News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraqi Troop Training to Top Bush-Al-Maliki Meeting
Bush adviser doubts violence can be controlled
24 Dead in Sectarian Violence Ahead Bush-Al-Maliki Meeting
Maliki under U.S. fire before Bush talks
Top Bush aide raises doubts about Maliki: NY Times
Saudi will intervene in Iraq if U.S. withdraws: aide
Witnesses detail Iraq burning deaths
Bush focusing on Iraqi troop training
Bush meets Iraqi leader in Jordan today
Fierce fighting shuts down Iraqi city
U.S. Troops Battle Iraqi Insurgents

Operation Enduring Freedom
NATO leaders say peace in Afghanistan key priority
Roadside bomb kills 2 NATO soldiers in Afghanistan

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Judge Rules Bush Terror Order Unconstitutional
Evidence offers insight into Unabomber

Troops on Trial
Rome court weighs homicide case against U.S. soldier
Sailor to Plead Guilty in Spy Case

Supporting Our Heroes
Deadlines Loom for Holiday Shipping

Religion of Peace??
Turkey welcomes Pope's hand of peace
Pope honors slain priest at Turkey Mass

Worldwide Wackos
Report: Ahmadinejad Sends Letter to Americans
U.S. Bans Sale of iPods to N. Korea (Ooooh, tough stand...)
North Korea, U.S., China seek early six-party talks
Castro Says He's Too Ill for Birthday Appearance

Politics / Government
Pelosi passes Hastings for Intel chair

In the Courts
Judge: Paper Cash Unfair to Blind
Supreme Court to Hear First Global Warming Case
Kids Sue in Teddy Attack Movie Expulsion

Science / Nature
Strong Earthquake Hits Northern Indonesia
Typhoon Durian bears down on Philippines
California sea lions attack humans
Study: Sewage threatening Great Lakes

Oddities
Wrong turn puts driver on the rails
Wild boars rampage through village
Police say mother microwaved her baby

Other News of Note
Russia's Gaidar ill in hospital with mystery ailment

Fox News
Pakistan Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile

Reuters: Top News
NATO leaders back ties with Balkans trio
China may let failed broadcast satellite burn
EU tries to combat climate change with tough CO2 cut
DoCoMo, others plan multimedia for cellphones
Nintendo says sells 600,000 consoles in 8 days
Banderas shows age directing first Spanish film
Energy-hungry China breaks ground in Middle East
S.Africa seeks new start on AIDS fight
Flu viruses survive frozen in lakes, study finds
Snoop Dogg arrested after TV appearance in L.A.
"Boston Legal," "Ugly Betty" get new cast members
Stocks rebound, yen off low after Japan data
Oil rises above $61 ahead of U.S. cold spell - Video
Gold inches down, silver steadies after new high
Stock futures rise before GDP report - Video
Dynavax up sharply after trial update
A lower-risk currency play
On the radar: Ezcorp
GM targets smaller, more profitable Buick brand
Riverdeep close to Houghton Mifflin deal: sources
Tiffany third-quarter profit rises
Novartis may shed Gerber, Nestle may step up: WSJ
Rinker rejects $12 billion Cemex bid as "far too low"
Slower CPI doesn't mean price risks over: Fed's Poole

AP World News
1 in 5 parents say kids online too much
Arby's to cut trans fat from fries
Groups to judge Madonna fitness to adopt
Pfizer to cut U.S. sales force 20 pct.
Road teams have edge for a night in NBA
Yankees win rights to Japan's Igawa
Miss America 2006 has surgery in N.C.
Sharpton's stature rises amid shooting
Michael Richards: Jewish by association?
Bernanke: Interest rate cuts unlikely
Arson fears fade in Mo. group home fire
Experts: too soon to label NYPD shooting
Doctors: Face transplant was successful
Dow, Nasdaq close higher on housing gain
La Russa says McGwire belongs in Hall
'30 Rock' star Morgan charged with DWI

Military.com
Op-ed: A Bad Tool
Blog: Bandit 36 is Home
Warfighters Kit Up! Daily
Defense Tech: The MySpace Murders
Advisors: Top Chef's Masher Recipe
Holiday Shopping While in the Field
Gear in the News: LCC Amphibious Command Ship

CENTCOM: News Releases
EIGHT TERRORISTS KILLED DURING EARLY MORNING RAID NEAR BAQUBAH

IED ATTACK IN MUQDADIYAH

THREE TERRORISTS DETAINED BY AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES

USAF F-16 CRASH INVESTIGATION BEGINS

ISF CAPTURES LEADERS OF ILLEGAL ARMED GROUP IED CELL

COALITION FORCES ENGAGE INSURGENTS IN AR RAMADI

FOUR CIVILIANS INJURED IN RAMADI

IRAQI SECURITY FORCES SECURE OIL PIPELINE FIRE SITE

TWO ARRESTED IN FUNERAL PROCESSION

FIRE AT NORTHERN OIL COMPANY

IRAQI ARMY DETAINS TWO SUSPECTED IN MORTAR ATTACK NEAR TAJI

USAF F-16 CRASHES NORTHWEST OF BAGHDAD

USJFCOM
Exercise preps 82nd Airborne Division staff for Afghanistan deployment
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
Forces Work to Counter Terrorists - Story
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Marines Rescue Iraqis, Capture Terrorists - Story
Navy Leader Visits USS Mason in Persian Gulf - Story

IN IRAQ
Troops in Iraq Face 'Observant, Adaptive Enemy'
Bayji Operations Round Up 'Black Jumpsuit' Cell
Iraqi Trainees Learning Urban Combat Skills
U.S. Soldiers Work to Fortify Afghan Army

IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Units Steadily Secure, Rebuild Afghanistan
Military Missions Change as Afghan Army Evolves
Gainey Visits Deployed Troops for Thanksgiving

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

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
1812 Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia
1847 Indians kill Marcus & Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore
1864 Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians
1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates the hand-cranked phonograph.
1887 - The U.S. receives the rights to Pearl Harbor (Oahu, Hawaii).
1890 - In the first Army-Navy football game, Navy wins 24-0 at West Point.
1916 - The U.S. declares martial law in the Dominican Republic.
1929 - Lt. Colmmander Richard E. Byrd sends the message: "My calculations indicate that we have reached the vicinity of the South Pole" (He hadn't)
1944 - Albania is liberated from Nazi control; John Hopkins hospital performs the first open heart surgery.
1945 - The monarchy is abolished as Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic.
1947 - The U.N. General Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs and Jews.
1951 - The first underground atomic explosion occurs at Frenchman Flat, Nevada.
1952 - President-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess the war.
1961 - Freedom Riders are attacked by a white mob at a bus station in Mississippi; Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit.
1963 - LBJ sets up the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of JFK.
1965 - Dale Cummings does 14,118 consecutive sit-ups.
1967 - British troops withdraw from Aden; U.S. Secretary of Defense McNamara becomes President of the World Bank.
1975 - Kilauea erupts in Hawaii.
1978 - The U.N. observes an "international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people," boycotted by the U.S. and 20 or so other countries.
1987 - Korean Air Boeing 707 disappears off Burma, on route to Seoul. All 115 lost
1990 - UN Security Council sets Jan 15th military deadline against Iraq
1994 - Russian aircraft bomb Chechen capital of Grozney

Birthdays
1781 - Andres Bello, Venezuelan poet/diplomat/scholar (Silvas Americanas)
1803 - Christian Doppler, discoverer of the Doppler Effect (color shift)
1811 - Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer
1818 - George Brown, Canadian publisher (Toronto Globe), PM (1858)
1832 - Louisa May Alcott, author (Little Women)
1849 - Sir Ambrose Fleming, inventor (diode)
1874 - Antonio Egas Moniz, lobotomist (Nobel 1949)
1895 - William V.S. Tubman, 17th Liberian President (1943-70)
1898 - C.S. Lewis, English writer/scholar
1923 - Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News)
1928 - Paul Simon (Sen-IL), presidential candidate
1949 - Kenneth D. Cameron, Lt. Colonel USMC / astronaut (Sked:STS-37)

Passings
1530 - Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, adviser to England's King Henry VIII
1780 - Maria Theresa, leader of Austria
1924 - Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer
1981 - Natalie Wood, actress, drowns off Santa Catalina, CA
1986 - Cary Grant, actor
1987 - Howard Pyle (Gov-AZ, 1951-55)

Reported Missing in Action
1952
Downey, John T., Civilian - CIA; released by China March, 1973 - alive as of 1999

Fecteau, Richard, Civilian - CIA; released December, 1971

1967
Jones, Louis F., USAF (TX); F4C shot down

Millner, Michael, US Army SF (CA); disappeared when his unit was ambushed