"If this century is to be dominated by non-state actors with no respect to the international community, we are in for even greater dangers. It should not be lost on us, for example, that Hezbollah fields greater and longer-range weapons than most regional armed forces. There is no doubt that these are dangerous times for the world. But there should also be no doubt that with concerted international action and the application of our own substantial power, these dangers can be overcome."

News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Petraeus hints at Iraq troop cuts in '08 - Video
Study: Iraqi security forces not ready

Operation Enduring Freedom
Two UK troops and dozens of Afghan Taliban killed
More allies could help against Taliban: NATO chief

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
U.S. builds for future at Guantanamo
DHS ends criticized data-mining program
Study faults Homeland Security efforts

Other Military News
Air Force Mistakenly Flies 6 Nuclear Warheads Over U.S.
Nevada Guard Aids Search for Adventurer

Worldwide Wackos
Hostages' Families Look to Chavez
Cuban dissidents seek unity in Castro's absence

Homegrown Moonbats
Leonardo DiCaprio's Eco Movie Bombs
DePaul, Embattled Prof Reach Deal for Him to Resign
Walters to add Shepherd to 'The View'

Politics / Government
Rep. Thompson enters race for president - Video (Yay!)
Paul: We Don't Have to Resort to War Every Time There's a Confrontation
Eight Men In - VIDEO
Are Clintonites Blocking Release of 'Path to 9/11' DVD?
UPDATE '08: Fred's Follies
GOP White House Hopefuls Take Jabs at Thompson - PHOTOS
Dems' Dirty Donor Runs Again - VIDEO
Ohio Rep. Paul Gillmor Dies at 68
Ethics Committee Rejects Craig's Complaint Dismissal
California officials expect to cut water supplies
Texas oil tycoon Wyatt in legal fight of his life
Ky. execution plans lacking, critics say
Suspect in 5 Mich. deaths charged in 1
Obama vows open health reform process

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Polish Author Convicted in Killing Similar to Murder in His Novel
Virginia Teen Charged With Raping, Killing Sister, Beating Toddler Niece With Sledgehammer
Debit Card of Missing Brigham Young University Student Used a Day After Her Disappearance
Brain Damage May Have Caused Wrestler Chris Benoit to Kill Family, Doctor Says
Dorm Fight at University of Arizona Leaves 1 Student Dead
'Please Arrest Us'

Adventures in Political Correctness
Jerry Lewis Utters Anti-Gay Slur During Labor Day Telethon
Griffin gets the hook for using N-word

U.N. News
Crowds mob U.N. chief on Darfur camp visit

Science / Medicine and Health / Technology
Doc Warns That Prolonged Exposure to Microwave Butter Popcorn Fumes Could Cause Lung Disease
Microwave Popcorn Maker to Remove Toxic Chemical
Mattel Recalls More Chinese-Made Toys - RECALL LIST- Thousands of Chinese-Made Condoms Returned in D.C. (Ummmmmm...I'm really hoping these were unopened boxes)
Apple Revamps Entire iPod Lineup
New Yorkers try facial yoga to reduce wrinkles
Food additives may cause hyperactivity: study
Distant space collision meant doom for dinosaurs
Moray eels' hidden jaws pack second bite - Video
Microsoft cuts Zune music player price by $50
China says ready to cooperate on product safety

Mother Nature
Global warming may pose threat to heart
Felix toll rises, Henriette hits Mexico
Study: Wrong fish used to save species

News from My Neck of the Woods
Company recalls beef patties sold in New England

Oddities
Airline Sacrifices Goats to Sky God to Fix Problem
Truth stranger than fiction as author jailed
Woman lived with dead aunt for year

Other News of Note
U.S. Women Win Gymnastics Championships - PHOTOS
Rescuers Counting on 'Tough' Steve Fossett - VIDEO

Fox News
Pop Tarts: Halle Berry Confirms Pregnancy
'Spider-Man' Star Tobey Maguire Weds Girlfriend Jennifer Meyer in Hawaii

Reuters: Top News
Bridge inspections show no problems so far
Jamaica winning party gains in election recount
Group sees more sex and violence in TV family hour
Recalls aside, U.S. parents will buy toys: analysts
Pavarotti in "serious" condition: Italian media
Lopez's ex-husband ordered to pay actress $545,000
Japan stocks down but off lows
Stocks under pressure on U.S. worry
Network Appliance sues Sun Micro over patents
Coates shares fall after rejects takeover bid
Yen slips as stocks trim losses
Companies may speak louder than Fed
Indexes decline as data adds to economy fears
Countrywide to cut 900 jobs in mortgage divisions
Tighter credit hurts real estate, little else: Fed
Pending home sales plunge
MGIC scraps Radian deal amid mortgage turmoil
Former Fed governor Gramlich dies at 68

AP World News
Ace finds $154M accounting shortfall
Federer leads Roddick; Venus wins
Megachurch leader D. James Kennedy dies
Braves rally to stun Phillies 9-8
Obituaries in the news

CENTCOM: News Releases
TROOPS DETAIN 16 SUSPECTED SHIA EXTREMISTS
COALITION HELICOPTER MAKES PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN NANGARHAR
OVER DOZEN INSURGENTS KILLED IN KANDAHAR FIGHTING
IRAQI ARMY, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES DETAIN AQI LEADERS NEAR KIRKUK
MILITIA ATTACKS CONTINUE IN BAGHDAD
IRAQI ARMY STOPS CAR BOMBER FROM ATTACKING BRIDGE NORTH OF BAGHDAD
ANSF detain provincial Taliban leader in Nangarhar province
SULAYMANIA CHOLERA OUTBREAK NOT EPIDEMIC
SOLDIERS RESPOND TO TRUCK-BOMB ATTACK
IRAQI FORCES, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES DETAIN 36, DESTROY THREE LARGE WEAPONS CACHES
COALITION FORCES LIBERATE NINE IRAQIS, KILL EIGHT TERRORISTS
COALITION FORCES DETAIN EIGHT SUSPECTED SPECIAL GROUPS TERRORISTS IN TWO SEPARATE OPERATIONS
STATEMENT FROM MNF-I WELCOMING THE STATEMENT BY MUQTADA AL-SADR

USJFCOM
Empire Challenge 07 shows success of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance integration - podcast
Command announces information technology contract
U.S. Joint Forces Command, Boeing sign cooperative research and development agreement - podcast

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Iraqi, U.S. officials give progress update
Soldiers help set Adhamiyah neighborhood on the road to recovery
Primary school reopens in New Baghdad
Operation Comanche Swarm II uncovers weapons cache
Golden Dragons detain five suspected insurgents
Vehicle-borne IED detonates, causes no injury, damage
Baghdad governor meets Arab Jabour leaders
Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked
MND-B Apache crews engage RPG firers
Coalition airpower supports troops with precision strikes

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS
Meetings in Iraq Give Gates Cause for Optimism - Video
U.S., Australian Leaders Pledge Cooperation

MILITARY NEWS
Pace Visits Unit He Served with in Vietnam - Photos
Patriotism Drives Army's Recruiting, Retention

IRAQ
Violence Drops as Economy Revives, Officials Say - Video
Coalition Forces Kill al Qaeda Leader, Detain 18

AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Forces Take Lead to Secure Country - Story
Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill Dozens of Enemy Fighters
Travels with Pace Special
Pace Thanks U.S. Troops - Story

ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ
Airmen Deliver MRAPs
Marines Train Iraqi Army
Iraqis Dispense Medical Aid
Iraqis Keep Judges Safe
Airmen Swing into Action

INSIDE AFGHANISTAN
Commander Sees Progress
Video: Commander Sees Progress
Team Works to Fix Roadways
Cadets Intern with Engineers
Volleyball Unites Afghans, Americans

EMPLOYER SUPPORT AWARDS
Sodexho USA to Receive Award

FACE OF DEFENSE
Airmen Earn Purple Hearts
Troop Teaches IED Awareness
Sailor Returns to Djibouti
Couple Deploys Together
Seabee Gives Wheelchair Gift

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Packages Keep Troops Cooking
Wounded Warrior Project Gets Troops Back in the Game
Freedom Walk Nears 200 Mark

WHY I SERVE
NCO Shares His View on Service - Story - Special

DefendAmerica
BLOGGERS' ROUNDTABLE with U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert W. Cone
Afghan Forces Take Security Lead - Story

NEWS UPDATES
Bush, Australian Prime Minister Pledge Continued Cooperation - Story

ON THE GROUND
U.S. Airmen Deliver MRAPs to Ground Troops - Story
Trust Key as Marines Help Train Iraqi Army - Story
Navy Program Fosters Good Will with Residents - Story

IN IRAQ
Iraqis Take Lead with Medical Outreach Event
Baghdad School Opens After Renovations
Airmen Swing into Action with Donations
Iraqis Trained How to 'Serve and Protect'
Residents Join Guard Force to Boost Security
Iraqi 'Neighborhood Watch' Roots Out Terrorists
Transition Team Sees Success in Habbaniyah
Soldiers Build Relationships with Residents

IN AFGHANISTAN
Team Works to Improve Road in Titin Valley
Cadets Intern with Army Corps of Engineers
Team Brings Medical Supplies to Afghan Village
Reconstruction Team, Afghans Kick Off Project

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
1774 - 1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia
1781 - Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, trap Cornwallis
1795 - US-Algiers sign peace treaty
1836 - Sam Houston elected president of the Republic of Texas
1862 - Lee crosses the Potomac & enters Maryland
1877 - Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas
1882 - 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC
1885 - 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind)
1900 - France proclaims a protectorate over Chad
1901 - National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues formed
1905 - Treaty of Portsmouth USA, ends Russo-Japanese War
1906 - 1st legal forward pass (Brandbury Robinson to Jack Schneider)
1914 - Battle of Marne (WW I) begins
1918 - Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early
1923 - Flyweights Gene LaRue & Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously
1944 - Allies liberate Brussels
1946 - Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game
1953 - 1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC
1958 - "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in the US; 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte NC
1960 - Cassius Clay captures the olympic light heavyweight gold medal
1968 - 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi, Pakistan
1972 - 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics; Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley, Belgium
1975 - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to assassinate Ford in Sacramento
1977 - Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night"; Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn
1978 - Sadat, Begin & Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md
1979 - Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Bruma
1980 - World's longest auto tunnel, St. Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens
1982 - Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph
1983 - 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB; Elmer Trettr sets record for highest terminal velocity at 201.34 mph end of a 440 yard motorcycle run from a standing start
1984 - 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) -Discovery 1- lands at Edwards AFB
1986 - NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms; NASA launches DOD-1
1988 - CFL's Earl Winfield (Ham) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return, 100-yd kickoff return & 58-yd pass reception
1989 - Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of the Today Show
1990 - Iraqi Pres Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West
1991 - US trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins

Birthdays
1187 - Louis VIII [Coeur-de-Lion] king of France (1223-26)
1638 - Louis XIV the great, king of France (1643-1715)
1847 - Jesse James Missouri, outlaw
1921 - Jack Valenti, President of Motion Picture Association of America
1929 - Andrian G. Nikolayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Vostok III Soyuz 9); Bob Newhart, comedian (Bob Newhart Show, Newhart)
1952 - Graham Salmon, blind runner (fastest 100m by a blind man)

Passings
1981 - Ayatollah Ali Qoddusi, prosecutor-general of Iran, assassinated

Reported Missing in Action
1963
Intoratat, Phisit, Civilian, Air America (Thailand); Escaped January, 1967

De Bruin, Eugene H., Civilian, Air America (US); Escaped January, 1967, possibly killed in escape

Tik, Chui To, Civilian, Air America (Thailand);

1965
La Grand, William J., US Army (OR); A1G crashed (passenger), Killed, Body not recovered

Marshall, Richard C., USAF (IL); A1G crashed (pilot), Killed, Body not recovered

Shaw, Edward B., USN (RI); A1H shot down at sea, KIA/BNR

1966
Abbott, Wilfred K., USAF (WY); F8E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive as of 1999

1967
The following USAF personnel lost in the crash of two F4Cs:

Downing, Donald W. (WI); bombardier/navigator (w/Raymond)

Hanson, Thomas P. (FL); bombardier/navigator (w/Hanson)

Miller, Carl D. (MO); pilot (w/Hanson)

Raymond, Paul D. (NY); pilot (w/Downing)

Also reported MIA this day in 1967:
LaPorte, Michael L., USN (CA); corpsman, lost in helicopter drop of recon patrol

Prather, Martin William, USMC (KY); KIA/BNR

1968
Posey, George R., USN (IN); washed overboard, Killed, Body not recovered

1970
Hauer, Robert D., USAF (MA); O2A crashed

1974
Sharman, Neil, Civilian (Australia); Captured Ban Pak Hin Boun, on boat en route to Thankhek, presumed dead

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