News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Gates sees no imminent Turkish attack
Odierno calls on safety team to help cut non-combat deaths
Soldiers show zero tolerance for attacks in Adhamiyah
‘The Mother of all Truck Stops’ nears completion
UPDATE: Coalition forces target Special Groups leader, 49 criminals killed
Coalition forces capture four wanted terrorists, detain 11 suspects

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Report: Palestinian Gunmen Sought to Kill Olmert
Bhutto Vows to Continue Appearing in Public

Troops on Trial
Soldier convicted of possession of child pornography

Other Military News
Postcard from WWII Battlefront Delivered 64 Years Later
Turkish Soldiers Kill 23 Rebels in Retaliatory Attack - VIDEO

Worldwide Wackos
Cheney: 'We Will Not Allow Iran to Have Nukes'
Cubans vote without Castro in charge

Homegrown Moonbats
Junk Science: Hey Al Gore, We Want a Refund!

Politics / Government
GOP Debate:Cater to Conservatives
(FOX News Debate - 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on FOX News Channel)
Report: Dumped Cat Could Come Back to Haunt Hillary Clinton Campaign
GOP Congressman Bobby Jindal Wins Louisiana Governor's Race
Governor-elect tackles Louisiana's image
Giuliani tries to reassure conservatives

Illegal Immigration / Border Control
Smugglers Torture Illegal Immigrants in Phoenix Drop House

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Feds Tackling Rash of Noose and Swastika Cases
Man Kicked, Beat Toddler Because He's 'Not a Morning Person'
Mother Charged in Death of Baby Girl Found in Attic
Report: Sexual Misconduct Plaguing U.S. Schools
Canadian Police Say Six Dead Men Were Victims of Targeted Killings
Gang Member Sentenced to 126 Years in Jail for Heist Described In Memoir
Copperfield lawyer rebuts allegation
Justice says law degree 'worth 15 cents'
Teacher sex abuse scars family, town

Adventures in Political Correctness
J.K. Rowling Reveals 'Harry Potter' Character Dumbledore Is Gay
Second Grader Suspended for Sketching Gun Fight

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
Bill Maher Helps Security Remove Protestor During Live Broadcast
CNN takes stock of a 'Planet in Peril'

Science / Medicine and Health / Technology
Female Spacecraft Commanders Make History
Soyuz craft lands short of destination

Mother Nature
Several Wildfires Ravage California - VIDEO - PHOTOS
Woman Floats in Ocean Off Maui 19 Hours Before Rescue
India official dies after monkey attack

News from My Neck of the Woods
Drew, Schilling lead Red Sox to Game 7
Brady's team-record 6 TDs lift Patriots

Oddities
Man Sews Mouth, Dons Iron Mask in Protest Against Government

Other News of Note
Major League Controversy
Dalai Lama award prompts Tibet clashes

Fox News
Max McGee, Super Bowl I Hero, Dies After Fall From Roof

Reuters: Top News

AP World News
Lawyer: Spears regains child visitation
Halliburton's 3Q earnings up 19 percent
US: World Bank needs to reduce poverty
Vampires sink teeth into movie audiences
Survey: Gas prices up 5 cents in 2 weeks
BC new No. 2, LSU jumps to 3rd in Top 25
NYC program gets kids up and running
First Coppola film in a decade premieres

CENTCOM: News Releases
FIVE TERRORISTS KILLED, TWO SUSPECTS DETAINED DURING COALITION OPERATIONS

USJFCOM
Command moves forward with Joint Urban Fires Prototype - podcast
USJFCOM commander meets the press - podcast
Joint Knowledge Online now available to wider audience - podcast
More about Joint Knowledge Online
Unified Endeavor 08-1 prepares soldiers for Afghanistan deployment

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Paratroopers detain suspected IED emplacers (Adwaniyah)
Cache used to make IEDs destroyed (Arab Jabour)

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS
Gates Meets With Turkish Minister in Wake of Attacks
Photo essay: Secretary Gates in Ukraine
Secretary Gates Arrives in Ukraine to Begin Five-Day Visit to Europe
Commanders Relieved Over Incident
National Guard Units Alerted to Deploy
More MRAP Vehicles Headed to Iraq

IRAQ
Troops Kill, Capture Insurgents in Iraq
Air Cav Crews See Higher-Tech Attacks
Forces Kill Five Terrorists, Detain Two
Team to Help Cut Non-Combat Deaths

AFGHANISTAN
More Trainers Slated for Security Forces - Video
Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill 12
Road Network Holds Key to Eastern Security

ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ
Engineers Work to Improve Electrical Grid
Paratroopers Sign Up for Another Tour

INSIDE AFGHANISTAN
Forces Disrupt Major Insurgent Network
Milestone Has Special Meaning for Airmen

MILITARY NEWS
Changes Eyed for Guard, Reserve GI Bill
Former Joint Chiefs Chairman Crowe Dies
Predictable Deployments, Future Fleets Crucial
AFRICOM Won’t Change DoD Policy
Department Consolidates Domestic Abuse Policies
Doonesbury Creator, Bloggers Compile Book

DefendAmerica
BLOGGERS' ROUNDTABLE with U.S. Navy Adm. Gary Roughead
Predictable Deployments, Future Fleets Crucial to Navy Chief - Story

NEWS UPDATES
Forces Capture 15 Insurgents in Iraq - Story

ON THE GROUND
Iraqi Senior Citizen Stops Suicide Bomber - Story
Army Paratroopers Sign Up for Another Tour - Story
Airmen Deliver Ammunition to Ground Troops - Story
Air Force C-17 Crews Make Record Airdrop - Story
Bagram Gets Flu-Season Ready - Story

IN IRAQ
Iraqi Police Officers Receive Training
Major League Baseball Pitchers Visit Heroes
Baghdad Raid Nets Rocket Attack Suspect
Iraqi Boy Gets Successful Surgery
Iraqi Soldiers Learn Basic Humvee Maintenance

IN AFGHANISTAN
Soldiers Train with Raven UAVs
Bagram Gets Flu-Season Ready
Mentor Team Helps Train Afghan Police Officers
RED HORSE Team Beats Construction Odds

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

National Hurricane Center

2137 BC- China is the site of the first recorded total eclipse of the sun.
1520 - Magellan entered the strait which bears his name.
1553 - Volumes of the Talmud are burned.
1797 - The U.S. Navy frigate Constitution ("Old Ironsides") is launched in Boston.
1805 - At the Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson defeats the French and Spanish fleet, and dies.
1861 - Battle of Balls Bluff, VA.
1869 - The first shipment of fresh oysters travels overland from Baltimore.
1879 - Thomas Edison perfects the carbonized cotton filament light bulb.
1897 - At the University of Chigago, the Yerkes Observatory is dedicated.
1915 - The first transatlantic radiotelephone message is sent from Arlington, VA, to Paris.
1917 - For the first time, Americans see action on the front lines of WW I.
1944 - U.S. troops capture Aachen - the first large German city to fall in WW II.
1945 - For the first time, women in France are allowed to vote.
1948 - The facsimile high-speed radio transmission demonstrated in Washington, DC.
1950 - Chinese forces occupy Tibet.
1959 - In NYC, the Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens.
1967 - Thousands opposing the Vietnam War try to storm the Pentagon.
1969 - A bloodless coup occurs in Somalia.
1971 - Nixon nominates Lewis F. Powell and William H. Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme Court following the resignations of Justices Hugo Black and John Harlan.
1975 - Venera-9, the first craft to orbit the planet Venus, is launched.
1976 - The NY Knicks retire their first number, # 19 (Willis Reed).
1977 - The U.S. recalls William Bowdler, ambassador to South Africa.
1987 - The U.S. Senate begins rejecting Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination.
1988 - Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos are indicted on racketeering charges.
1989 - After being buried for four days in the San Francisco earthquake, Buck Helm is found alive.
1991 - 24 die in a fire in Oakland, CA.

Birthdays
1772 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet (Rime of the Ancient Mariner)
1833 - Alfred Bernhard Nobel, created dynamite and the Peace Prizes
1917 - Dizzy Gillespie, trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz
1950 - Ronald E. McNair, astronaut (STS 41B, 51L-Challenger disaster)

Passings
1805 - Admiral Horatio Nelson, in the Battle of Trafalgar
1831 - Nat Turner and 19 associates, hanged for their roles in the Southampton Slave Revolt
1967 - Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astrophysicist
1987 - Ying-Chin Ho, Taiwanese government official

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Earll, David J., USAF (TX); F105D exploded after releasing ordinance on bombing run

1967
Hemmel, Clarence J., USAF (MO); F100D shot down, KIA, body not recovered

1968
Finley, Dickie W., US Army (MO)

Knabb, Kenneth K., USN (IL); A4E shot down

1969
Cook, Glenn R., USAF (NC); O2A shot down (pilot, w/Epenshield)

Espenshield, John L., USAF (OH); O2A shot down (observer, w/Cook), remains returned May, 1989

1973
Bradley, Ed, Civilian; O/A returned from visit November, 1973

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