DJIBOUTI SCHOOL — Schoolchildren welcome dignitaries to a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Goubetto primary school in the village of Balbala, Djibouti, Africa, Sept. 6, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon McCarty

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News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Gen. Petraeus: Drawdown May Come Next Summer - VIDEO
MoveOn.org's Attack Ad on Petraeus Strikes GOP Nerves
TONIGHT: Brit Hume interviews Gen. Petraeus, Amb. Crocker at 9 p.m. ET
Anbar Awakens
Gen. Petraeus: Drawdown May Come Next Summer - VIDEO
Iraq group sets 10-day deadline for German hostage
Bombs don't stop Baghdad's postmen

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Al Qaeda Says New Usama Bin Laden Video to Be Released
Man Gets 24 Years in Prison for Attending Al Qaeda Camp
Al Qaeda to Air 9/11 Hijacker's 'Last Testament' - VIDEO
Spy chief details top threats facing US
Iraq: nine soldier deaths reported

Other Military News
U.S. mounts charm offensive for new Africa Command

Worldwide Wackos
Iran has to meet all U.N. demands: U.N. chief
Chavez likely to win end to term limits: pollsters

Homegrown Moonbats
MoveOn.org's Attack Ad on Petraeus Strikes GOP Nerves
Noisy protesters greet Petraeus

Politics / Government
Clinton to Return Hsu Donations
Sen. Craig Files to Rescind Guilty Plea - RAW DATA
Sen. Chuck Hagel to Quit, Won't Seek Presidency
Giuliani walks fine line on 9/11 in White House bid
Thompson: Due process for bin Laden

Illegal Immigration / Border Control
Democrats woo Hispanics on immigration

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Portuguese Cops Preparing Case Against Parents of Madeleine McCann
American Charged With Raping Daughter, Distributing Video Via Internet and Fleeing to China, Agrees to Return to U.S.
Body of Missing BYU Student Found in Canyon
Man Held in Slaying of Internet Bride Found in Suitcase
Phil Spector Murder Case Goes to Jury
6 Arrested After Woman Tortured, Held Captive in House
Lawyer Found Naked With Girl, 14, Pleads No Contest
Man Held in Slaying of Internet Bride Found in Suitcase
Colombia captures top cocaine boss wanted by U.S.
Foul play unlikely in student's death
5 found guilty in Chicago mob trial
Colombia grabs alleged cocaine kingpin

Science / Medicine / Technology
Computers May Soon Be Smarter Than Humans
Disney to Independently Test Its Toys for Lead
Study shows vitamin C's cancer-fighting properties
Study finds spinach, eggs ward off cause of blindness
Viking queen exhumed to solve mystery
Eyes lock on different letters when reading
Apple sells one millionth iPhone
L'Oreal challenges eBay over sale of fakes
Toys 'R' Us stepping up product testing
FDA asks groups to consider food labels
Pregnant smokers may suffer depression
Report: Body mass indices steady in Ark.
Bodies exhumed from Viking burial mound

Mother Nature
Lab Results Confirm Ebola Fever Outbreak in Congo
Study questions comeback of gray whale

Oddities
Michigan Woman Offers Reward for Missing Dwarfs
Those Nazis and their family values
Gunman gets chop during karate robbery

Other News of Note
Tight End's Injury 'Catastrophic'
Thousands Evacuated After Mexico Pipeline Blasts - PHOTO ESSAY
Grandson's no Nazi: Holocaust survivor
Private search for Fossett raises fears

Fox News
Disney to Independently Test Its Toys for Lead
Child Bride Reunited With Husband 20 Years Her Senior
Britney Spears Performance Kicks Off MTV Video Music Awards
Britney Spears' Disaster: Dead Career Bounce

Reuters: Top News
Brad and Angelina - Video - Slideshow
Director Taymor spins Beatles in new film
Blog: Toronto Film Festival 2007
California tops list of best states to live
Most women own 19 pairs of shoes -- some secretly
Pamela Anderson's ex-husbands in scuffle - Video
Billionaire Lewis buys Bear Stearns stake
Chances of recession rise in Blue Chip forecast
KKR close to concession on First Data deal: source
Construction Bank launches $7 bln Shanghai IPO
Investment lunches for seniors may serve fraud
Fed officials strike differing notes on economy
Banking & Finance: Wachovia, WaMu say credit conditions weigh
Consumer Products & Retail: Home Depot revises 2007 outlook after buyback
Health: UPDATE 2-Possible carcinogen found in Pfizer AIDS drug
Tech, Media & Telco: Apple shares rise after sells one millionth iPhone

AP World News
Ohio family wins $314M in Powerball
Is it fair to savage Britney's figure?
Wal-Mart lowers 2Q profit by $153M
Stocks close mixed after Fed speeches
'Johnny Belinda' actress Jane Wyman dies
Economic outlook is worst in 5 years
Federer wins US Open for 12th Grand Slam
Judge: N.M. can't have O'Keeffe painting

CENTCOM: News Releases
IRAQI SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES DETAIN 2 AL QAEDA IN IRAQ CELL LEADERS, ONE TERRORIST
THREE TERRORISTS KILLED, 18 SUSPECTS DETAINED IN COALITION RAIDS
IRAQI FORCES, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES DETAIN SIX SHI'A EXTREMISTS IN BAGHDAD

USJFCOM
Bold Quest 07 begins to test Coalition Combat ID - podcast
More about Bold Quest 07New intelligence capability to aid in battlespace preparation for convoys - podcast
Empire Challenge 07 shows success of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance integration - podcast

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Coalition, Iraqi forces maintain initiative in shutting down al Qaeda
Quick Reaction Force keeps eyes on infantry
Air, ground Soldiers team up in raid
Logistically equipping the government of Iraq
Tip leads to east Baghdad cache
Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Operations Forces detain 18 insurgents near Karmah, Kirkuk Vehicle accident, seven MND-B Soldiers killed, 11
Coalition Forces engaged with small arms fire during early morning Sadr City operation
Iraqi Army, U.S. Special Forces detain extremist Islamic Army cell leader, 9 insurgents
Task Force Lightning Soldiers attacked

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS
Petraeus Reports on Surge Progress in Iraq
U.S. Ambassador Presents Iraq Progress Report

MILITARY NEWS
All Services Meet Recruiting Goals for August
Special Ops Official Sets Priorities for Future

IRAQ
Bush Commends Progress in Anbar Province
U.S. Forces Kill 12 in Helicopter Assault Raid
Forces Target al Qaeda in Tigris River Valley
Petraeus Letter: Surge Gives Coalition Momentum
Forces Continue to Shut Down al Qaeda

HUMANITARIAN RELIEF
USNS Comfort Completes Mission in Haiti
SOUTHCOM Sends Relief Supplies to Nicaragua
Team Arrives in Nicaragua to Assess Damage

AFGHANISTAN
Forces Detain Taliban Commander in Ghazni
Forces Kill 30 Militants, Find Weapons

REMEMBERING 9/11
Pentagon Worker Recalls 9/11 in Her Own Way
Paramus Residents Take Part in Freedom Walk
America Supports You Freedom Walk Special
9/11 Remembrance Special
PETRAEUS REPORT - Report (PDF) - Slides (PDF)

ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ
Crews Install Solar Lights
Citizens Search for al Qaeda
Police Lead Marines to Weapons
Recruits Go to Boot Camp
Elementary School Re-opens
Iraqis Rebuild Pump Station

INSIDE AFGHANISTAN
Locals Turn in Munitions
Photos: Airmen Detonate Munitions

EMPLOYER SUPPORT AWARDS
Tennessee Receives Honor

WHY WE SERVE
Army NCO Urges Support

FACE OF DEFENSE
Vet Helps Recruiters
Brother, Sister Rebuild Iraq
Soldier Embraces Change
Airmen Earn Purple Hearts

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
2007 Freedom Walk Helps Support Groups Spread Word
Walkers Commemorate 9/11
Thousands Take Part in Annual Freedom Walk
Brooks and Dunn Salute Troops
NCO Shares His View on Service - Story - Special

DefendAmerica
NEWS UPDATES
Coalition, Iraqi Forces Maintain Initiative in Shutting Down al Qaeda - Story

ON THE GROUND
Citizens Sweep Streets to Rid City of al Qaeda - Story
Iraqi Crews Install Solar Lights on Roadways - Story
Children to Benefit from New Classrooms - Story
Renovated School Features Internet Room - Story

IN IRAQ
Soldiers Help Iraqis Rebuild Pump Station
Iraqi Police Lead Marines to Weapons Cache
Marines, Iraqis Sweep Area for Insurgents
Stinger Battery Returns from Duty in Iraq
Soldiers Train to Save Lives on Battlefield
New Plant Delivers Clean Water to 500,000

IN AFGHANISTAN
Team Works to Improve Road in Titin Valley
Cadets Intern with Army Corps of Engineers

IN DJIBOUTI
Navy Program Fosters Good Will with Residents

BLOGGERS' ROUNDTABLE with U.S. Army Col. Michael X. Garrett
Coalition Helps Rebuild Iraq - Story

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

Gitmo
Today in History
1349 - Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death.
1608 - John Smith is elected president of the Jamestown colony council in VA.
1776 - George Washington asks for a spy volunteer; Nathan Hale volunteers.
1813 - Commodore Oliver H. Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Erie.
1823 - Simon Bolivar is named president of Peru.
1846 - Elias Howe patents the sewing machine.
1869 - A Baptist minister invents the rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan.
1882 - The first international conference to promote anti-semitism meets in Germany (Congress for Safeguarding of Non-Jewish Interests).
1899 - In Alaska, the second earthquake in a week hits.
1910 - The Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber.
1939 - Canada declares war on Germany.
1945 - Vidkun Quisling is sentenced to death for collaborating with Nazis.
1953 - Swanson sells its first "TV dinner."
1963 - Twenty Black students entered public schools in Alabama.
1967 - Gibraltar votes to remain British (12,138 - 44)
1974 - Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
1979 - Three Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are released.
1990 - Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq.

Birthdays
1736 - Carter Braxton, signer of the Declaration of Independence
1836 - Joseph Wheeler, Confederate Major General / Cavalry Commander, Army of Tennesee
1839 - Isaac Kauffman Funk, publisher (Funk & Wagnalls)
1887 - Giovanni Gronchi, president of Italy
1907 - Fay Wray Alberta Canada, actress ("King Kong")
1933 - Yevgeny V. Khrunov, cosmonaut (Soyuz-5)
1934 - Charles Kuralt, newscaster (On the Road)
1935 - John Palmer, news anchor (NBC Weekend News)
1945 - Richard M. Mullane, USAF / astronaut (STS 41-D, STS-27, STS-36)

Passings
1419 - John the Fearless, French warrior, murdered
1842 - Letitia Tyler, First Lady to President Tyler
1977 - Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer, last to die in the guillotine
1990 - Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia, assassinated

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Rivers, Wendell B., USN (NE); A4E shot down (pilot), released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive and well as of 1998

1966
Peterson, Douglas B., USAF (IA); F4C shot down (pilot, w/Talley), released by DRV March, 1973 - served as U.S. ambassador to Vietnam (1997-2002)

Talley, Bernard L., USAF (MD); F4C shot down (co-pilot, w/Peterson), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

Tatum, Lawrence B., USAF (TN); A1E shot down, declared dead in 1976, official status still MIA

1971
Cornwell, Leroy J. III, USAF (AZ); F4D shot down, (RIO, w/Ivan), remains retutrned August, 1994 - ID'd March, 1996

Ivan, Andrew, Jr., USAF (NJ); F4D shot down, (pilot, w/Cornwell), remains returned August, 1994 - ID'd March, 1996

1972
Musselman, Stephen Owen, USN (TX); A7C shot down (pilot), remains returned July, 1981

1974
Dean, Charles, Civilian tourist; captured in Laos by the Pathet Lao

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