News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Roadside Bombs Kill 4 U.S. Troops in Iraq
Citizens oust terrorists from mosque, help uncover weapons cache
Luncheon given to Coalition Forces by Iraqis

Operation Enduring Freedom
Taliban weigh hostage fate after Bush and Karzai meet - Video
Taliban: Bush meeting had 'no result'

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Israel Evicts West Bank Squatters
South Carolina Police Charge 2 Students With Having Several Pipe Bombs Near Navy Base
Pakistani Troops Destroy Terror Hideout on Afghan Border
Britain Asks U.S. to Release 5 Gitmo Inmates
Abbas sounds optimistic note after Olmert talks

Troops on Trial
Officers' Role in Video Probed

Other Military News
Georgia: Russian Jets Fired Missile in Our Airspace
Navy Divers Deploy to Bridge Collapse

Homegrown Moonbats
Gore: Polluters manipulate climate info (But surely eco-nazis don't...)

Politics / Government
Rudy Giuliani's Daughter Shows Preference for Barack Obama in Facebook Profile
Clinton extending lead over Obama: poll

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
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Trial Set for California Man in Fatal Arrow Attack on Neighbor's Cat
Cops Hunt Suspects in Kentucky Bank Robbery, Shooting
Portugal police suspect Madeleine was murdered: report

U.N. News
Sudan not enthusiastic on Darfur rebel platform: U.N. envoy

Science / Medicine / Technology
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Detected in Second U.K. Herd
China city traffic cops given 43 years to live
Brain chemical has key role in ADHD: studies
Microsoft to cut price of Xbox 360 console
Nokia unveils two new phone models
40 percent of shuttles launch on time

Other News of Note
Digging for Life - Rescuers unable to contact 6 missing miners - VIDEO - PHOTOS
FBI, Navy Divers Join Search in Minneapolis Bridge Collapse - VIDEO
Bridge Collapse: A Photojournalist's Perspective

Fox News
Third Martini in Second Place
Pop Tarts: Pamela Anderson Parades Through Pepperdine in See-Through Blouse
4 Die When Small Plane Crashes Into House in Alaska

Reuters: Top News
China under fire from all sides a year ahead of Games - Video
Japan PM won't visit war shrine for now: report
War-scarred youth hold key to Sierra Leone polls
Tony Blair given the musical treatment twice over
Erin Brockovich joins Down Under refinery fight
Van Halen, Roth to announce tour next week
Pearl Jam at Lollapalooza
Oil extends 5 pct slide
Dollar steadies before Fed
Stocks seen opening flat
Equities rebound, but Fed is focus - Video
European stocks rebound from 4-mth low
DealZone: Behind the deals
M&A Today: Read the latest headlines
Riding out the credit crisis
FTSE gains over 1 pct amid global stock rebound
Tyco International operating profit rises
Xstrata bids $1 billion for Eland Platinum
Chrysler seen profitable within 3 years: report
Bear Stearns may be attractive for JPM, BofA, HSBC
Debt market doldrums delay Virgin Media auction
Standard Chartered H1 profits up 30 pct
Marsh & McLennan earnings rise
Urban Outfitters Q2 same-store sales up 5 percent
Bayer Q2 profits jump, cancer drug sales help
Sharp says sues Samsung for patent infringement

AP World News
Fed expected to leave rates unchanged
Bonds homerless in Giants win over Nats

Military.com
Daily Shock: F-15 School
Blog: The Good Bad Guys
Road Warriors: Pimp Your Ride Now
Historic Newsreel: The Ploesti Air Raid
Check Out the Latest Video News
Ace the ASVAB
Kit Up!: Reflex Sight

CENTCOM: News Releases
IRAQI ARMY, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES DETAIN SUSPECTED ROGUE JAM RECRUITER; ISOF DETAIN SUSPECTED AL-QAEDA EMIR
IRAQI ARMY SOLDIERS STOP TANKER TRUCK LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES
IRAQI ARMY, SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES CAPTURE BEHEADING, TORTURE CELL LEADER
IRAQI SECURITY FORCES, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES CAPTURE SIX IN MOSUL
AIR ASSAULT SOUTH OF BAQOUBA DESTROYS FOUR VBIEDS

USJFCOM
Commander announces retirement

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Soldiers team with Iraqis at checkpoint
Luncheon given to Coalition Forces by Iraqis
3rd HBCT medics hold free health clinic
Extremists continue to hit Iraqi residential communities with indirect fire attacks
Attack on street sweeper kills five Iraqis in eastern Baghdad
Extremists detonate VBIED against villagers, kill and injure dozens
Rogue JAM company commander detained during Marne Avalanche
Task Force Marne Soldiers attacked
Twenty Iraqis injured in bus bombing

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS: Karzai Thanks Bush, Americans
Transcript: Bush, Karzai Meet Media
Fact Sheet: Rebuilding Afghanistan
Bush, Karzai Meet on Security
Afghan Forces Detain Taliban Leaders
Afghan National Army on Right Track
TOP POSTS: Senate Confirms Mullen, Cartwright
MILITARY NEWS: Troops Aid in Recovery Effort
Department Reviews Iraqi Weapons Accountability
Strike Kills Mosque Bombing Mastermind
Recent Ops in Iraq Kill Extremists, Nab Suspects, Weapons
Iraqi Air Force Growing in Size, Capability
Iraqi Police Free Kidnapped Female Iraqi Soldier
GATES: Troop Surge Helps Stabilize Iraq - Video - Special Report

More Headline News
Pentagon Official Describes AFRICOM’s Mission
GAO Report Recognizes Program Improvements
CENTCOM Leader Says Surge Making Progress
Progress Continues in Iraq’s Anbar Province
Walter Reed Building Named for Combat Medic
Pace Enlists 150 Recruits at NASCARS's Pennsylvania 500 - Story

War on Terror
Task Force Analyzes Motivation
Apache Crews Protect Ground Soldiers
Iraqis Eager, Willing to Protect
Coalition Raids Detain 17 in Iraq
Iraqi Court Sentences Snipers

Face of Defense
Father, Son Serve Together
First Sergeant Gets Bronze Star
WWI Nurse Earns Silver Star

America Supports You
NASCAR Drives Commitment
Group Ensures Troops Get Support
Officials Laud Volunteers
Dog Tags Connect Families
U.S. Marine Shares His Story - Story - Special

DefendAmerica
BLOGGERS' ROUNDTABLE with U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. David M. Stone
Task Force Analyzes Motivation - Story
Bloggers' Roundtable Web Site

NEWS UPDATES
Apache Crews Protect Soldiers - Story

ON THE GROUND
Airmen, Sailors Team Up in Convoy Relay - Story
Marines Help Keep Aircraft Mission-Ready - Story
Iraqi Tribes Unite to Eliminate Terrorists - Story

IN IRAQ
Engineers Complete 112 Projects in Iraq
Therapists Teach Iraqi Soldiers Physical Fitness
Female Soldiers Fight Every Day, Earn Respect
Army Paratrooper Awarded Silver Star in Iraq
Drill Identifies Strengths, Reveals Weakness

IN DJIBOUTI
Seabees Lay Foundation for CH-53 Hangar
Seabees Drilling Wells, Building Schools in Africa
Task Force Members Survive in Djibouti Desert

IN AFGHANISTAN
Program Connects Volunteers with Mission
Airmen Mentor Afghan Air Corps Soldiers
CENTAF Band Performs for Servicemembers

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
1498 - Columbus arrives in the Caribbean.
1782 - George Washington creates the Order of the Purple Heart.
1789 - The U.S. War Department is established.
1882 - The Hatfields of south WV and the McCoys of east KY feud; 100 are killed or wounded.
1888 - Theophilus Van Kannel patents the revolving door.
1934 - A U.S. Court of Appeals upholds a lower court ruling striking down the government attempt to bank "Ulysses", a controversial James Joyce novel.
1941 - In Romania, 551 Jews are shot in the Kishnev ghetto.
1942 - Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands, sees the first WWII American offensive in the Pacific.
1947 - The balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian reef.
1951 - The Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches a speed of 1,992 kph.
1954 - Charles Mahoney becomes the first African-American to serve as a full U.N. delegate.
1959 - Explorer 6 transmits the first TV photo of Earth from space.
1960 - The Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) gains independence from France.
1961 - In Vostok-2, Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles the Earth for a full day.
1964 - The U.S. Congress approves the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, allowing the President to "take 'all necessary steps' to protect the forces of the United States and its allies."
1971 - Apollo 15 returns to Earth.
1974 - Philippe Petit walks on a tightrope strung between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
1976 - The U.S. Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after an 11-month flight from Earth.
1978 - Thousands of mourners pay their respects to Pope Paul VI.
1990 - Saudi Arabia allows U.S. troops on their soil, as Operation Desert Shield begins.
1991 - A court grants Manuel Noriega access to secret U.S. documents.

Birthdays
317 - Constantius II, Roman emperor (337-61)
1742 - Nathanael Greene, General, American Revolutionary War
1779 - Carl Ritter, co-founder of modern geography
1876 - Mata Hari, dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I)
1904 - Ralph J. Bunche, U.N. founder / diplomat / Nobel Prize winner (1950)
1927 - Edwin W. Edwards (Gov-LA)
1956 - Kent V. Rominger, U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr/astronaut

Passings
1957 - Oliver Hardy comedian of Laurel and Hardy
1991 - Shotzie, Cincinnati Reds mascot (dog), dies at 9

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Gray, Harold Edwin, Jr., USN (NY); A1H shot down

1966
Brazelton, Michael L., USAF (CA); released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

Fryer, Charles Wigger, USN (OK); A1H shot down, KIA, body not recovered

Gideon, Willard S., USAF (MD); F105D shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive as of 1998

Moran, Richard Allan, USN (AR); A4B shot down, KIA, body not recovered

Pyle, Thomas S., USAF (DE); F105F shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

Sandvick, Robert J., USAF (MT); F105F shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive as of 1998

Wendell, John H., USAF (TX); F105D shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive as of 1998

1967
Chambers, Carl D., USAF (CA); F4C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Wilson, Glenn H., USAF (WV); F4C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - deceased January, 1988

1971
Berg, Bruce A., US Army (WA); KIA, body not recovered

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