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A PUMA helicopter is signaled to lift off the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman March 26. The Truman is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Ryan O'Connor

An aviation ordnanceman disarms an AIM 9 Sidewinder on an F-18C Hornet from Fighter Attack Squadron 105 March 26. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Ryan O'Connor

An aviation ordnanceman assigned to Fighter Attack Squadron 105 disarms an AIM-9 Sidewinder on the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Carl E. Gibson

A plane captain monitors the start up of a C-2 Greyhound assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 in preparation for launch from one of four steam-driven catapults on the flight deck of the USS Harry S Truman March 26. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Carl E. Gibson

Gunner's mates fire the messenger line to the USNS John Lenthall at the beginning of a mid-afternoon refueling at sea with the USS Harry S. Truman March 26. U.S. Marine Corpsphoto by Photographer's Mate Airman Ryan O'Connor

A PUMA helicopter airlifts supplies from the USNS Saturn to the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman on March 26. DoD photo by PHAN Ryan O'Connor, U.S. Navy

A PUMA helicopter airlifts supplies from the USNS Saturn to the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Ryan O'Connor

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NIGHT PATROL — U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Milano, from the 561st Military Police Company based out of Fort Campbell, Ky., observes the night terrain during a patrol mission in the Nijrab district of Afghanistan, Oct. 14, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Dexter D. Clouden

News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Bush Summons AbizaidTo Discuss Tactics in Iraq
Iraqi Soldiers Re-Take Southern City - VIDEO
Al-Sadr's Shiite Militia Briefly Seizes Control of Southern Iraq City
Amara clashes test plan to put Iraqis in charge - Video
Mecca meeting seeks end to Iraq sectarian violence
United States numb to Iraq troop deaths: experts
Rumsfeld: Iraq must take over security
Shiite militia briefly seizes Amarah
Bush: I won't change strategy in Iraq

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Wisconsin Man Charged in NFL Stadium Terror Hoax
FBI says stadium bomb threat was a bad joke - Video
Six killed in blast in Pakistan's Peshawar
NYC to look for more remains at WTC site

Worldwide Wackos
Kim Jong-Il 'Sorry' About Nuke Test - VIDEO
U.S. Tracking Suspicious North Korean Ship
Iranian President Says Israel Will Disappear, Threatens Its Allies
China Appeals for Calm Over North Korea Nuclear Crisis
N.Korea says no more tests; Rice ends tour - Video
N. Korea, Mideast states, refuse chemical arms ban
China takes tough stance on North Korea
North Korea may be backing off showdown

Homegrown Moonbats
Carter says Bush partly to blame for N.Korea test

Politics / Government
House Staffer Suspended for Possible Intel Leak
Miami archdiocese investigates Foley abuse claim - Video
Calif. candidate's office raided over voter letter

U.N. News
Sudanese army calls U.N. envoy a military threat - Video

Mother Nature
Global warming study predicts wild ride

Oddities
Detroit Man Busted for Mannequin Fetish Again
Teen Kills Mom of 3 While Texting Suicide Attempt
Nose jobs, tummy tucks the rage as India parties
Vicar's knicker run rescues town
Scales of justice weigh heavy for dieting escapee

Fox News
Elderly Man Convicted for Market Crash Deaths
Oil Dips Almost $2 on Doubts Over OPEC Cut
Feds: 'Fuhgetabout' Fourth Trial for Gotti's Son
Report: Scientist Stephen Hawking to Divorce
Study Suggests Possible Link Between TV Viewing and Autism in Children

Reuters: Top News
Sri Lanka says 20 rebels die in sea battle - Video
Putin warns of bloodshed risk in Georgia - Video
Rocketeers gather for space games in New Mexico
Hot holiday video games could spur player sales
Sony gives PlayStation 3 online service details
In Fossett memoir, he flies, floats, bites dog!
Decaf coffee may still pack a mini-caffeine punch
High bread consumption tied to kidney cancer
Malawi groups go to court on Madonna adoption
Singer Michael says cannabis keeps him sane: TV
Stocks end flat as Caterpillar takes a fall
Hey buddy, can you spare $600 for a Google share? - Video
Arch Coal profit up, but shares down on warning
Oil falls to new '06 lows on doubts about OPEC cut - Video
NY Fed calls primary dealers meeting: sources
A guide to inflation protection
Erik Dellith finds Wipro Ltd. on the radar
Democrat-run Congress could hit dollar
Time Warner Cable's IPO seen popular: analysts
Caterpillar profit misses
Fed should follow the money as well as the data
Exxon Mobil offers plan to end Alaska dispute
Ex-Delphi executives seeking cover for legal costs
Hey buddy, can you spare $600 for a Google share?

AP World News
Murder warrants issued for Ky. couple
TV bounty hunter grabs a legal victory
Cards straggle into Detroit for Series
Ford says he's fit to play Indiana Jones
Evans' husband says wife having affair
Urban enters rehab for alcohol abuse
Coroner: Gunman had no drugs in his body
Flying eye hospital aids world's poor
Google's stock climbs to 9-month high

Military.com
High-Tech Uniforms Heading to War
Air Force Mulls New 'Low Visibility' Planes
Shiite Militia Briefly Seize Iraqi City

CENTCOM: News Releases
FOUR TERRORISTS CAPTURED, ONE KILLED DURING OPERATION AGAINST IED CELL

TERRORIST SUSPECTS APPREHENDED AFTER HABBANIYAH ATTACK

DETAINEE DIES AT CAMP BUCCA

ISF CAPTURES TWO TERRORISTS IN RAID NEAR TAJI

IA CAPTURES MEMBERS OF INSURGENT AND KIDNAPPING, MURDER CELLS

4TH IRAQI ARMY DIVISION SEIZES CACHE, CAPTURES 13 INSURGENTS

4TH IRAQI ARMY DIVISION CELEBRATES NEW MULTI-USE COMPOUND

USJFCOM
USJFCOM, USTRANSCOM commanders sign joint vision statement
Command's experiment bringing focus to urban challenges
Command leadership assisted as Navy transforms officer training
USJFCOM exhibits Joint Force Projection ACTD - podcast

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Rumsfeld: U.S. Commanders Continue to Look at Iraq Tactics - Story
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Joint Patrols Knock on Doors in Neighborhood - Story
Iraqi Soldiers Voluntarily Rejoin the Fight - Story
Paratroopers Ensure Secure Transportation - Story
Afghan Hospital Accepts Orthopedic Supplies - Story

IN IRAQ
Warriors Share Dinner, Conversation with Locals
New York’s Finest Serve Global Mission
Iraqi Medics, Coalition Docs Make House Calls

IN AFGHANISTAN
Army Interpreter Pays for Mosque Supplies
Task Force Grizzly Soldiers Eliminate Insurgents
Afghan NCOs Complete Drill Sergeant Course

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

National Hurricane Center

2137 BC- China is the site of the first recorded total eclipse of the sun.
1520 - Magellan entered the strait which bears his name.
1553 - Volumes of the Talmud are burned.
1797 - The U.S. Navy frigate Constitution ("Old Ironsides") is launched in Boston.
1805 - At the Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson defeats the French and Spanish fleet, and dies.
1861 - Battle of Balls Bluff, VA.
1869 - The first shipment of fresh oysters travels overland from Baltimore.
1879 - Thomas Edison perfects the carbonized cotton filament light bulb.
1897 - At the University of Chigago, the Yerkes Observatory is dedicated.
1915 - The first transatlantic radiotelephone message is sent from Arlington, VA, to Paris.
1917 - For the first time, Americans see action on the front lines of WW I.
1944 - U.S. troops capture Aachen - the first large German city to fall in WW II.
1945 - For the first time, women in France are allowed to vote.
1948 - The facsimile high-speed radio transmission demonstrated in Washington, DC.
1950 - Chinese forces occupy Tibet.
1959 - In NYC, the Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens.
1967 - Thousands opposing the Vietnam War try to storm the Pentagon.
1969 - A bloodless coup occurs in Somalia.
1971 - Nixon nominates Lewis F. Powell and William H. Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme Court following the resignations of Justices Hugo Black and John Harlan.
1975 - Venera-9, the first craft to orbit the planet Venus, is launched.
1976 - The NY Knicks retire their first number, # 19 (Willis Reed).
1977 - The U.S. recalls William Bowdler, ambassador to South Africa.
1987 - The U.S. Senate begins rejecting Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination.
1988 - Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos are indicted on racketeering charges.
1989 - After being buried for four days in the San Francisco earthquake, Buck Helm is found alive.
1991 - 24 die in a fire in Oakland, CA.

Birthdays
1772 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet (Rime of the Ancient Mariner)
1833 - Alfred Bernhard Nobel, created dynamite and the Peace Prizes
1917 - Dizzy Gillespie, trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz
1950 - Ronald E. McNair, astronaut (STS 41B, 51L-Challenger disaster)

Passings
1805 - Admiral Horatio Nelson, in the Battle of Trafalgar
1831 - Nat Turner and 19 associates, hanged for their roles in the Southampton Slave Revolt
1967 - Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astrophysicist
1987 - Ying-Chin Ho, Taiwanese government official

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Earll, David J., USAF (TX); F105D exploded after releasing ordinance on bombing run

1967
Hemmel, Clarence J., USAF (MO); F100D shot down, KIA, body not recovered

1968
Finley, Dickie W., US Army (MO)

Knabb, Kenneth K., USN (IL); A4E shot down

1969
Cook, Glenn R., USAF (NC); O2A shot down (pilot, w/Epenshield)

Espenshield, John L., USAF (OH); O2A shot down (observer, w/Cook), remains returned May, 1989

1973
Bradley, Ed, Civilian; O/A returned from visit November, 1973