News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraqi army detains 46 near Iran border
Anbar Has ‘Turned the Corner’

Operation Enduring Freedom
S. Korea Urges Taliban to Release Hostages
Taliban Claims to Have Killed Two German Hostages

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Nine Hindu pilgrims among 11 hurt in Kashmir blast

Worldwide Wackos
North Korea signs pacts with Mongolia
N. Korea wants reactors for nukes

Politics / Government
Gonzales: I'm Not Quitting
Cheney Assumes Power As Bush Has Colonoscopy
India elects first woman president
Calif. Senate deliberates budget impasse
FBI probes whether NBA ref bet on games

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Cops Hold Suspect in Paige Birgfeld Mystery

U.N. News
Kosovo says independence on track despite U.N. rift

Mother Nature
Ohio man tells of Hawaii shark attack
Utah wildfire threatens 2 dozen homes

Oddities
Burnin' On Down the Highway
Road Rage Forces California to Shut Down Highway

Other News of Note
France detains two Rwandan genocide suspects

Fox News
Japanese Officials Inspect Damaged Nuke Plant
Fans Finally Get Hands on Final 'Potter' Book - PHOTOS
Garcia Leads at British Open, Tiger Takes Dip - PHOTOS

Reuters: Top News
Pakistan media urges calm after judge's victory
Turkish PM, rivals make final appeal to voters
Brazil Lula tries to blunt crash criticism - Video
Zimbabwe paves way for nationalizing private firms
U.S. Potter fans mob Harvard Yard for "Wizard Rock"
Chores outrank children in modern marriages: survey
Stock bull riders eye home sales, earnings - Video
Earnings misses, subprime woes punish Wall Street Video
Dollar declines with stocks as subprime woes linger
Oil steadies near record on supply concerns
Schlumberger shares touch new high
Subprime stress seen skewing loan data
Market Update
ABN CEO says merger with Barclays is better: report
CAT execs say internal issues key in earnings miss
Bear Stearns to be sued over subprime funds: CNBC
Internet entrepreneur details Dow Jones proposal
U.S. home builder woes reach into other industries
Redstones take family squabble public

AP World News
Top Pakistan justice resumes his duties
Researchers seek cash for software flaws
Silva promises Brazil plane crash probe
Obituaries in the news
Businessman sought by Poland freed

Military.com
Army Acknowledges Health Care Mistakes
Iraq Official Casts Doubt on Takeover
Proof America Supports You
12-Month Tours by Spring 2008
Poll: Grade the VA Director
Op-ed: Intel and Tax Dollars
DT: Russians Testing Brits?
Podcast: Get Fit with a SEAL
Daily Shock: Attack on the FOB
To Be a U.S. Army Ranger

CENTCOM: News Releases

USJFCOM
Joint Systems Integration Command kicks off Joint Intelligence Operations – Command and Control program - podcast
Capability Portfolio Manager aids better decision-making process - podcast
Strategic Initiatives Forum - July 2007 - photos
Empire Challenge 07 exercise focuses on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance - podcast

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Sheiks meet in reconciliation effort
New Iraqi Police Station opens in Wahida
Fort Benning Cavalry troops conduct humanitarian mission
Cavalry troops aid Iraqi farmers
IA, CF Soldiers discover “several tons” of explosives outside Mosul
Coalition Forces detain 14
Task Force Lightning Soldier attacked
18 suspected terrorists detained near Baghdad mosque
3rd HBCT nabs top insurgent
Rocketman, assistant captured during Marne Avalanche

DefenseLink
‘Herculean Work’ Drives MRAP Production
Defense Department Seeks MRAP Improvements
Video: House Armed Services Committee's MRAP Hearing
President Urges Congress to Pass Defense Bill
White House Transcript on President's Statement
U.S. Working With Pakistan to Solve Problem
Pace Thanks Spouses, Families for Sacrifices
September Reporting Requirement Still on Track
Some TRICARE Beneficiary Data Put at Risk
Recruiting Standards Remain High, Official Says
Guard, Reserve Forces Need Experienced Leaders

More Headline News
Gates Honors Marine Corps’ ‘Lion of Fallujah’
U.S. Working on More Support for Afghanistan

Military News
Troops Benefit from Financial Management Help
Missing WWII Sailor Identified
Soldiers Missing from Korean War Identified

War on Terror
Iraq Ops Capture Suspects
Troops Detain Enemy Fighters
Troops Nab Insurgents, Disrupt Cell
U.S. Troops Nab Terrorists

Transformation
Army Launches Chain-Teaching
Cyber Command Online for Future
Symposium Keys on Future

Face of Defense
Tours Highlight Defense Department Headquarters
Sailor is All About Fitness
Sailor Re-enlists on Sunken Ship

America Supports You
Servicemembers a Driving Force
NASCAR Fans Support Troops
Marine Angles to Honor Troops
Group Provides Link to Home

DefendAmerica
BLOGGERS' ROUNDTABLE with U.S. AIR FORCE Brig. Gen. Robert Holmes
Progress Continues in Iraq - Transcript (pdf)

NEWS UPDATES
Troops Detain Enemy Fighters - Story

ON THE GROUND
Afghan National Army, Coalition Provide Aid - Story
Joint Team Assesses, Rates Afghan Police - Story
Marine Inspires Others with Artistic Talents - Story

IN IRAQ
New Iraqi Police Station Opens in Wahida
Lifeblood Pumped into Iraqi Farming Community
Offensive Moves into Iraq's Eastern Baqouba
Sheiks Meet in Reconciliation Effort at Camp Taji
Clinic Provides ‘More Than Standard’ Care
Navy Assisting Marines in Counterinsurgency
Hawaiian Soldiers Strengthen Ties with Project
Role-model Town Produces Positive Results

IN DJIBOUTI
Marines Train Djiboutian Police on Firearms
Air Force Chaplain Visits Djibouti Orphanages
Volunteers Build Bookshelves for Youth Center
Civil Affairs Donates Supplies to African Hospital

IN AFGHANISTAN
Medical Mission Breaks Barriers, Builds Trust
Army Operation Links People to Government
Personnel Services Support Deployed Troops
Individuals Assist in Search for Criminals
Coalition, Afghan Workers Complete Projects

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
1588 - The English fleet defeats the Spanish Armada.
1861 - The CSA is victorious at the first battle of Bull Run (Manassas), the first major battle of the Civil War.
1873 - Jesse James commits his first train robbery.
1898 - Spain cedes Guam to the U.S.
1930 - The U.S. Veterans Administration is established.
1940 - The Soviet Union annexes Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia.
1944 - U.S. forces liberate Guam from the invading Japanese.
1949 - The U.S. Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
1954 - In Geneva, France agrees to independence for North and South Vietnam.
1955 - The Seawolf, the first submarine powered by a liquid metal-cooled reactor, is launched
1966 - Gemini X returns to Earth.
1969 - Neil Armstrong steps on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT)
1969 - Russia's Luna 15 impacts on the moon after 52 lunar orbits.
1973 - The U.S.S.R. launches Mars 4 for a fly-by of that planet.
1976 - 29 are killed in Philadelphia, in the first outbreak of "Legionnaire's Disease."
1978 - The U.S. Postal Service and the unions agree on a contract, averting a mail strike.
1983 - The Polish government ends 19 months of martial law; the U.S. announces that Lebanon has freed American hostage David Dodge
1984 - Harry Allen, a worker at Diecast Corp. in Jackson, MI, has the dubious honor of becoming the first person killed by a robot in the U.S. when he is pinned between the back of the industrial robot and a factory pole.

Holidays
Guam - Liberation Day (1944)

Birthdays
1804 - Victor Schoelcher, French humanitarian, sat on the commission that abolished slavery in France, later elected Senator for life.
1816 - Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founder of Reuters news service
1856 - Louise Blanchard Bethune, first female American architect
1899 - Ernest Hemmingway, writer, Nobel Prize winner
1924 - Don Knotts, actor (Amdy Griffth Show, Three's Company)
19-- - My Mom - Happy Birthday, Mom!!!!
1947 - Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam, rocker ("Peace Train," "Father & Son")
1952 - Robin Williams, comedian

Passings
1796 - Robert Burns Scottish poet
1957 - Bernard Spooner, American inventor of the bulletproof jacket
1972 - Jigme Dori Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
1976 - Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to Ireland, assassinated
1982 - Dave Garroway, TV host (Today Show)
1984 - Harry Allen, first human killed by a robot in the U.S.

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Tiffin, Rainford, USAF (CA); F105D shot down

1967
Flora, Carroll E., US Army (MO); CH47 shot down, released by PRG March, 1973 (injured)

1968
Flanagan, Sherman E., Jr., USAF - NG(MD); F100D shot down, believed to be the first Maryland National Guard member KIA, body not recovered

Willing, Edward A., USMC (DE); disappeared while on guard duty, presumed KIA, body not recovered

1970
Schultz, Ronald J., US Army (KS); presumed killed, body not recovered

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