News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
DNA to Determine If Slain Rebel is Al Qaeda Chief
U.S. says Iraq Qaeda leader still alive - Video
Key facts on Abu Ayyub al-Masri
Iraq pulls police brigade out of service
Two Down, Two to Go
Baghdad Bombings Hit 'All-Time High'
Military Hones a New Strategy on Insurgency

Operation Enduring Freedom
NATO to Takeover Entire Afghan Security Mission

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Belgian police hold Iranian who claimed bomb plot
Two rockets found near Pakistani parliament
Philippines arrests wife of Bali bomb suspect

Troops on Trial
Two Marines plead not guilty to Hamdania murder
Fort Lewis Soldier Faces Court-Martial
Sailor to Testify in Iraqi Murder Case

Other Military News
Lawmakers Blast DoD's Guard Budget

Mid-East Ceasefire / Israel at War
U.S., EU warn Israel over closure of Gaza border
Rice: U.S. eying ways to aid Palestinians

Immigration / Border Control
Bush signs bill paying for new border fence

NSA / CIA
Court Allows NSA Wiretap Program to Continue

Worldwide Wackos
S. Korea to North: Don't Test Nuke
US Warns North Korea not to Test Nukes
Japan presses for U.N. stand on N.Korea nuclear vow
Moscow to try prevent N.Korea nuke test
Lavrov says Russia still against Iran sanctions

Homegrown Moonbats
Anti-Gay Kansas Church Cancels Protests at Funerals for Slain Amish Girls
Barbra Streisand snipes at Bush in concert

Politics / Government
Ex-Aide: I Sent Foley Alertto Hastert Office Years Ago - VIDEO
GOP Leaders Ask for Probe Into Alleged Foley Dorm Visit
New questions when Hastert told of sex scandal - Video
Ethics committee ready to probe Foley case
Foley ballot notice headed for battle in Florida
Alma mater gives Friedman mixed response

U.N. News
Thai candidate for U.N. chief throws in the towel

Media in the Media
Ratings tell mixed story about Couric's success
Media take center stage in fight for votes

Mother Nature
Scientists issue global warming report
Tourniquet: Bad advice for a snake bite

Oddities
Police hunt breast enlargement cheats
Body found in bed 5 years after death

Other News of Note
4 Amish School Shooting Victims to Be Laid to Rest in Private Funerals
Coroner: Amish Schoolhouse Shooting Scene Was 'Horrible'
Suspected Gunman Shoots 3, Holds Hostages
HP Executives Charged in Spying Scandal
Pilots may face charges in Brazil crash
Thai coup leader to hold talks with rebels

Fox News
Attorneys: Karr Never Used Computer in California
Dow Hits 2nd Straight Record Close
U.S. to Stop Seizing Canadian Prescription Drugs
Mets Top Dodgers, A's Beat Twins in Playoffs
Stocks to Watch: Marriot, Apple Computer

Reuters: Top News
Air raids, bombs despite Sri Lanka peace talk vows
U.S. scientist wins Nobel, follows laureate father
Microsoft aims to scuttle pirated copies of Vista
Google launches search service for computer code
Kashmiri grief crosses India-Pakistan divide
Don't forget the killer diseases, experts urge
Investigators search spinach growers in E. coli probe
Chemo has long-term impact on brain function: study
Stock futures flat, Starbucks set to rise
Toshiba shares hit 2-mth low on Westinghouse stake - Video
Gold nervously steady as funds shift to stocks
Stocks surge on M&A, U.S. rate view; ECB awaited
Euro hugs tight ranges before ECB, Trichet
Reuters Wealth Management Summit
Property seen as top alternative for rich
Betting on the house
OPEC cuts 1 mln barrels in 1st reduction since 2004
Ryanair makes $1.9 bln bid for Aer Lingus
General Atlantic, others in Northgate talks: paper
Nissan, Renault still mull American partner
Doubts cast on second Airbus project: report
Losing steam
Package giants prepare for "healthy" peak season
Wal-Mart cuts Sept sales growth figure

AP World News
'Lost' has puzzling season premiere
Minus pitching stars, Mets beat Dodgers
New hay fever vaccine shows promise
Streaming video records sea lions' lives
Kim Basinger faces trial in custody case
CEO apologizes for Apple stock practices
Tori Spelling, husband expecting baby
Kotsay's inside-park home run lifts A's
Paris Hilton says Shanna Moakler hit her
Many young kids not getting flu shots
Obituaries in the news
New attack on Karr child porn charges
Study: Side air bags lower driver deaths

Military.com
The Navy's Support Navy Keeps Growing
U.S. European Commander Confirms Quotes in Book

CENTCOM: News Releases
TERRORIST LINKED TO AL-QAIDA IN IRAQ LEADER DETAINED

SUB-GOVERNOR’S SON RESCUED BY COALITION FORCES

CATAMOUNTS ON PROWL DURING MOUNTAIN FURY

USJFCOM
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
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Teams Teach Contracting, Budgeting, Planning - Story
Iraqi Army Gives Civilians Lease Payments - Story
Iraqi Soldiers Graduate from Combat Training - Story
Water Facility Will Deliver Millions of Gallons - Story
Iraqi Security Forces Assume Control of Base - Story

IN IRAQ
Soldiers Conduct Medical Ops in Mushada
Iraqi Air Force Moving Towards Control of Ops
Iraqi Forces Train to Combat IED, Explosives Threat
‘Retired’ Engineer Oversees 30 Al Anbar Projects
Voices of Freedom Make Way onto Airwaves
Army Engineers Help to Rebuild Infrastructure

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan NCOs Complete Drill Sergeant Course
Afghan Laborers Continue Work on Local Dam
Harriers Complete Combat Runs in Afghanistan

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
1450 - Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by the order of Ludwig IX.
1813 - Americans defeat the British at the Battle of the Thames (Canada).
1864 - The Union army almost a third of its troops repelling the Confederates at the Battle of Allatoona; most of Calcutta is destroyed by a cyclone (approximately 60,000 are killed).
1877 - Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez-Perce War
1908 - Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey - Ferdinand I becomes Tsar.
1931 - Herndon & Pangborn make the first nonstop transpacific flight (Japan to Washington).
1945 - "Meet the Press" premieres on radio.
1947 - Harry Truman makes the first Presidential address televised from the White House.
1953 - Earl Warren is sworn in as the 14th U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice.
1954 - Hurricane Hazel hits the eastern U.S.
1962 - The Beatles release their first record - "Love Me Do."
1965 - Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups; Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite.
1970 - Quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross.
1981 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American.
1983 - Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
1984 - The 13th Space Shuttle Mission (41-G, Challenger-6) is launched.
1986 - The London Sunday Times reports that Israel is stocking nuclear arms.
1988 - Israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on the grounds of racism.

Birthdays
1830 - Chester Alan Arthur, 21st U.S. President (1881-85)
1864 - Louis Lumière, inventor of the Cinématographe (with his brother, Auguste)
1882 - Robert Hutchings Goddard, rocket pioneer
1887 - Ren‚ Cassin pacifist (Nobel Peace Prize 1968)
1902 - Ray Kroc, founder of McDonalds /owner of the San Diego Padres
1923 - Philip Berrigan, militant priest (Chicago 7)
1929 - Richard F. Gordon, Jr., Capt USN / astronaut (Gemini 11, Apol 12)
1930 - Pavel R. Popovich, cosmonaut (Vostok 4, Soyuz 14)
1951 - Bob Geldof, pop musician (Boomtown Rats, Band Aid)
1958 - Brent W. Jett, Jr., USN Lt. Commander/astronaut
1962 - Michael Andretti, Indy-car racer/Auto Hall of Fame
1965 - Mario Lemieux Montreal, Pittsburgh Penguin high scorer (#66)
1965 - Penny Baker, Playboy playmate (January, 1984)

Passings
1941 - Louis D. Brandeis, first Jewish Supreme Court Justice
1967 - Clifton C. Williams, Jr., astronaut, in T-38 jet crash
1990 - Meir Kahane founder of Jewish defense league, assassinated

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Barrett, Thomas J., USAF (IL); F4C shot down (GIB, w/Hivner), released by DRV February, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Hivner, James O., USAF (PA); F4C shot down (pilot), released by DRV February, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Pogreba, Dean A., USAF (MT); F105D shot down (pilot)

Seeber, Bruce G., USAF (IL); F105D shot down (pilot, wingman to Pogreba), released by DRV February, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Andrews, William, USAF (OR); F4C shot down (pilot), remains returned September, 1990 - ID'd December, 1990

1966
Beene, James A., USN (CA); A1H disappeared over water while on reconnaissance mission, KIA, body not recovered

1967
Matheny, David P., USN (CA); F8C shot down (pilot), released February, 1968

Trautman, Konrad W., USAF (PA); F105D shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998
***Also flew F-86 in Korean War***

1968
Lawrence, Gregory P., USAF (AL); HH3E shot down (crew)

Stride, James D., Jr., US Army SF (TX); unit ambushed while on reconaissance patrol, KIA, body not recovered

Wester, Albert D., USAF (TX); HH3E shot down (co-pilot)

1970
Davidson, David A., US Army SF (MD); unit ambushed while on reconnaissance patrol, KIA, body not recovered

Gassman, Fred A., US Army SF (FL); unit ambushed while on reconnaissance patrol, KIA, body not recovered

1972
Alpers, John H., Jr., USAF (CO); F4D shot down (w/Lewis), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

Bates, Richard L., USAF (ND); F4E shot down (navigator, w/Latham), released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Latham, James D., USAF (KS): F4E shot down (pilot, w/Bates), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Brigadier General - alive as of 1998

Lewis, Keith H., USAF (OH); F4D shot down (pilot, w/Alpers), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998