News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Al Qaeda fight to death in Iraq bastion: U.S - Video
U.S. troops set trap for militants near Baghdad - Video
Deadly day for U.S. military; 14 killed
Military.com Op-ed: Allies Question U.S. Resolve

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan air raid kills 12 civilians, 20 Taliban

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Padilla jury in Miami to hear bin Laden interview
CIA to release details on decades of secrets
Calm returns to Lebanon camp after 33-day battle - Video
Bush, Senate head for showdown on domestic spying
Decision on Guantanamo not imminent, U.S. says
Abbas mulls early Palestinian elections

Troops on Trial
Marine Convicted of Raping Comrade

Other Military News
Panel Probes Military's Notification Process
Gates: Longer Iraq deployments unlikely

Worldwide Wackos
North Korea ready to shut reactor: U.S. envoy Video

Politics / Government
GOP, Democrats in Web of a Conflict
Senate OKs Upped Fuel Economy Standards
House Lifts Foreign Contraception Aid Ban
Bush to host Vietnam president in historic visit
Edwards returns to 2004 campaign theme
Edwards' nonprofit kept his profile high
Romney calls for new strategy on terror
Waxman decries Cheney security exemption
Ashcroft: Officials fought over snooping

Illegal Immigration / Border Control
Opponents vow to try to block immigration bill
NYC `soccer tacos' could be in jeopardy

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Missing Mom Search Suspended - Thunderstorms scuttle hunt for Jessie Davis - VIDEO - PHOTOS
DNA Found in Home of Missing Illinois Mom Analyzed
Over the Line? - Illinois Murder Has Link to 'Law & Order' Episode
Video Shows Pizza Clerks Taking on Robbers
Police, Officials Insist Attacks on Drivers Not Related to Juneteenth Celebrations
Wisconsin House of Horrors: Scene of Scams, Sex and Murder
Report: Pennsylvania Rape Suspect Survives on Worms, Creek Water in Woods for a Month
No Jail Over Noisy Kids - SPEAKOUT! - VIDEO
Halberstam's Driver Charged in Deadly Crash
Illinois Bank Hostage Standoff Ends
Mothers Surrender in Kids' Fire Deaths

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
Hacker Claims to Have Posted 'Harry Potter' Plot on Internet
BBC Seeks Info on Troop Movements in Iraq (Absolutely reprehenssible. At what point do people like this become accountable for their actions?!?)

Science / Medicine / Technology
Missing Chilean Lake Baffles Scientists
AT&T hires 2,000 extra workers for iPhone launch
Europe latest to unveil space tourism proposal - Video
Gene therapy treatment offers Parkinson's relief
NASA looks for break in weather to land shuttle - Video
Progress made toward lunar liquid mirror telescope
State moves against troubled LA hospital
Brain activity controls toy train

Mother Nature
Drifting icebergs are hotspots of life

Oddities
Thrill Ride Tragedy - Teen girl's feet severed in Six Flags accident
Wild Brown Yonder (Oh, yuck!!!)
15-Year-Old Performs Surgery in India in Attempt to Break World Record
40-Year-Old Former Teacher Marries 16-Year-Old Student
Woman loses in court after losing lottery
Paging Doogie Howser... - Video
Autopsies Set for Naked Couple That Fell 50 Feet From Rooftop to Their Deaths
Trustee resigns over speaking in tongues

Other News of Note
Musharraf's political future in doubt

Fox News
Prince William Turns 25, Gains Part of Diana's Inheritance

Reuters: Top News
Nigerian strike extended after talks fail
EU leaders struggle to win over Poles on reforms
Negotiators to weigh future of WTO free trade pact
Mexico's violent drug war inspires bloody art
Post-Katrina New Orleans death rate shoots up
Take-Two delays plans to distribute 'Manhunt 2'
Anti-smoking efforts have big impact: expert
Hilton: jail renews gratitude for "simple" life - Video
Jolie's "Heart" pumps life into Oscar chatter
Yen wilts, Asia chip stocks shine
Oil steady as U.S. crude stocks cushion Nigeria risk
Yen slides to 4-1/2-year low against dollar - Video
Gold off 1-week low, Tokyo futures extend losses
Stocks gain on rally in semiconductors - Video
Subprime Fallout
Bear Sterns contagion fears
Bear Stearns fund woes seem contained
Subprime woes to test European nerves
Blackstone raises $4.1 bln
NYSE Euronext bids for Borsa Italiana: report
Jones Apparel near $825 mln Barneys sale: report
Lone Star sells KEB stake for $1.28 bln: source
Bear Stearns may assume hedge fund loans: report
GE, Pearson drop Dow Jones takeover pursuit

AP World News
Giambi agrees to meeting on steroids
Isaiah Washington: ABC axed wrong guy
Blackstone IPO raises $4.13 billion
Jagger apologizes in Catalan language
Jimmy Kimmel has emergency appendectomy
MTV and Fulbright join forces overseas

Military.com
Movie Review: Evan (not so) Almighty
Blog: Down and Out in Iraq
DT: U.S. Spying on French Blackberries?
Ten Step Guide to Joining the Military
The Web's Best Equipment Guide
Movie Review: A Mighty Heart

CENTCOM: News Releases
OPERATION COMMANDO EAGLE STARTS OFF STRONG
IRAQI FORCES BREAK UP SNIPER CELL, DETAIN FIVE
IRAQI SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES DETAIN INSURGENT LEADER IN SADR CITY
STRUCTURE STRUCK BY ACCIDENT IN ATTACK OF BOOBY TRAPPED HOME
SUSPECTED INSURGENT LEADER, ASSOCIATE DETAINED IN FALLUJAH
MND-B TROOPS SAVE YOUNG CHILD
COALITION TAKES 11 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS OUT OF AL-QAEDA'S NETWORK
CCCI CONVICTS 99: SENTENCES 16 TO DEATH, 7 TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT

USJFCOM
Command helps test new gun shot location system - podcast
Wood addresses joint warfare transformation at Transformation Warfare conference - podcast
Newsmaker Profile: Rear Adm. Stewart O’Bryan
USJFCOM Standing Joint Force Headquarters deploys for 2007 hurricane season exercise
Global force management efforts helps improve command's joint provision process - podcast

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Iraqi, Coalition forces move forward despite attacks
U.S., Iraqi troops rescue 24 abused boys from orphanage
Marne Torch continues clearing insurgent safe havens
Mortar systems and weapons seized in Rashid as clearing continues
MND-B Soldiers detain 18 in raids
IA, CF roll-up multiple caches, fugitives
Rockets found: U.S., Iraqis team up to foil strike
Marne Torch continues clearing insurgent safe havens
Roadside bombers stopped, explosives seized

DefenseLink
Gates, Pace Discuss Spike in Iraq Violence
Gates, Pace Pledge to Fix Mental Health System
Video Clip: Pentagon Media Roundtable
Pace Will Stay Focused on Supporting Troops
Vice Chairman Answers Soldiers’ Questions
Admiral Surprises Soldiers with Candid Answers
Photo Essay: Adm. Giambastiani Visits Baghdad
Training System Gets Troops Back to Shooting
Airborne Laser Aircraft to Provide Defense

More Headline News
Officials Discuss New U.S. Africa Command
Camp Development Rises from Rice Paddies
Pentagon Puts Critical Technology on Trial
‘Virtual Installation’ Aims to Help Reserve Spouses

Military News
'Red Cross' Scam Targets Military Families
State, Local Responders Handle Texas Flood Relief
Video: Navy Reservist Visits Pen Pals

War on Terror
Troops Rescue Hostages
Iraq Ops Kill, Capture Terrorists
14 Servicemembers Killed
Combined Forces Nab Terrorists

America Supports You
Care Package Includes Jeep
Freedom Walk Set for Sept. 9
Teens Keep Troops Connected
Gift Surprises Paratroopers

Transformation
Gait Lab Helps Amputees
Officials Discuss Alternative Fuel
Air Guard Retires Last F-16A

Face of Defense
Woman Cadet Prepares for Iraq
Marine Leaves Music for Corps
Soldier Loves Tae Kwon Do
Marine Enjoys Korean Tour

DefendAmerica
NEWS UPDATES
Iraq Ops Kill, Capture Terrorists - Story

ON THE GROUND
Music Strengthens Ties Between Djibouti, U.S. - Story
Aeromedical Teams Provide Care, Comfort - Story
Iraqi, Coalition Forces Continue Forward - Story

IN IRAQ
Volunteers Donate Supplies to Iraqi Children
Aviation Battalion Reaches 20,000 Flight Hours
Iraqis Join Ranks of Lutifiyah's Police Force
Sheiks Meet in Baghdad, Discuss Progress

IN DJIBOUTI
Well Drillers Increase African Water Supply
Task Force Invites Coalition Partners to Forum
Marines Train Servicemembers in Martial Arts

IN AFGHANISTAN
Army Battle Company Makes Presence Known
Panjshir Opens Teachers’ Training College

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
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
War on Terror Reconstruction Report
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Fact Sheet: Budget Request
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

Weather
Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Germany
Ansbach Aschaffenburg Berlin Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin/Schonefeld Bremerhaven
Darmstadt Frankfurt Frankfurt/Main Freiburg/Breisgau Garmisch
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Geilenkirchen Gelnhausen Giessen Kitzingen
Hanau Am Main Heidelberg Mainz Mannheim Nurnberg Stuttgart Trier
Wiesbaden Wurzburg

Gitmo

Guam
Agana Agana Heights Agat Andersen AFB Asan Barrigada

Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut
An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf

Japan
Kadena Air Base Okinawa Tokyo Yokohama

Today in History
1772 - Slavery is outlawed in England.
1775 - The first Continental currency is issued.
1807 - The British board the USS Chesapeake, one of the events leading to the War of 1812.
1815 - Napoleon abdicates for a second time (after Waterloo).
1847 - The doughnut is created.
1868 - Arkansas re-enters the U.S.
1870 - Congress creates the Department of Justice.
1873 - Prince Edward Island joins Canada.
1911 - King George V of England is crowned.
1918 - in Ivanhoe, Illinois, a troop train rams a circus train, killing 68.
1936 - The Virgin Islands receive a constution from U.S. (Organic Act).
1940 - France falls to Nazi Germany; Finland invades Karelia.
1941 - Germany declares war on the Soviet Union.
1944 - FDR signs the "GI Bill of Rights" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act).
1959 - Vanguard SLV-6 is launched; it fails to achieve an Earth orbit.
1970 - President Nixon signs the 26th amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
1978 - Neo-Nazis call off plans to march in the Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois.
1981 - Mark David Chapman pleads guilty the murder of John Lennon.
1983 - The Space Shuttle makes the first retrieval of a satellite from orbit.
1990 - Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a thong bathing suit.

Birthdays
1837 - Paul Morphy, greatest chess player of all time
1896 - Francis C. Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea)
1903 - John Dillinger, one of America's Most Wanted
1920 - Paul Frees, the voice of "Bullwinkle"
1941 - Ed Bradley, CBS news correspondent ("60 Minutes")

Passings
1874 - Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces
1922 - British Field Marshal Sir Henry H. Wilson, murdered
1954 - Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News)

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Smith, Warren P., Jr., USAF (TX); O1F shot down

1967
Pirie, James Glenn, USN (AL); A4E shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - deceased, May 1998

1969
Engelhard, Eric Carl, USAF (OH); O2B shot down, remains recovered April, 1974

Roberson, John W., US Army (TX); Presumed drowned while crossing a stream, body not recovered

Seagroves, Michael Anthony, USAF (IL); O2B shot down, remains recovered April, 1974

1970
Earle, John S., USNR (MA); A4C crashed in water shortly after takeoff, Killed, body not recovered

Gumbert, Robert W., Jr., US Army (OH); likely KIA, body not recovered

1971
Strohlein, Madison A., US Army (PA)

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