STRATEGY — U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Russell Smith, right, and 1st Lt. Zach Grimes discuss their plan for a patrol in the Rusafa area of Baghdad, Aug. 10, 2007. Both soldiers are assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, attached to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bronco Suzuki

Labels: 2ID, 69th Armor Regiment, Baghdad, Iraq, photos, Rusafa, US Army

News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Warner Calls for Limited Withdrawal of Troops From Iraq (Great idea - weaken our forces to show that we're wavering on our commitment. That won't encourage the enemy...oh, noooooo.....MORON!!)
U.S. general wary of withdrawal plan (I'll bet!)
Pace may urge U.S. troop cut in Iraq
Masked militants target police in Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom
3 British Soldiers Killed by Friendly Fire in Afghanistan

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Families of militants flee Lebanon camp
Two Spanish police wounded by ETA bomb - Video
2 firefighters hurt at Ground Zero site
Pakistan: 310 killed in militant fight
U.S. Gave Troops OK to Enter Pakistan

Troops on Trial
Marine Drill Sergeant Charged With 225 Counts of Abusing Recruits
Guardsman Suspended Over Pro-Violence Web Site (slightly misleading headline here, and I suspect we've got a case of political correctness run amok)

Other Military News
Run Silent, Run Deep: Wreck of Famed WWII Sub Found
17 Pounds of Weapons-Grade Uranium Disappears (from China - and the guys who tried to sell it are on trial...somehow, I doubt it just 'disappeared'...)
Military.com Podcast: Vets for Freedom Speak

Politics / Government
Nearly half of Indians back U.S. nuclear deal: survey
Romney: Mass. health plan can be copied (God, I hope not)
Clinton vows to improve health care (Yeah, look how much she did last time she promised that...)
Ex-Pakistani leader challenges Musharraf
Ousted PM vows to return to Pakistan

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Court Drama in Astro Love Triangle
Victim's Cries for Help Ignored - Video captures witnesses watching sex assault
Click here to view report from MyFOXTwinCities.com
Harlem Residents Outraged by Gang Caps
Ex-Cop Indicted in Pregnant Ohio Mom's Murder - VIDEO
White Man Awarded $150,000 in Racism Lawsuit (It's about time the courts started seeing racism as prejudice on the basis of ANY race, not just non-whites!)
Police Find Three Male Bodies in Florida Home
Nicole Richie Spends Just 82 Minutes in Jail for DUI Conviction
Report: Michael Vick's Dad Pleaded With Him to Stop Dogfighting
2 Children Die of Heat in Parked Cars in Separate Cases
French Woman in Custody After Bodies of 3 Newborns Found at Her House
Arizona Woman Allegedly Stabs Estranged Husband During Sex
John Couey to Be Sentenced for Killing Jessica Lunsford
Fake NYC Attorney Convicted of Stealing $6M From Clients
Order settles Md. abuse suit for $1.2M
Troubled ex-astronaut back in court

Adventures in Political Correctness
Florida Prison Halts Kosher Meals for Jewish Inmates, Halal Meals for Muslims (Watch for the fallout...)

U.N. News
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Goes on the Offensive, Pressures United Nations to Stop 'Stonewalling' on Ethics Case (Bravo! Now, if we'd just reclaim some of that valuable NYC real estate...)

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
Hasselhoff wins libel damages
Monster.com took 5 days to disclose data theft
TV, radio look for record ad money in election
Vick cards chewed by dogs are on eBay (chortle)

Science / Medicine / Technology
Astronomers Puzzled by Massive Blank Spot in Universe
Shaken by product safety woes, China declares "war"
Martian soil may contain life: study
Sony develops sweet little bio battery

Mother Nature
Storms Pound Midwest
Winds knock out power to thousands in Chicago - PHOTOS - VIDEO
Slideshow: Floods deluge Midwest
Hurricane Dean rains pound Mexico
National forests battle trash, ATVs

Oddities
Man Claims He Was a Victim of 'Spin Rage'
Shoplifter nabbed trying to exchange stolen shoes - Video
Excuse me, I'd like to buy your B-52 - Video

Other News of Note
Russia to investigate last czar's death

Fox News
Families of Trapped Utah Miners 'Waiting for a Miracle'
Pop Tarts: Jenna Jameson Goes From Porn Star to Pancake
`Anchorwoman' Gets Ax After One Airing

Reuters: Top News
Housing surprise - Experts say downtrend to likely resume
Homeowners say house value declines
Home Depot may accept less for unit
Full Coverage: Crisis in Credit
Turkey's Gul set to win presidency next week
Bangladesh eases curfew after violence subsides
Sony PS2 still a contender in gaming market - Video
British TV network axes Celebrity Big Brother 2008
After Valentino, hunt is on for next designer deal
Clinics in retail stores bring controversy
Oil moves above $70 after surge in U.S. gasoline
Credit worries undermine stocks
European shares dip as credit, growth fears weigh
Gold steadies, vulnerable as credit worries presist
Blog: Grains Insight Scouting the crops
Scouts see Iowa corn yields up
Analysis: Rains cloud wheat harvest
Indexes rise after strong housing data
ECB rise not certain as Asia subprime fears grow
Home Depot may accept $1.2 bln less for unit: report
India's Tata says has interest in Jaguar,Land Rover
National Grid completes KeySpan acquisition

AP World News
Padres edge Mets in series finale
Super-size what? The Big Mac turns 40
Comedy writer sues over 'Hannah Montana'
U.S. routs U.S. Virgin Islands 123-59
David Wells agrees to deal with Dodgers

Military.com
DT: Prowlers Still Jammin'
Daily Shock: Real Delta Force
Op-ed: More Kabuki
Another Military Couple Bites the Dust
Discounts: Last Chance for Summer Fun
NASCAR

CENTCOM: News Releases
INSURGENTS TARGET COALITION, BUT KILL CIVILIANS
BAQOUBA TAKES MAJOR STEP FORWARD, FLOUR MILL REOPENS
TASK FORCE ON THE FUTURE ON MILITARY HEALTH CARE VISITS 28TH COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL
AL QAEDA ATTACKS COALITION OUTPOST IN NORTHERN BAGDAD
IRAQI SECURITY FORCES, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES CAPTURE HIGH-LEVEL TERRORIST IN MOSUL
ONE TERRORIST KILLED, 10 SUSPECTS DETAINED IN COALITION OPERATIONS
CIVILIAN VOLUNTEER SECURITY FORCE RECEIVES POLICE TRAINING
OPERATION LIGHTNING HAMMER DISRUPTS AL-QAEDA IN DIYALA
BAQOUBA BANK RECEIVES CASH DELIVERY, PAYS SALARIES AND PENSIONS

USJFCOM
Joint training leader discusses Unified Endeavor 2007
More about the Unified Endeavor program
Liveblogging: Noble Resolve 07-2
Noble Resolve 07-2 kicks off - podcast
Noble Resolve 07-2 aims at making communication easier

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Iraqi council makes strides in community
Healthcare Centers enhance medical care in Maysan Province
Sworn to protect: Volunteers begin service to Iraq
Paratroopers, air power destroy rigged building
Iraqi Army, U.S. Special Forces detain three, destroy weapons cache
Terrorist responsible for shooting down coalition helicopter detained
Detainee dies at Camp Cropper
Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked
Stryker Brigade leaders meet with Iraqi Police chiefs
Gun battle leaves 3 insurgents dead

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS
Report Cites Measured Progress in Iraq

IRAQ
Operation Lightning Hammer Disrupts Terrorists
18th Airborne Prepares for Lead Role in Iraq - Video

MILITARY NEWS
Top Enlisted Advisor Addresses NCO Grads
Guardsmen Train on High-Tech Simulator

Travels with Pace Special
Pace Thanks U.S. Troops - Story

ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ
U.S. Army Engineers Continue Work on Health Care Centers
Sheiks Seek to Unite Community
Iraqis Work to Rebuild Country
Flour Mill Re-opens in Baquoba
Commander Sees Stability, Local Governmental Growth
Marines, Iraqis Host Soccer Day

INSIDE AFGHANISTAN
Reconstruction Progresses - Video - Transcript
No Mountain Too High for PRT
Video: Freedom Watch Afghanistan

FACE OF DEFENSE
Father, Son Are 'Soldiers First'
Wounded Vietnam Vet Leads Walter Reed's Support Center
Flight Nurse Lives Dream
Troop Returns to a New Iraq

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
'American Spirit' Aids Wounded
Group Offers ‘Hear 4 You’
‘Operation Education’ Launched

DefendAmerica
NEWS UPDATES
Forces Detain 10 Suspects in Iraq - Story

ON THE GROUND
'Volunteers' Take Oath to Protect Community - Story
Seabees, Marines Help Iraqis Build Future - Story
Flour Mill Re-opens, Will Employ 100 Workers - Story

IN IRAQ
U.S. Troops Deliver Food, Water to Residents
Marines, Iraqi Police Host Youth Soccer Day
U.S. Marines, Iraqis Search for Weapons
Coalition, Iraqi Forces Help Iraqis Return Home
Soldiers Bring Mobile Communications to Battle

IN AFGHANISTAN
No Mountain Too High for Reconstruction Team

IN DJIBOUTI
Civil Affairs Team Delivers Medical Supplies

IN SOUTHWEST ASIA
Commander Thanks Airmen for Dedication

IN KYRGYZSTAN
Project Hope Brings New Equipment, Training

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
79 - Mt. Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum.
410 - Rome is overrun by the Visigoths, symbolizing the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
1572 - King Charles IX orders the massacre of thousands of French Protestants.
1662 - The Act of Uniformity requires all English to accept the book of Common Prayer.
1682 - Delaware is awarded to William Penn.
1751 - In England, Thomas Colley is executed for drowning a supposed witch.
1814 - The British sack Washington, D.C., burning the White House.
1853 - In Saratoga Springs, NY, Chef George Crum prepares the first potato chips.
1869 - The waffle iron is invented.
1891 - Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
1909 - Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
1912 - The Territory of Alaska is organized.
1912 - The U.S. passes the Anti-gag law, giving Federal employees the right to petition the government.
1932 - Amelia Earhart completes the first non-stop transcontinental flight by a woman.
1949 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is established.
1950 - E.S. Sampson becomes the first U.S. Negro delegate to the U.N.; Operation Magic Carpet transports 45,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel.
1954 - At the height of McCarthyism, the Communist Control Act is passed.
1956 - The first non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrives in Washington, D.C.
1959 - Hiram L. Fong is sworn in as the first Chinese-American Senator, while Daniel K. Inouye becomes the first Japanese-American Representative; both are from Hawaii.
1961 - Former Nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's Minister of Justice.
1966 - The U.S.S.R. launches Luna-11 for a lunar orbit.
1968 - France becomes the world's 5th thermonuclear power.
1970 - A bomb kills one person at the University of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center.
1976 - Soyuz-21 returns to Earth.
1979 - The U.N.'s Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps.
1981 - Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20-years-to-life for the murder of Beatle John Lennon.
1987 - It is announced that Mars may experience tornadoes.
1989 - Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling.
1989 - Voyager-2 flies past Neptune.
1990 - Iraqi troops surround embassies in Kuwait City (including the U.S. embassy).
1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the U.S.S.R's Communist Party; the Ukraine declares its independence from the U.S.S.R.

Birthdays
1113 - Geoffrey Plantagenet, conquerer of Normandy
1787 - James Weddell, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)
1898 - Albert Claude, physician, Nobel Prize winner (1974)
1922 - Rene Levesque, Quebec premier (1976-85)
1927 - William V. Shannon, journalist / ambassador to Ireland (1977-81)
1944 - Gregory B. Jarvis, astronaut (STS 25)
1946 - Richard "Dick" N. Richards, USN / astronaut (STS-28, 41, sk:50)
1949 - Anna L. Fisher, M.D. / astronaut (STS 51-A)
1962 - Mary E Weber, Ph.D. / astronaut

Passings
1991 - Bernard Castro, patented the convertible couch

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Brunhaver, Richard M., USNR (WA); A4C shot down (pilot), released by DRV February, 1973 - alive as of 1998

Doremus, Robert H., USN (NJ); F4B shot down (NFO, w/Franke), released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive as of 1998

Franke, Fred A., USN (NY); F4B shot down (pilot, w/Doremus), released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive and well as of 1998

1967
Allard, Richard M., US Army (MI); UH1H crashed after being caught in a downdraft (crewchief)
Goff, Kenneth B., Jr., US Army (RI); UH1H crasehd after being caught in a downdraft (passenger)

Hess, Jay C., USAF (UT); F105 shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

Holtzman, Ronald L., US Army (VA); UH1H crashed after being caught in a downdraft (gunner)

Schell, Richard J., US Army (MN); UH1H crashed after being caught in a downdraft (passenger)
1968
Heep, William Arthur, USN (CA); F4B shot down (pilot), KIA, body not recovered

Ladewig, Melvin E., USAF (CO); F4D shot down (WSO, w/Read)

Read, Charles H., Jr., USAF (FL); F4D shot down (pilot, w/Ladewig)

1969
Hatch, Paul G., US Army; escaped August, 1969

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