U.S. Army soldiers working with 7th Brigade, 2nd Division, Iraqi National Police Transition Team, discuss tactics for an upcoming mission in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 7, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jonathan F. Doti

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jose Colon, with 7th Brigade, 2nd Division, Iraqi National Police Transition Team, prepares for an early morning cordon in a suburb of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 7, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jonathan F. Doti

A U.S. Marine assists U.S. Army soldiers from 7th Brigade, 2nd Division, Iraqi National Police Transition Team, during a mission in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 7, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jonathan F. Doti

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Milton Peterson, working with the 7th Brigade, 2nd Division, Iraqi National Police Transition Team, tells fellow soldiers the problems with checkpoints in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 7, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jonathan F. Doti

U.S. Army soldiers with 7th Brigade, 2nd Division, Iraqi National Police Transition Team and Iraqi National Police officers repair a sandbag barrier at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 7, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jonathan F. Doti

Small arms bullet casings are evidence of prior firefights at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 7, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jonathan F. Doti

ON PATROL – Iraqi army soldiers from the 7th Iraqi Army Division search for weapons caches at the Al Anbar University in Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock

News of Note
Israel at War
Israeli Forces Drive Deep Into Lebanon
IDF: 19 soldiers killed, Israeli helicopter crew feared dead
Cease-Fire Set for Monday Morning
Hezbollah Leader Accepts Cease-Fire
Bush Welcomes Cease-Fire Deal
Fast Facts: U.N. Resolution
Ceasefire agreed for Monday
Five missing Israeli soldiers feared dead: army
Fifteen Civilians Die in Israeli Airstrikes
Bush phones Siniora on UN resolution
UN urges ceasefire to get aid through - Video
Video: Chopper Downed
Video: Cease-Fire in Sight?
Video: Put Words Into Action

Operation Iraqi Freedom
US forces arrest 60 in Baghdad
U.S. troops among nearly 50 dead in Iraq
Forces to target 4 'hotspots' in Baghdad

Operation Enduring Freedom
CENTCOM’S TOP NCO PRAISES AFGHANISTAN
SUSPECTED AL QAEDA FACILITATOR TARGETED IN AFGHAN, COALITION RAID

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Brothers Emerge as Key Suspects in U.K. Terror Plot
U.S. Conducts Terror Plot Probe
Liquid-Bomb Sensors Old News
UK Air Travel Taking Hit
Video: Key Player
Bush says British terror threat may not be over
UK rejects foreign policy link to attack threat - Video
3 Texas men arraigned on terror charges
Mich., Texas airports see disturbances
Questions raised about airport staffing
Pa. agency turns banned items into cash
Indian security on edge for freedom anniversary

Other Military News
Sickened Iraq vets cite depleted uranium

Worldwide Wackos
Paper: Castro Recovering OK
Cubans wish absent Castro happy 80th birthday
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez Starts Re-Election Campaign

Homegrown Moonbats
Protesters host barbecue for Crawford
Mideast rallies held in Washington, S.F.

Politics / Government
55 percent back Bush on security

Mother Nature
Katrina Recovery Still Slow
Typhoon victims try to pick up the pieces
Fire narrowly misses Nevada subdivision

Oddities
Driver gets 70 speeding tickets in 5 months
Politician-in-bikini photos raise French eyebrows
Feel blue, say 'I do' as weddings boost mood: study
Judge orders online sale of Unabomber goods

Fox News
Deceased Polygamist's Daughter on FBI Wanted List
Acrobat Dies After Falling
Separated Twins Making 'Wonderful Progress'
Teen Boot Camp Cadet Dies
40 Saved From Burning Boat

Reuters: Top News
Mexican leftists extend vote protests - Video
AIDS virus hides out in "accomplice" cells
HIV drugs may help protect women
First Marblehead shares fall after earnings
Mills shares hit lowest in 5 years
Comment & Analysis
Ford Motor Credit sale likely not in cards
The Reuters Select wrap-up
Experimental HIV drug helps control virus
Blackberry fever brings headaches to China
Setting up for retirement
Some magazine publishers prove to be a tough sell
Managing expectations, the tale of Scottish Re
TIGER 21 charts course for the rich
Evercore shares rise 18 pct in market debut
SanDisk to buy Msystems for $1.55 bln
KT to post higher Q2 profit on lower marketing costs
Three billionaires seek to buy L.A. Times

AP World News
Fans meet Costner on 'Field of Dreams'
Bush flashes skills in Saints debut
Guitar helped make Emma Roberts a star
Warner steals Roethlisberger's show
Red-hot Dodgers hold off Giants 6-5
Stewart home on market after 2 months
Armstrong urges Landis to lay low
Library-issued lead-paint toys recalled
Experts: Better care prevents oil leaks
Feds want Skilling to pay nearly $183M
Cano's homer lifts Yankees over Angels

Military.com
Coed Citadel Still a Work in Progress
Air Force Works to Save Tanker R&D Money

CENTCOM: News Releases
MND-B’S 1ST SQDN., 10TH CAV. REGT., DISTRIBUTES HUMANITARIAN-AID TO ARAB JABUR RESIDENTS

EXTREMIST ATTACKS FOILED IN PAKTIKA

IRAQI HOSTAGE FREED

COALITION FORCES CAPTURE WANTED TERRORIST IN BAYJI

USJFCOM
Command surgeon, wife participate in week-long bicycle ride across Iowa
Command begins contract pre-solicitation process
USJFCOM Army Staff Sergeant receives Senior Military Member of the Quarter Award

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Iraqis Must End Sectarian Violence - Story
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Training Academy Gets New Motorcycles - Story
Operation Combs Al-Doura Neighborhood - Story
Helping Iraqi Youth ‘Best Part of My Job’ - Story

IN IRAQ
Combat Zone Ingenuity Protects Marines
Infantry Soldiers Root Out Insurgents
Water Treatment Plant Receives Upgrade
Iraqis Improve Defenses with Border Forts
Iraqi Soldiers Finish Personnel Course
Power Production Team Critical to Iraq Mission

IN AFGHANISTAN
Coalition Teams Treat Afghan Patients
Meeting Clairifies Reconstruction Team's Role
Munitions, Weapons Airmen Secure Bombs
Air Force Specialists Keep Planes in Flight

DefendAmerica Week in Review
Sunday - Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday

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 Army 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

Today in History
1521 - Spanish conquerors capture Mexico City from the Aztecs.
1651 - Litchfield, CT is founded.
1704 - The English defeat the French at Battle of Blenheim.
1876 - The US-Hawaii Reciprocity Treaty is ratified.
1906 - Black Soldiers raid Brownsville, TX.
1907 - New York City sees the debut of the taxi cab.
1939 - The 'City of San Francisco', a dirigible, crashes in the Humboldt river in Nevada, killing 24. Sabotage is the suspected cause.
1945 - 35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up a Nazi rubber plant in Silesia.
1946 - Britain transfers illegal immigrants (bound for Palestine) to Cyprus.
1953 - President Eisenhower establishes the Government Contract Compliance Committee.
1960 - Central African Republic & Chad proclaim independence from France
1961 - In East Germany, construction on the Berlin Wall begins.
1977 - The Space Shuttle performs its first test glide.
1989 - The STS-28 Space Shuttle lands.

Birthdays
1422 - William Caxton, the first English printer (Histories of Troy)
1655 - Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)
1814 - Anders Jonas Ångström, physicist, founder of spectroscopy
1818 - Lucy Stone, women's rights pioneer
1819 - Sir George Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (Spectroscope)
1860 - Annie Oakley, frontierswoman (Buffalo Bill's Wild West)
1888 - John Logie Baird, the "father of TV"
1899 - Alfred Hitchcock, director (Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window)
1902 - Felix Wankel, inventor (Wankel rotary-piston engine)
1918 - Frederick Sanger, chemist, Nobel Prize winner (1958, 1980)
1927 - Fidel Castro Ruz, Cuban leader (1959- )
1942 - Robert L. Stewart, Brigadier General US Army/astronaut (STS 41B, 51J)
1963 - Pamela Jean Stein, Playboy playmate (Nov, 1987)

Passings
1988 - Otto E. Passman, (Rep-LA, 1947-77)
1991 - Jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels)

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Gollahon, Gene R., USN (OH); F8D shot down on "Black Friday" in the beginning of Rolling Thunder, KIA, body not recovered

Mellor, Fredric M., USAF (RI); RF101C shot down on "Black Friday" in the beginning of Rolling Thunder; radio contact indicated he ejected and was injured, no further contact

Thomas, Harry E., USN (CA); A4C shot down on "Black Friday" in the beginning of Rolling Thunder, remains returned - ID'd October, 11996

1966
Devers, David Ronald, Sr., US Army (OH); DIC, remains recovered December, 1969, ID'd January, 1970

O'Neil, John Joseph, Jr., US Army (RI); DIC, remains recovered December, 1969, ID'd October, 1970

1967
Goodermote, Wayne K., USN (NY); RA5C shot down (backseater to Hyatt), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive and well as of 1998

Hyatt, Leo G., USN (NH); RA5C shot down (pilot); released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive as of 1998

1969
Hansen, Lester A., US Army (CO); UH1C shot down (pilot)

1972
Gauntt, William A., USAF (TX); RF4C shot down (pilot); released by PRG March, 1973

Townsend, Francis W., USAF (TX); RF4C shot down (systems officer); listed as POW as of 1973