News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S. Nabs SuspectedIraqi Insurgents - PHOTOS
Five GIs Killed Near Baghdad
Iraq contractors accused in shootings

Operation Enduring Freedom
Taliban: 2 Sick Korean Hostages to Be Freed

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Pentagon Warns U.K. of Gitmo Detainees With Al Qaeda Links
Pakistan, Afghanistan agree on fighting militants
Blast injures 12 soldiers in southeast Turkey
Israel to decide soon on easing W. Bank roadblocks
Militants decapitate Afghan "spies" in Pakistan
US declares Lebanese group terrorists

Other Military News
Democrat Rep.: Troops need more rest
N.Y. town returns seized car to Marines
When Dogs Go to War

Religion of Peace??
Muslims meet in Jakarta for pan-Islamic state talks - Video

Worldwide Wackos
North Korea postpones meeting to set summit agenda
Venezuela's Chavez says oil headed for $100 barrel

Politics / Government
Romney Wins Straw Poll - PHOTOS
Romney says straw poll win isn't hollow
Tommy Thompson's Slow Finish May End Presidential Bid
New Hampshire Voters Confront McCain on Immigration
Bush, Sarkozy promote ties - Video
New Orleans politician faces graft charges: report
Calif. lawmakers promise health reform this year

Illegal Immigration / Border Control
Border crackdown working, numbers show

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Four Grandmothers Beaten With Hammer in Beauty Parlor Attck
Cops Hunt Fourth Suspect in N.J. Student Murders
N.J. city buries 3 shooting victims
Man Nabbed Trying to Sneak Live Snakes on Plane
Freeway shootout in Dallas kills 3
Mine company CEO sues W.Va. Democrats
Son charged in Pa. triple shooting

Science / Medicine / Technology
Space shuttle damage appears minor: NASA - Video
NASA to look closer at gouge on shuttle

Mother Nature
Earthquake shakes central, eastern Spain
Newborn Ukrainian dolphin prepares for stardom
Hurricane Flossie expected to weaken

News from My Neck of the Woods
Cracks may appear in Manhattan apartment market

Oddities
Foul-Mouthed Cockatoo Forces Indiana Workers to Avoid Bad Language
Spanish thief saw himself as Robin Hood-like bandit

Other News of Note
Study: U.S. Slipping Down Life Expectancy Rankings
Searchers Finds Survivable Space, No Trapped Miners
Human-size capsule weighed in mine probe
Mine rescuers weigh drilling larger hole
Cause of fatal Ind. mine accident sought
Storm delays divers at Minn. bridge site

Fox News
8 Injured in Dune Buggy Crash at Tenn. Shriner's Parade
Computer Glitch Causes Massive Delays at LAX
Tiger Grabs Lead at PGA Championship - LEADERBOARD
Lutherans Urged to Accept Homosexual Ministers
Missouri Home Fire Kills Six

Reuters: Top News
Dubai port operator eyes $2 bln IPO
Activists say Sudan divestment campaign working
Travel Postcard: 48 Hours in Washington
Elvis, the enterprise, looms bigger 30 years on
More trouble ahead for Wall Street?
Yen falls after Fed injections calm credit fears
Accredited Home sees up to $60 mln loss for quarter
Oil erases most early losses on central bank moves
ABN shares fall on Fortis financing worries: analysts
What happens on Wall St. may hit Main St.
Retail investors take gyrations in stride
FTSE tumbles 3.7 pct as credit worries squeeze
Barneys to open five clothing stores: Dubai owner
Dollar assets key part of China's reserves: Xinhua
Lessons for today's market in 1907 panic
BNP, Commerzbank, D.Bank among HomeBanc creditors
China's mortgage quality worse than U.S.: academic

AP World News
Queen of Soul cancels hometown show
Fan seeks to refurbish Elvis Calif. home

Military.com
DT: Osprey Cruising to War
Review: "No End in Sight"
Shock: Nearly Fragged by Friendlies
VA Home Loans: Buyer's Market? Game on!
Deployment Preps Made a Bit Easier
Beat Back to School Blues with Discounts
Movie Review: Rush Hour 3

CENTCOM: News Releases
SOLDIERS APPREHEND BICYCLE BOMBER
OPERATION WILLIAM WALLACE CLEARS ABU TINA
SENATORS VISIT IBN SINA HOSPITAL IN BAGHDAD

USJFCOM
Noble Resolve 07-2 aims at making communication easier - podcast
Newsmaker Profile: Col. L. Ross Roberts - podcast

Multi-National Force-Iraq
General expresses optimism about Iraqi Police progress
Landstuhl Organization sends supplies to Black Jack Medics
Adhamiyah residents screened for security positions
Weeks away from going home Cavalry unit maintains Its focus
Four Task Force Soldiers killed in explosion
Iraqi, U.S. Special Forces detain two suspected terrorist cell leaders in Baghdad operations
Task Force Marne Soldier killed
30 suspects detained in raids targeting al-Qaeda and bombing networks
Correction to MNF-I Release A070812a: 30 suspects detained in raids targeting al-Qaeda and bombing n
Attack helicopters engage and kill eight insurgents

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS: Bush Finds News Encouraging
World War II Navajo Code Talkers Visit Pace
IRAQ: General Optimistic About Iraqi Police
Baghdad Trends Encouraging, Commander Says - Video
Security Depends on Economic Conditions
MILITARY NEWS: Services Meet Recruiting Goals
Sailor Trades Sea for Sand - Story - Special

War on Terror
Afghan Officials, Citizens Gather For Opening of District Center
Iraq's Security Forces Making Great Strides, General Says
Afghans Provide Aid to Villagers
U.S., Iraqi Partnership Yields Results Around Mahmudiyah

Face of Defense
Marines, Sailor Earn Medals
Marine Follows Dream of Flying
Working Dog Finds Explosives

America Supports You
Ten Troop-Support Groups Receive Grants
Former Chairman Praises USO For Supporting Troops
Group Takes Action for Troops
Firefighters Fund Helps Troops

DefendAmerica
ON THE GROUND
Predators Soar to Record Number of Sorties - Story
District Center Opens, Despite Tragedy - Story
Military Working Dogs Get New Kennel Facility - Story
Afghan Villagers Benefit from Humanitarian Visit - Story

IN IRAQ
Army Logistics Begins New Chapter in Iraq
U.S. Soldiers Help Iraqis Open New Date Plant
Security Forces Airmen Step Outside the Wire
U.S. Marines Clean Up Historic Cemetery
Iraqis Sign Up to be Police Officers
Iraqi Soldiers Host Luncheon for Troops

IN AFGHANISTAN
Local Afghan 'Cop' Show a Big Success
Program Connects Volunteers with Mission

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

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
1553 - Pope Julius III orders the confiscation and burning of the Talmud.
1676 - In New England, King Philip's War (vs. the Wampanoag Indians) ends.
1851 - Isaac Singer s igranted a patent for his sewing machine.
1862 - General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX.
1867 - President Andrew Johnson defies Congress by suspending Secretary of War Edwin Stanton.
1877 - Thomas Edison invents the Edisonphone, a sound recording device.
1898 - The U.S. formally annexes Hawaii; the Spanish-American War formally ends.
1941 - French Marshal Henri Petain gives his full support to Nazi Germany.
1953 - The U.S.S.R. conducts a secret test of its first hydrogen bomb.
1955 - President Eisenhower raises the minimum wage from $0.75 to $1 an hour.
1959 - For the first time, a Polaris missile is fired by a ship (Observation Island).
1960 - Echo 1, the first communications satellite, is launched; USAF Major Robert M. White takes the X-15 to 41,600 m.
1962 - Russia launches Vostok 4.
1972 - The last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam.
1976 - The Space Shuttle Enterprise is put through its first approach and lands test (ALT)
1977 - High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 is launched into an Earth orbit; the Space Shuttle Enterprise makes its first atmospheric flight.
1978 - ICE is launched
1981 - IBM introduces the PC and PC-DOS version 1.0.
1990 - Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve the Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories.

Birthdays
1757 - ALF, TV alien life form ("ALF")
1762 - King George IV of England (1820-30)
1781 - Robert Mills, architect (Washington Monument)
1859 - Katharine Lee Bates, author (America the Beautiful)
1925 - Dale Bumpers (Sen-AR)
1936 - John Poindexter, US Chief of Staff
1951 - Charles E. Brady, Jr., USN Commander/astronaut
1960 - Lonny Chin, Playboy playmate (Jan, 1983)
19?? - My little sister - Happy Birthday, K!

Passings
1900 - Wilhelm Steinitz, Chess champion (1866-1894)
1982 - Henry Fonda, actor (On Golden Pond)

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Brown, Donald H., Jr., USN (CA); A4E shot down, remains returned August,1985

1966
Allison, David, USAF (MT); F105D shot down
Neuens, Martin J., USAF (WI); released March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998
Wrye, Blair C., USAF (MA); RF101C shot down

1967
Atterberry, Edwin, USAF (TX); RF4C shot down, DIC May, 1969, remains returned March, 1974
Norris, Thomas E., USAF (IL); F105 shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998
Parrott, Thomas V., USAF (GA); down, RF4C shotreleased by DRV March, 1973 - deceased, October, 1998

1968
Tullier, Lonnie Joseph, US Army (LA); passenger in UH1B that crashed, remains recovered August, 1968

1969
Sexton, John C., US Army (MI); released October, 1971

1970
Brown, James A., US Army (TN); swept down river; Killed, body not recovered

1972
Thompson, David M., USN (PA); KIA, body not recovered

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