News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S. military says kills 37 Iraqi militants
Citizens Groups Help Tamp Down Insurgency

Operation Enduring Freedom
Powerful Blast Kills GI in Afghanistan

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Suspected Islamist rebels kill Somali army general

Troops on Trial
Feds to Monitor Blackwater - Rice issues new rules for private security firm
Waxman: State Dept. Withheld Info About Fired Guard

Worldwide Wackos
North Korea's Kim Jong Il: I'm an Internet Expert (Yeah...next he'll say he helped Al Gore invent it....)
Che Guevara's legacy fading with the years - Video

Politics / Government
Romney is his own biggest campaign donor

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Philly Cops Eye Suspect in KillingOf Armored Car Guards - Man in custody expected to be charged
California Mother Gets Two Life Terms for Yacht Murders
Hunter Convicted in Killing of Hmong Immigrant
Police: Charges expected in ATM killings
Doctor: Victim awake during Caesarean
Florida police find body of bank robber

Adventures in Political Correctness
Editor to Keep Job in Bush F-Word Editorial Debacle

U.N. News
Myanmar door ajar to junta-Suu Kyi talks - Video
Global protests for Myanmar
Darfur rebel leader threatens to boycott talks

Science / Medicine and Health / Technology
California Newborn Mistakenly Declared Dead
U.S. Scientist Creates Artificial Life Form
Sam's Club beef recalled after illnesses
New prototype phone gives fitness check
Tests help mutt owners find identity

Fox News
Failure to Launch
Jeweler Says O.J. Simpson's Watch Isn't a Rolex
Dr. Phil: Britney Spears Is Suicide Risk, May Need to Be Committed

Reuters: Top News
Musharraf set to win presidential election - Video
Turkish soldier killed by Kurdish rebels
Kenya opposition launches election bid
World moves into the ecological red
Bad driving, littering among top 10 rude behaviors
Wilson surprises "Darjeeling" premiere crowd
Earnings may keep stocks rally alive
Dow and S&P hit records on solid jobs report - Video
RIM shares hit year high on strong results
RBS team has 85 pct acceptances from ABN investors: report
Jobs data shows economy slowing, not stalling
Merrill and Wamu join lengthening list of warnings
Movie Gallery to file for Chap. 11 protection: report
Stop worrying and love your car
Sprint needs marketing, turnaround expert as CEO

AP World News
Jena mayor calls song inflammatory
Ramirez's homer in 9th lifts Red Sox
Scandal brewing at Oral Roberts
Indians, bugs bite Yankees in ALDS

CENTCOM: News Releases
CIVILIANS FOUND DEAD, INJURED AFTER BATTLE BETWEEN MILITANTS, AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES
SEVERAL MILITANTS KILLED IN PAKTIKA PROVINCE

USJFCOM
Joint Knowledge Online now available to wider audience- podcast
More about Joint Knowledge Online
Unified Endeavor 08-1 prepares soldiers for Afghanistan deployment
Senate confirms next commander
Nominee to be the next USJFCOM commander testifies before Senate Armed Services CommitteePresident nominates Marine general as new commander

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Forces must develop 'irreversible momentum' in Iraq, general says
Residents join volunteer security program
Market opens with promise of safer shopping
Engineers energize substation in Basrah
Statement from Multi-National Force – Iraq: Coalition forces engaged terrorists near Baqubah
Six terrorists killed, 18 suspects detained in Coalition forces operations
Iraqi Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain extremist company commander
Four Local Nationals killed, 30 wounded in VBIED explosion in Tal Afar
Ground, helicopters team to kill 3 extremists during raid

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS
Bush Calls Ramadan Time to Reflect, Unite - Story
New Chairman Re-enlists 31 Soldiers in Baghdad - Story
Gates: U.S. to Strengthen Defense Ties with Chile - Story
Special Report: Gates Visits Latin America
Photo Essay: Gates Visits Chile
Provincial Reconstruction Teams Meet Goals

IRAQ
Troops Kill Insurgents, Capture Suspects
Iraqis Provide Crucial Help in Terrorist Fight
Surge Continues to Help Government Progress

MILITARY NEWS
Amputees Find Greater Opportunities to Serve - Story
Army Celebrates Recruiting Success in 2007 - Story
AFRICOM Commander Affirms Commitment
Marine Corps Exceeds Recruiting Goals
Navy Muslim Chaplain to Lead Iftar Prayers

ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ
New Volunteer Force Takes Stand for Security - Story
Iraqi Firefighters Respond
Troops Discover Caches
Center Becomes Schoolhouse

INSIDE AFGHANISTAN
New Flightline Ramps Increase Capacity - Story
Exchange Makes Life Better
Recycling Project Creates Jobs

FACE OF DEFENSE
Sudan Refugee Seeks Home, Serves New Country - Story
Marine Follows in Great Uncle’s Steps
Lance Corporal Fills Sergeant's Billet

WEEK IN PHOTOS
Archive

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Grand Ole Opry Sends Largest Care Package - Story
SemperComm Accepts Award Nominations - Story
Group Helps Families Cope

DefendAmerica
BLOGGERS' ROUNDTABLE with Air Force Col. Donald Bacon
More Evidence Shows Iran Directly Supports Iraq Insurgents - Story

NEWS UPDATES
Troops Kill Insurgents, Catch Four - Story

ON THE GROUND
Residents Stand up for Security - Story
Firefighters Respond to Outpost Fire - Story
Iraqi Soldiers Discover Weapons Caches - Story
Terrorist Center Converted to Schoolhouse - Story
Raid Routs Insurgents from Hadithah Triad - Story

IN IRAQ
Troops Hone Skills on Clearing Buildings
Center Will Re-connect Baghdad to World
Sailors, Marines Support Ground Troops
Navy Customs Battalion TANGO Deploys
Marine Mechanics Help Keep Comrades Safe
Residents Celebrate New Fresh-water Well
Iraqi Hospital Project Provides Jobs
Soldiers of 45th Medical Company Head Home

IN AFGHANISTAN
New Ramps Increase Bagram Capacity
Two New Ramps Give Airfield More Capacity
Troops Get Taste of Home with Post Exchange
Airfield Recycling Project Creates Jobs

IN HORN OF AFRICA
Teamwork Gives Children Space for Learning

NEWS UPDATES
Troops Kill Insurgents, Catch Four - Story
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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

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1683 - 13 German families arrive in present day Philadelphia.
1781 - The Americans and French begin the siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown (last battle of the Revolutionary War).
1866 - The U.S. sees its first train robbery.
1876 - In Philadelphia, the American Library Association is organized.
1884 - In Newport, RI, the Naval War College is established.
1889 - Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
1890 - The Mormon Church outlaws polygamy.
1923 - The U.S.S.R. adopts an experimental calendar.
1928 - Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China.
1939 - Hitler announces he has no intention of war with Britain and France
(shortly thereafter, he announces he has a bridge he'd like to sell)
1949 - President Truman signs the Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO).
1959 - The U.S.S.R.'s Luna-3, (first successful photographic spacecraft) impacts on the Moon.
1967 - Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark the end of hippies (oh, brother).
1973 - Syria and Egypt attack Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
1976 - President Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe" (you may slap hand to forehead now).
1979 - Pope John Paul II becomes the first Pope to visit the White House.
1990 - The U.S.' 67th manned space mission (STS 41 -- Discovery 11) launches.

Birthdays
1824 - Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer (developed the first rule book)
1846 - George Westinghouse, U.S. alternating current pioneer
1849 - Sir Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer ("merchant of death")
1888 - Li Ta-chao, cofounder of the Chinese Communist Party (with Mao Tse-tung)
1914 - Thor Heyerdahl Norway, anthropologist/explorer (Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku)
1930 - Hafez al Assad, president (Syria)

Passings
1891 - Charles Stewart Parnell, leader of the Irish party
1951 - Henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated
1981 - Anwar Sadat, Egyptian president, assassinated (Hosnai Mubarak succeeds him)
1989 - Bette Davis, actress

Reported Missing in Action
1962
Anderson, Thomas Edward, USMC (AK); UH34D shot down (aircrew), KIA, body not recovered

1966
Johnson, William Edward, USMC (FL); CH46A shot down (pilot); remains recovered January, 1969

Makowski, Louis Frank, USAF (FL); B57 shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive as of 1998

Moser, David Lloyd George, USMC (PA); CH46A shot down (aircrew), remains recovered January, 1969

Pfeifer, Ronald Edwin, USMC (NY); aircrew, remains recovered January, 1969

1967
Armstrong, Frank A. III, USAF (LA); A1E shot down (pilot); KIA, body not recovered

1969
Bower, Irvin Lester, Jr., USMC (PA); drowned during extraction from a tower post on the Song Thu Bon River

1972
Anderson, Robert D., USAF (MI); F4E shot down (pilot, w/Latella), remains ID'd October, 1998

Baker, Veto H., US Army; initially reported AWOL; status changed - released November, 1975 by SVN - deceased as of 1998

Boltze, Bruce E., USMC (MI); OV10A exploded (cause unknown) and broke up over water(spotter, w/McCormick), KIA, body not recovered

Latella, George F., USAF (NY); F4E shot down (WSO, w/Anderson), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Major - alive and well as of 1998

McCormick, Carl O., USMC (IL); OV10A exploded (cause unknown) and broke up over water (pilot, w/Boltze), KIA, body not recovered

1973
Elm, Homer L.; released December, 1973

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