News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Meltdown in Iraq
22 dead in latest sectarian bombing
Shiite Group to Boycott If Al-Maliki Meets With Bush
Iraqi tensions rise - Video
Iraq's bid for help shows desperation
Shi'ite cleric says Sunni must defuse crisis
U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 2,871
Marine seeking discharge sent to Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom
7 Suspected Insurgents Killed in Afghanistan
Exercise preps 82nd Airborne Division staff for Afghanistan deployment

Homeland Security / War on Terror
N. Ireland Pols Flee Parliament After Bomb Threat
The Invasion of the Chinese Cyberspies (And the Man Who Tried to Stop Them)

Supporting Our Troops
Bush wishes military members happy Thanksgiving

Other Military News
Vt. grieving families bond in war video
Recently Honored WWI Vet Dies at 111

Mid-East Ceasefire / Hamas Rising / Israel at War
Palestinian Grandmother Blows Self Up Near Israeli Troops
Palestinians Bury Grandmother Bomber
Israel kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza: medics - Video
Lebanese businesses strike for peace

Worldwide Wackos
Iran nuclear program overshadows rights: Ebadi
AP-Ipsos Poll: Chavez holds strong lead

Politics / Government
Cheney's office denies he's in Iraq

U.N. News
U.N. fails in bid to ban ocean trawling
U.N. says 55 civilians killed in Uganda army sweeps
U.N. finds mass grave in east Congo army camp

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News
Ex-NY Times managing editor dies at 56

Science / Nature
Southern California Wildfire Started by Lost Camper's Signal Fire
Earthquake hits Hawaii's Big Island

News from My Neck of the Woods
12 injured in Mass. blast leave hospital

Oddities
Missing Show Dog Becomes NYC Urban Legend
German police get their phoney U.S. Highway Patrolman
One in five consumers open to cosmetic surgery

Other News of Note
Spy Accuses Putin From the Grave
Report: Radioactive Material Found in Body of Dead Ex-Russian Spy
Putin dismisses allegations
Police: 2 Killed in Chicago Standoff
Mexican Drug Gang Takes Out Ad Calling Themselves Anti-Crime Vigilantes

Fox News
Deal-Hunters Slam Stores as Black Friday Kicks Off
Task Force to Probe 4 Atlanta City Murders
Pitt, Jolie Spend Thanksgiving in Vietnam

Reuters: Top News
Chad extends emergency to tackle ethnic violence
Turkish police appeal for restraint in Pope protests
"Road Home" too long for some New Orleanians
Fed's Bernanke to join China mission in December
Taking wheat to its wild side boosts nutrients
Sony finds defect in Cyber-shot digital cameras
Zelda wins Wii players but critics query future demand
Life a series of small steps for Barbaro
Premier League becomes ultimate toy for rich boys
Folic acid can cut heart attack risk
Don't reject or abandon AIDS victims, Pope says
Another baby boy for supermodel Heidi Klum
Stocks sink on dollar worries
Dollar tumbles to 1-1/2-year low vs euro
Oil rallies towards $60 on Nigeria, dollar
Gold moves higher as weaker dollar spurs buying
Systemax jumps after earnings rise
Euro surge heralds 2004-style rally
Dollar plunges against major currencies
Funds eye back door into China market
Black Friday shopping starts early
Carlyle group bids $5.5 bln for Taiwan's ASE
Family Dollar still unable to file annual report
Ontario Teachers in $2.4 bln marine terminals deal
Severstal in talks to buy U.S. Weirton Steel: paper
Quest Software executive quits amid options probe

AP World News
Expanded hours, discounts lure shoppers
Arctic gull reportedly seen in Calif.
Renowned jazz singer Anita O'Day dies
LJ, Tynes put Chiefs over Broncos, 19-10
Thousands watch parade despite rain
Howard: Laws won't change for Qantas
Air France-KLM in talks with Alitalia
Retailers push Thanksgiving specials
Romo lifts Cowboys over Bucs 38-10
Search for Minn. brothers enters 3rd day
Probe sought in police shooting of woman
3 dead in holiday shooting in Calif.
Report suggests better background checks
Ohio mom found incompetent in arson case
Man shot at courthouse had knife

Military.com
Op-ed: Ollie on the Draft
Blog: T-giving Message from Op-For
Join the Crowd and Kit Up!
Brits Take Over Defense Tech
Advisors: Turkey Pressure?
Beat the Mall Crowds This Friday

CENTCOM: News Releases
FOUR TERRORISTS KILLED, SIX SUSPECTS DETAINED

ELEVEN TERRORISTS CAPTURED BY AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES

ONE TERRORIST KILLED, TWO DETAINED IN BALAD RAID

ISF CONDUCTS RAID AGAINST KIDNAPPING-MURDER CELL

ISF CONDUCTS RAID TO CAPTURE INSURGENT

ISF CONDUCTS RAID TO CAPTURE FOUR INSURGENTS

USJFCOM
Milestone reached in development of Cross Domain Collaborative Information Environment - podcast
Liveblogging: Unified Endeavor 07-1
Omni Fusion ties Army into UR 2015 - podcast

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Scores of Suspected Terrorists Detained During Iraq Operations - Story
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Gainey Visits Deployed Troops for Thanksgiving - Story
Top Afghan Enlisted Soldier Helps NCO Corps - Story
Preparation Provides Key to Turkey Day in Iraq - Story
Training Center Prepares Future Afghan Soldiers - Story

IN IRAQ
Army’s BOLT Helps Secure Iraqis Future
New Iraq-Zakros Primary School to Open in Kirkuk
Musical Marine Helps Lift Morale of Wounded
Marines Stop Insurgents With Vehicle Checkpoints

IN AFGHANISTAN
Aircraft Continue Missions Over Afghanistan
Engineers Dodge Explosives to Provide Services
Afghan Officer Saves Governor, Coalition Soldiers

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 Marine Casualty - 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
1759 - Mt. Vesuvius erupts.
1859 - Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species."
1863 - In Tennessee, the Battle for Lookout Mountain begins.
1871 - The National Rifle Association is organized.
1874 - Joseph F. Glidden patents barbed wire.
1896 - Vermont enacts the first U.S. absentee voting law.
1903 - Clyde Coleman patents the automobile electric starter.
1930 - Miss Ruth Nichols becomes the first woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight (Mineola, NY to CA), in a Lockheed-Vega (it takes 7 days).
1944 - U.S. bombers based on Saipan first attack Tokyo.
1947 - The Un-American Activities Committee finds the "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they are Communists.
1949 - Britain nationalizes its steel and iron industry.
1954 - The first U.S. Presidential airplane is christened.
1958 - Mali becomes an autonomous state within the French Community.
1963 - In the first live murder on TV, Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald.
1964 - The rebellion ends in Zaire.
1966 - In NYC, 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack as a result of killer smog.
1969 - Apollo-12 returns to Earth.
1971 - Prisoners revolt in Rahway State Prison, NJ.
1983 - The PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians and Lebanese.
1989 - The Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia.
1991 - The U.S.' 75th manned space mission, "STS 44" (Atlantis 10), is launched.
1992 - A Chinese air crash kills 141.

Birthdays
1784 - Zachary Taylor (Whig) 12th U.S. President (Mar 5,1849-July 9,1850)
1864 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, painter (At the Moulin Rouge)
1868 - Scott Joplin, entertainer/composer (The Entertainer)
1888 - Dale Carnegie, author (How to Win Friends and Influence People)
1921 - John V. Lindsay (Mayor-NY, 1965-73)
1925 - William F. Buckley, Jr., conservative curmudgeon (Firing Line)
1935 - Ron Dellums, (Rep-CA)
1942 - Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary (George Bush)
1946 - Ted Bundy, serial murderer

Passings
1962 - James J. Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here)
1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's assassin, shot dead by Jack Ruby

Reported Missing in Action
1963
Cody, Howard Rudolph, USAF (MS); B26 shot down, KIA, body not recovered

The following US Army SF personnel reported missing after their patrol was ambushed:
Camacho, Issac (Ike), (TX); escaped - retired as a Captain - alive as of 1998

McClure, Claude Donald (TN); released in Cambodia November, 1965

Roraback, Kenneth M., (NY); Executed September, 1965 - on DIC list

Smith, George E. (Smitty), (WV); released in Cambodia November, 1965

1967
Foley, Brendan P., USAF (NY); RF4C shot down (pilot, w/Mayerick)

Mayerick, Ronald M., USAF (NJ); RF4C shot down (manned camera / technical equipment, w/Foley)

1969
Comer, Howard B., Jr., US Army (FL); UH1H crashed (pilot)

White, James B., USAF (FL); F105D disappeared while on mission over Laos

The following USAF personnel lost when their C130A was shot down:
Balamonti, Michael D., (NY); navigator, remains returned November, 1993 - ID'd October, 1995

Brown, Earl C., (NC); remains returned November, 1993 - ID'd October, 1995

DeWispelaere, Rexford J., (NY); remains returned November, 1993 - ID'd October, 1995

Fellenz, Charles R., (WI); remains returned November, 1993 - ID'd October, 1995

Ganley, Richard O., (NH); remais returned November, 1993 - ID'd October, 1995

Grewell, Larry I., (WA); remains returned November, 1993 - ID'd October, 1995

Matthes, Peter R., (OH); co-pilot, remains returned November, 1993 - ID'd October, 1995 (brother does not accept ID)

Wright, Donald L., (MD); remains returned November, 1993 - ID'd October, 1995

1970
McIntosh, Ian, US Army (Canada); OH6A shot down (observer), Killed, body not recovered