: USDA

Fox News
A's Finish Playoff Sweep of Twins With 8-3 Win
Thousands Flee Toxic Cloud Caused by Plant Fire
Reports: Google in Talks to Buy YouTube for $1.6B
Fewer-Than-Expected 51,000 Jobs Added in Sept.
Hazardous Waste Plant Fire in N.C. Forces 17,000 to Evacuate
Police: Pacers' Jackson Fired Shots Outside Strip Club

Reuters: Top News
Ex-Pres. Bush pleads for more Pakistan quake aid
Opposition protests after Hungary's PM wins vote - Video
Guatemala ex-dictator may face genocide charges
Nobel nomination highlights Uighur plight: activist
FDA confirms 3 dead in E coli outbreak
Study supports theory that pets cut allergy risk
Classic games hit the spot in new-age dazzle
Microsoft releases final test version of Vista
Pakistani villagers taught animal care in wake of quake
FDA clears J&J drug for autism symptoms
Stocks slip after 3 days of gains after jobs data - Video
Dow's rally may fade, earnings next
USG shares rise 2.7 percent
Pier 1 stock rises on buyout speculation
Genta, FDA agree on Genasense trial design; shares rise
Gauging stocks by the “curve”
Paul DeMartino checks the screens and finds cars among the winners
U.S. economy to weather Big 3 woes
Kerkorian aide quits GM board, stock drops
Google in talks to buy Web video site YouTube: WSJ
Fiorina could attract interest in HP leak probe
September jobs below expectations
FDA clears J&J drug for autism symptoms
Apple manages options probe damage

AP World News
Scientists plot Mars rover's next move
Fawcett stays positive despite cancer
Tigers push Yankees to brink in Game 3
A's finish sweep of Twins with 8-3 win
Gibson takes redemption tour to 'GMA'
Sienna Miller apologizes to Pittsburgh
Pacers' Jackson fires gun outside club
NASA finds tiny hole in shuttle Atlantis
Experts: Doctors wary of doing HIV tests
Firms to tout healthy snacks in schools
Jolie, Pitt in India to film Pearl movie
Calif. man beaten to death in jail

Military.com
F-15's Begin Dropping Small Diameter Bombs
Signs Honor Military Sacrifice

CENTCOM: News Releases
AFGHAN, COALITION FORCE SEARCHES FARAH COMPOUND, DETAIN 2 EXTREMISTS

U.S. PREPARES FOR OPERATION TO AID PAKISTAN

IRAQI AND MND-B SOLDIERS CAPTURE HIGH VALUE TERRORIST, DETAIN 27 ADDITIONAL TERRORIST SUSPECTS

TERRORIST LINKED TO AL-QAIDA IN IRAQ LEADER DETAINED

IRAQIS GRADUATE FROM MACEDONIAN SF BOOT CAMP

MND-B SOLDIERS SEIZE WEAPONS, FOIL KIDNAPPING

COMBINED OPERATIONS IN DIYALA CONTINUE TO OBSTRUCT INSURGENT ACTIVITY

CFC-A COMMANDER GIVES REMARKS AT AUTHORITY TRANSFER CEREMONY

COALITION HEADQUARTERS ASSUMES NEW ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN

IRAQI MEDICS TRAIN TO SAVE LIVES ON CAMP TAJI

MND-B SOLDIERS WORK WITH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO CARE FOR RESIDENTS OF GHAZALIYAH

USJFCOM
USJFCOM commander discusses reserve force issues - podcast
Get the latest USJFCOM News delivered to your email box
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
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ON THE GROUND
Senior NCO Visits 10th Mountain Division Soldiers - Story
Iraqi Engineer Juggles Family's Safety with Job - 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
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

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1571 - The Spanish and Italians defeat the Turkish fleet in the Battle of Lepanto.
1737 - 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 in Bengal, India.
1765 - The Stamp Act Congress convenes in NY.
1777 - Americans beat the British the Second Battle of Saratoga and the Battle of Bemis Heights.
1780 - American militia defeat the British near Kings Mountain, SC.
1826 - The Granite Railway (first chartered railway in the U.S.) begins operations.
1868 - Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) opens.
1871 - A 16-hour fire injures 30 of Chicago's 185 firefighters.
1886 - Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba.
1908 - Crete revolts against Turkey, aligning with Greece.
1919 - The first London-to-Amsterdam airline service begins (British Aerial Transport).
1924 - Marble Bar, Australia, sees the first of 160 consecutive days of 100-degree heat.
1931 - Rochester, NY, is the site of the first infra-red photograph.
1938 - Germany demands that all Jewish passports be stamped with the letter J.
1949 - The German Democratic Republic forms from the Russian occupation zone.
1950 - U.S. forces invade Korea, crossing the 38th parallel.
1957 - "American Bandstand" premieres on TV.
1958 - Potter Stewart is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court; the U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
1963 - Bobby Baker resigns as Senate Democratic secretary; Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and the Dominican Republic, killing 7,190.
1965 - A 50-mph wind gust carries Robert Mitera's tee shot 447 yards to score the world's longest straight hole-in-one - at the 10th hole in Miracle Hills, Omaha, NE.
1968 - The Motion Picture Association of America adopts the film rating system.
1985 - The 21st Space Shuttle Mission (51-J; Atlantis-1) lands at Edwards AFB; PLO terrorists seize the Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro.
1988 - The Latvian flag is raised in Riga for the first time since annexation by the U.S.S.R.
1990 - Israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens.

Birthdays
1728 - Caesar Rodney, patriot, signer of the Declaration of Independence
1885 - Niels Bohr, physicist, expanded quantum physics / Nobel Prize Winner (1922)
1888 - Henry A. Wallace, 33rd U.S. Vice President / Progressive presidential candidate
1906 - James E. Webb, head of NASA (1961-68)
1931 - Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of South Africa / Nobel Prize winner (1982)
1943 - Oliver North, Col., USMC / author / inventor / radio show host, (figure in Iran-Contra hearings
1951 - John Cougar Mellencamp, rocker (Jack & Diane)
1955 - Yo-Yo Ma, world famous Chinese cellist
1958 - Kim Morris, Playboy playmate (Mar, 1986)

Passings
1849 - Edgar Allen Poe, poet / author
1959 - Mario Lanza, singer

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Gilchrist, Robert M., USAF (CO); RF4C shot down (pilot)

Knight, Larry Dale, USAF (OR); RF4C crashed offshore (pilot)

Pabst, Eugene M., USAF (NY); RF4C shot down (backseater to Gilchrist)

Treece, James A., USAF (TN); RF4C shot down (pilot); status later changed to "Died while missing"

1967
Appleby, Ivan D., USAF (CA); F4D shot down (pilot, w/Austin), remains returned January, 1995 - ID'd October, 1995

Austin, William R. II, USAF (SC); F4D shot down (backseater, w/Appleby), released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Fullam, Wane E., USAF (TN); F105D shot down (pilot), remains returned September, 1987

Hodges, David L., USN (MD); A4E shot down (pilot), KIA, remains ID'd April, 1999