News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraq PM criticizes Blackwater - Video
Richardson: US troops add to Iraq unrest
US, Iraq to probe Blackwater shooting

Operation Enduring Freedom
U.N. renews NATO troop mandate in Afghanistan

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Bush Calls for Spy Expansion
British Woman Divorces Son of Usama Bin Laden
Anti-Syrian Politician Killed in Beirut Blast - PHOTOS
Rice to meet Abbas in search of accord
U.S.: Iran threat to Israel unprovoked, unnecessary
Senate bars bill to restore detainee rights
Israel declares Gaza 'enemy entity'

Other Military News
Senate Rejects Bill to Regulate Time Spent in Combat

Worldwide Wackos
Ground Zero Visit Denied
Report: Iranians Killed in Syria Chemical Explosion
Iranian General: We Have Plans to Bomb Israel if They Attack Us

Homegrown Moonbats
Alicia Silverstone to Appear Nude in PETA Commercial
Hasselbeck tried to keep cool with Rosie

Politics / Government
Report: Jesse Jackson Says Barack Obama 'Acting White' in Case of Six Blacks Accused in Assault Case
Questions Raised Whether Tasered Student Planned to Stage Incident at Kerry Forum
Democratic Fundraiser Hsu Waives Extradition Fight
Giuliani: I'm among best known Americans
Jackson disputes report on Obama remark

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Preacher’s Wife Allowed 'Supervised Visits' With Kids
Milwaukee Nun, 79, Charged With Having Sexual Contact With Two Boys
Youngest of 3 Sisters Allegedly Set on Fire by Mom Dies in Hospital
O.J. Simpson Released From Jail After Posting $125K Bail in Armed Memorabilia Heist Case
New Zealand Cops Discover Woman's Body in Car Belonging to Father of 3-Year-Old Abandoned Girl
Seven, Including 5 Kids, Imprisoned in Pa. Horror House
Man Gets 421 Years in Text Message Abduction Case
Japanese Teenager Admits to Killing Her Dad With Axe
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns to Resign
Man Says He Never Raped Teen Cousin Bride in Jeffs Trial
Case Dropped Against Mom Accused of Burying Fetuses
Spector judge, jury struggle to resolve impasse - Video
Prosecutor says no plans to quiz Madeleine's parents
Defense aims to humanize ex-astronaut

U.N. News
HRW urges sanctions on Sudan if attacks continue

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
Dan Rather Expected to Report Boeing 787 Unsafe
Dan Rather Files $70M Suit Against CBS, Viacom - VIDEO
Americans giving up friends, sex for Web life

Science / Medicine & Health / Technology
Forklift Used to Lift 900-Pound Michigan Man From Home
CDC Officials Urge More Babies, Elderly to Get Flu Shots
Mayo Clinic: ADHD Drugs Improve School Performance
China tries charm to convince world its goods safe
Exercise on par with drugs for aiding depression
Apple to nearly double iPhone production: report - Video
Intel pushing technology from high-end to low
Cells that make sperm make stem cells, too: study
Human ancestor had mix of primitive, modern traits
Experts confirm meteorite crash in Peru
Researchers examine 'purging disorder'

Oddities
Snakebit Suffering
Meteorite Crash Causes 'Mystery Illness' in Peru
Armless Man Will Not be Charged With Head-Butting Death of Ga. Man
Idaho Man Blames Wild Sex for Car Crash
Man Declared Dead Awakens During Autopsy
Man hides sex toys in the wurst way...
He used WHAT?
Vet extracts toy lizard from real lizard
Drunk man gets trapped in ex's chimney

Other News of Note
Rescuers end daily air search for Fossett
Khmer Rouge "Brother No. 2" charged

Fox News
Court Revokes Britney Spears' Teen Role Model Career
Pop Tarts: Jamie Foxx’s Fertile Fantasy: Impregnating Halle Berry

Reuters: Top News
Gunmen kill another Mexican state police chief
Men name their style icons - but Pitt, Cruise miss
Prince rocks London catwalk with surprise gig
"Grey's Anatomy" set tops DVD sales chart
Wall Street rallies for 2nd day after Fed rate cut - Video
Dollar drifts sideways, awaits Bernanke remarks
Oil hits new high over $82 on supply worries
Nikkei extends gains as Wall Street helps lift mood
Stocks steadier after rally, dollar drifts - Video
Diageo keen to buy Absolut vodka
M&A Today: Full coverage of top deals
Fed move may help deal makers
Wall Street rallies for 2nd day after Fed rate cut
Morgan Stanley profit hit by credit crunch
GM talks grind on, health-care trust in focus
Yuan rise to spur domestic China growth: U.S. Treasury
Mattel's CEO faces skeptical lawmakers
Home starts hit 12 year low, CPI dips in August
General Mills profit up on price hikes

AP World News
Yanks pull within 1 1/2 games of Red Sox
Timberlake hasn't spoken to Spears
Angels top D-Rays 2-1 for 90th victory
Indians sweep 3-game series with Tigers
New mom denied extra time during test
Stocks end higher amid rate cut momentum
Bautista's homer helps Pirates win 4-3
Consumer prices drop 0.1 percent in Aug.
Motion filed to hold bishop in contempt

CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION FORCES FIND WEAPONS, EXPLOSIVES NEAR TARMIYAH
NOC MITIGATES DAMAGE TO TIGRIS RIVER AFTER PIPELINE ATTACK
AL-QAEDA IN IRAQ LEADER KILLED
ANSF DESTROY IED FACTORY AND WEAPONS CACHE IN KABUL PROVINCE
COALITION FORCES CAPTURE 12 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS IN BAGHDAD
INSURGENT ROCKET ATTACK KILLS 2 EASTERN BAGHDAD RESIDENTS, WOUNDS 2 OTHERS
SUSPECTED SHEIK SATTAR ASSASSINATION PLANNER CAPTURED
NASIRIYAH WATER PLANT TURNED OVER TO GOI

USJFCOM
Liveblogging: Bold Quest 07 - RSS feed
Bold Quest 07 begins to test Coalition Combat ID
More about Bold Quest 07
Command profiles modeling and simulation usage at MODSIM World Conference and Expo 2007
President nominates Marine general as new commander

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Iraqi Security Forces make progress in northern Iraq
1-10 Field Artillery shifting operations to FOB Hammer
Project on Taji brings donated medical books to Iraqi doctors
Black Dragons, Iraqi Police team successful
Coalition airpower supports ground forces
Statement by Tom Casey, Deputy Spokesman U.S. Department of State
Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader killed
Task Force Lightning Soldier dies of non-battle related cause
MND-B Soldier attacked during combat operations
Coalition forces capture 11 suspected al-Qaeda members

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS
Coalition Forces Kill Key Car-Bomb Mastermind - Video
Pace Details Lessons He Learned From Marines - Photos
Pace Honors Families Who Lost Loved Ones
President Bush Thanks Military Support Groups
Gates Leads Air Force 60th Birthday Event
Transcript: United States Air Force 60th Anniversary

IRAQ
Forces Capture Dozens, Kill Five Suspects
Experts Work to Change Terrorist Detainees

AFGHANISTAN
Troops Thwart Insurgent Ambush, Nab Suspect
Militants Captured in Afghanistan Operations

MILITARY NEWS
PACOM Chief Praises Timor-Leste Democracy
PACOM’s Top NCO Visits Tongan Troops
Chief Praises Little Tonga for Big Contribution

HUMANITARIAN RELIEF
Comfort Docs Treat Suffering Baby Girl

ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ
Iraqi Police Improve Skills
Marines Fly Safely in Al Qaim
Karkh District Sees Light
Villages Build Security Forces
School Replaces Tyranny Symbol
Boy Leads Troops to Weapons

INSIDE AFGHANISTAN
Airmen Celebrate Birthday
Soldiers, Sailors Aid Community
Locals Turn in Munitions
Photos: Airmen Detonate Munitions

FACE OF DEFENSE
Sailor Visits Her Birthplace
Air Force Officer Combines Love for Stamp Collecting, Aviation
Troops Reunite in Combat Zone
New Sailor Finds Focus in Navy
Pilot Lauded for Actions in Iraq

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Arizona Group Helps Vets
Media Icon Sheds Light on Troops' ‘Signature Wound’
Gala Honors Leadership
NCO Shares His View on Service - Story - Special

DefendAmerica
BLOGGERS' ROUNDTABLE with U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner
Citizens Crucial in Locating Terror Mastermind, Securing Iraq - Story

NEWS UPDATES
Troops Thwart Insurgent Ambush - Story

ON THE GROUND
New Generator Brings Electricity to 300 Homes - Story
Iraqi Police Improve Skills, Conduct Ops - Story
Marines Keep Skies Above Al Qaim Running - Story
New Marine Unit Assumes Security Operations - Story

IN IRAQ
Security Forces Take Root in Isolated Village
Air Force School Replaces Symbol of Tyranny
Iraqi Boy Leads Soldiers to Weapons Caches
Crews Race Against Time to Save Lives
U.S. Marines Move In on Insurgent Territory
Families, Friends Welcome Marines, Sailors
School Renovations Include 11 New Classrooms
Soldiers Build Six-Room, Portable Aid Station
Iraqis Assume Responsibility for Water Plant

IN AFGHANISTAN
Airmen Celebrate Six Decades of Air Power
U.S. Soldiers, Sailors Aid Afghan Community

IN DJIBOUTI
Air Force Officers Play Soccer with Local Boys
Navy Program Helps Women Learn Life Skills

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
1544 - France and Austria sign a treaty, ending 20 years of war.
1676 - Bacon's rebellion results in the burning of Jamestown.
1777 - Americans, under General Horatio Gates, won the Battle of Saratoga; the Continental Congress fled Philadelphai for York ahead of approaching British forces.
1796 - George Washington issues his farewell address as President.
1827 - Jim Bowie stabs a Louisiana banker with his famous knife.
1862 - Battle of Iuka, Mississippi.
1881 - President James Garfield dies of a gunshot wound inflicted by a disappointed office seeker (July 2nd).
1900 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid pull off their first robbery together.
1934 - Bruno Hauptmann is charged with the kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh's baby.
1941 - The Germans bombard Leningrad.
1948 - Moscow announces it will withdraw from Korea by the end of the year.
1955 - President Juan Peron of Argentina is deposed and exiled.
1957 - The U.S. conducts its first underground nuclear test in NV.
1959 - Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland.
1984 - Great Britain and China announce an agreement to transfer Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997.
1985 - Mexico City is hit by the first of two earthquakes that will kill thousands (the second hits 36 hours later).
1994 - U.S. troops arrive in Haiti to enforce exiled president Jean-Bertrand Aristide's return.
1995 - The Washington Post publishes the "Unabomber's Manifesto," a sixty-five-page thesis on what the "Unabomber" thought were the problems with America's society.
2001 - U.S. combat aircraft are ordered to the Persian Gulf in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11th.
2002 - President George W. Bush asks Congress for authority to "use all means," including military force if necessary, to disarm and overthrow Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein if Iraq fails to meet United Nations demands to abandon all weapons of mass destruction.

Birthdays
0086 - Antonius Pius, 15th Roman Emperor (0138 - 0161)
0866 - Leo VI, Byzantine emperor
1655 - Jan Luyts - Dutch scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1800 - William Wister McKean, Commander, Union Navy
1822 - Joseph Rodman West, Brevet Major General, Union volunteers
1802 - Louis Kossuth, president of Hungary (1949)
1898 - Guiseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71)
1905 - Leon Jaworski, lawyer, Special Prosecutor for Watergate
1907 - Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1972 - 1987)
1914 - Rogers Morton, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1968-75)
1926 - Lurieen Wallace (Gov-AL, 1966-68)
1929 - Margaret S. Roukema (Rep-NJ); Adam West, actor (Batman)
1932 - Mike Royko, journalist (Chicago Daily News), author
1935 - Thomas W. Ewing (Rep-IL); Robert Kruger (Sen-TX)
1941 - "Mamma" Cass Elliot (or 1943)
1947 - Steve Bartlet (Rep-TX)
1950 - Joan Lunden, news host (Good Morning America)
1960 - Julianna Young, Playboy Playmate (Nov., 1993)
1957 - Richard M. Linnehan, astronaut, (STS 78, sk: 90)
1974 - Victoria Silverstedt, Playboy Playmate (Dec., 1996)

Passings
1881 - James A. Garfield, 20th U.S. President, 80 days after being shot

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Brown, Frank Monroe, Jr., USN (PA); F4B shot down (pilot, w/Henry), KIA/BNR

Henry, David Alan, USN (CA); F4B shot down (w/Brown), KIA/BNR

Parsons, Don B., USNR (NY); F4B shot down (pilot, w/Pilkington)

Pilkington, Thomas H., USNR (IL); F4B shot down (RIO, w/Parsons)

Waltman, Donald G., USAF (ID); F105 shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel, deceased September, 1997

1968
Capling, Elwyn R., USAF (MI); F105F shot down - SRV returned remains to PCOM March, 1977

Holt, Robert Alan, USMC (PA); F4B shot down (w/LaVoo), remains ID'd June, 1999

LaVoo, John Allen, USMC (CO); F4B shot down (pilot, w/Holt), remains ID'd June, 1999

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