News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Yazidis fear annihilation after Iraq bombings
Iraqi leader announces new alliance
Military official discusses progress in Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan, U.S. forces assault al Qaeda in Tora Bora

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Ex-Head of Islamic Charity Pleads Not Guilty in Terror Case
Hezbollah brings Israel war to computer screen

Worldwide Wackos
New Delhi Politician: Ship Stray Dogs to Korea

Politics / Government
U.S. and Israel Sign Record $30 Billion Military Aid Deal
8-Term Ohio Rep. Deborah Pryce to retire
Convicted R.I. mayor back on talk radio
Bush pushes agenda without Congress

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Vick 'Considering Guilty Plea' on Dogfighting Charges
Police: Man threw ill wife from balcony
Admitted pedophile walks fine legal line

Adventures in Political Correctness
Mayor won't use pistol to start race

Science / Medicine / Technology
Toddler Cold-Med Warning
NASA 'Optimistic' on Shuttle Damage - PHOTOS - VIDEO
Baby Bib Lead Danger - TOY RECALL LIST - BUY USA LIST
U.S. takes measured steps after China import scares
China quality boss says problems sapping trade strength
Cancer panel attacks U.S. food subsidies
Eye-catching new Taser sparks controversy
Review backs antidepressant effects of omega-3s
Study: Dust with retardant may harm cats
NASA nears decision on shuttle fix

Mother Nature
Earthquake Rocks Peru - 7.9-magnitude quake triggers tsunami - PHOTO ESSAY
Magnitude 6.7 Quake Jolts Solomon Islands
Moderate Undersea Quakes Shake Japan
U.S. Geological Survey Quake Reports
'The Earth Was Like Jelly'
Tropical Storm Drenches Texas; Dean Now a Hurricane - PHOTOS - STORM TRACKER - WEATHER WARNINGS
Study: Man-Made 'Drain Hole' Slowly Emptying Lake Michigan
Weather stoking fires in Idaho, Montana

Other News of Note
Rescuers Detect Noise in Efforts to Reach Trapped Utah Coal Miners
Hope Yet for Trapped Utah Miners
Plans for new Minn. bridge questioned

Fox News
Wall Street on Edge After Overseas Sell-Off
Teri Hatcher Stars in Badgley Mischka Advertising Campaign

Reuters: Top News
Bulldozer vs political heiress: S.Korea vote close
DiCaprio talks about going green and "11th Hour"
"Elvis" leaves Filipinos all shook up 30 years on
Fans mark Elvis death anniversary with vigil - Video
Four directors later, "Invasion" hits theaters
Markets in turmoil - Video
Yen climbs, high-yielders fall
Oil sheds $2 on credit squeeze
Mortgage REIT woes are a blast from the past
Oil demand doubts likely to prompt OPEC caution
Mitsubishi plans drive on biofuels output
China, like 1980s Japan, may face big FX rate rise
July home starts fall to 10-year lows
Fannie Mae shares fall
Lehman, Goldman, Bear Stearns down 1-2 percent
Oil sheds $2 on credit squeeze and economy fears
Futures stay sharply lower after housing data
Housing starts point to more weakness
Countrywide draws down $11.5 billion credit line
Paulson says U.S. economy can withstand turmoil: report
Fed's Poole says no need for emergency rate cut
Kraft mulls sale of Post cereals business: paper
Reporters sue HP over its hunt for source of leaks
KKR Financial says it has "ample liquidity"

AP World News
U.S. stocks move toward further pullback
Study: Teen drug use at schools worsens
Indians back in first in AL Central
World markets fall again on loan worries
Elvis fans boost economies of 2 states
Indians win, tying Tigers in AL Central
Wis. lawmakers back beer industry
Obituaries in the news

Military.com
Def Tech: LUH Takes More Hits
Historic Newsreel: V-J Day
Op-ed: A Green Light for the NSA
Daily Shock: Sniper Shot in the Hand
World's Largest Veteran Job Board
The Web's Best Equipment Guide

CENTCOM: News Releases
HABBANIYAH POLICE TRAINING CENTER GRADUATES FIRST CLASS
30 SUSPECTS DETAINED IN RAIDS TARGETING AL-QAEDA AND BOMBING NETWORKS
CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMY VISITS AFGHANISTAN
COALITION TARGETS SENIOR AL-QAEDA: 2 TERRORISTS KILLED, 10 SUSPECTS DETAINED
GOI, U.S., FACILITATE AID TO LOCAL BUSINESSES
CAR BOMB IN KIRKUK STRIKES LOCAL MARKET
IRAQI SECURITY FORCES, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES DETAIN FOUR SUSPECTED TERRORISTS, DESTROY WEAPONS CACHE

USJFCOM
Unified Endeavor 2007 prepares soldiers for Iraq deployment
More about the Mission Rehearsal Exercise program
Noble Resolve 07-2 aims at making communication easier - podcast
Newsmaker Profile: Col. L. Ross Roberts - podcast

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Iraqis lead Soldiers to weapons caches north of Baghdad
Baqubah teacher risks life for students
Concerned citizens hand over weapons cache to coalition forces
Six terrorists killed, 5 suspects detained in coordinated operations
Coalition Forces Kill Three, Detain Six, Capturing a High-Priority Special Groups Weapons Smuggler
Iraqi Army, U.S. Special Forces detain seven suspected terrorists in western Ninewa Province
MND-B Soldiers attacked during combat operations
Attack helicopters prevent rocket attack
Five VBIEDs detonate in western Nineveh province

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS: Phantom Strike Makes Progress - Video
PACE: AFRICOM to Benefit from Horn of Africa
AFGHANISTAN: Engineers Build Roads, Bridges
IRAQ: Officer Hails Success of ID System
MILITARY NEWS: Comfort Stops in Ecuador
Officials Identify Missing Pilot from Vietnam War

Iraq
Coalition Forces Train Iraqi Marines in North Persian Gulf
Task Force Works to Reinvigorate Economy
Citizens Help Fight Insurgents
Oil Terminal Nears Completion
Coalition Soldiers Rescue Iraqi Toddler from 25-foot Well

Afghanistan
Team Aids Remote Village
U.S. Airmen Teach Afghan Police

Face of Defense
Sailor Reunites with Family
Sergeant Loves to Train Soldiers
After Surviving Sniper's Bullet, Soldier Looks to Future
Marines, Sailor Earn Medals

America Supports You
Support Group Offers Prayer
Dallas Cowboys Visit Wounded
Partnership Builds New Home
Support Groups Receive Grants

DefendAmerica
BLOGGERS' ROUNDTABLE with U.S. Army Lt. Col. John W. Velliquette Jr.
Officer Hails ‘Tremendous Success’ Of Iraqi Automated ID System - Story

NEWS UPDATES
Operation Phantom Strike Builds on Security Progress, Intelligence - Story - Video

ON THE GROUND
Residents of Hababiyah Hail Cavalry Troops - Story
Army Engineers Work to Connect Afghanistan - Story
Team Crosses Mountain, Brings Aid to Village - Story
After 16 Months in Iraq, Sailors Return to States - Story

IN IRAQ
Citizens Help Turn Tide Against Insurgents
Al Basrah Oil Terminal Project Nears Completion
Training Base Helps Build Future of Iraq
Coalition Soldiers Rescue 2-year-old from Well
Predators Soar to Record Number of Sorties
Military Working Dogs Get New Kennel Facility
Army Logistics Begins New Chapter in Iraq
U.S. Soldiers Help Iraqis Open New Date Plant

IN AFGHANISTAN
Airmen Teach Afghans Hand-to-Hand Combat
Army Chief of Staff Visits Deployed Troops
District Center Opens, Despite Tragedy
Afghan Villagers Benefit from Humanitarian Visit

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
1777 - Americans defeat the British in the Battle of Bennington, VT.
1780 - The British decisively defeat the Americans in Battle of Camden, SC.
1812 - General Hull surrenders Detroit and the Michigan territory to England.
1861 - President Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with the Confederacy.
1863 - The Emancipation Proclamation is signed.
1896 - Gold is discovered in the Klondike.
1898 - The roller coaster is patented.
1920 - Ray Chapman of the Indians becomes the only fatality in major league baseball a day after being hit in the head by a pitch from the Yankees' Carl Mays.
1934 - The U.S. ends occupation of Haiti (from 1915).
1948 - The Israeli pound becomes legal tender.
1954 - Sports Illustrated publishes its first issue.
1955 - Fiat Motors orders the first private atomic reactor.
1960 - Britain grants independence to Cyprus.
1960 - The Republic of the Congo (Zaire) forms.
1963 - Independence is restored to the Dominican Republic.
1984 - NASA launches Ampte.
1990 - In Kuwait, Iraq orders 4000 Britons and 2500 Americans to Iraq.

Birthdays
1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, football pioneer, inventor of the tackling dummy
1892 - Harold Foster, cartoonist (created "Prince Valiant")
1897 - Robert Ringling, circus master
1904 - Wendell Stanley, biochemist, first to crystallize a virus (Nobel Prize, 1946)
1913 - Menachem Begin, Israeli PM (1977-83, Nobel Prize, 1978)
1925 - Fess Parker, actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller)
1930 - Frank Gifford, NFL halfback (NY Giants)/ABC sportscaster
1933 - Stuart A. "Smokey" Roosa, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Apollo 14)
1935 - Julie Newmar, actress (Catwoman-Batman)
1939 - Valeri V. Ryumin, cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 32)

Passings
1920 - Norman Lockyer, editor of NATURE, discoverer of helium in Sun
1948 - Babe Ruth
1977 - Elvis Presley
1991 - Shamu the Whale (age 16), respiratory failure

Reported Missing in Action
1968
Blevins, Lural Lee III, US Army (PA); KIA, remains recovered June, 1969 - ID'd November, 1975

Elbert, Fred, USMC (NY); released by PRG March, 1973 - a.k.a. John Peter Johnson - peace committee

Graniela, Jose A., Jr., US Army (NY); KIA, body not recovered

McElhanon, Michael O., USAF (TX); F100F disappeared en route to refuel

Overlock, John F., USAF (MA); F100F disappeared en route to refuel

1971
Kennedy, John W., USAF (VA); 02A disappeared during reconaissance mission - remains returned 1992/1993, ID'd June, 1996

1975
Simmons, Willie E., released October, 1975

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