POPPING SMOKE — A U.S. Army soldier with 3rd Platoon, Hotel Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment out of Vilseck, Germany, pops smoke for cover and concealment in the East Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 9, 2007 U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew M. Rodier

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News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Turkey to approve troops to Iraq in defiance of U.S. - Video
Iraq drawdown to begin in volatile area
House rebukes State over Iraq corruption

Operation Enduring Freedom
Troops Detain Five, Assist Attack Victims
Forces Pummel Taliban, Support Afghans

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
New York willing to talk settlement in 9/11 suit
Progress in talks to free Israeli soldiers: Nasrallah
Va. County Gives $100K to Pentagon Memorial

Troops on Trial
"Love thy enemy" soldier gets discharge

Other Military News
GI Puts Hitler's Globe on the Auction Block

Worldwide Wackos
Putin Visits Iran, Offers Warnings Against U.S. - PHOTOS
Chavez steals show in Castro's Cuba

Politics / Government
Hillary Clinton's Primary Color: $35M in Greenbacks
Bush Meets With Dalai Lama in White House - VIDEO
Myanmar's beating of monks "very bad": Dalai Lama - Video
What Would You Ask the GOP Presidential Candidates?
Cheney and Obama are distant cousins: Mrs. Cheney
Clinton courts women in N.H. with family leave plan
McCain prays for no war with Iran
Paulson urges action on housing crisis
House votes to renew Internet tax block
Rice wins Egypt's support for conference
Lawmakers seek US action in Jena 6 case

Illegal Immigration / Border Control
Officials Want Probe of Jailed Border Agents' Treatment

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Teacher: Cleveland School Shooter Upset About Failing History
Interpol Suspect ID'd as 32-Year-Old Canadian - PHOTOS
Britney Spears Surrenders to L.A. Police to Face Hit and Run Charges
Report: Mom of Missing Madeleine McCann Believes She's Being Persecuted Because of Her Looks
Florida Man Sentenced to Death for Leaving Child to Be Eaten by Alligators
Alleged Toddler Rapist Nabbed in Nevada - VIDEO
Police: Mexican Horror Novelist Ate Victim, Emulated Hannibal Lecter
State Trooper Accused in Porn Star Tryst Arrested
Airline Workers Busted in Drug Trafficking Scheme
Notorious Dr. Crippen wrongly hanged
Man accuses 'Diddy' of assault at club

Adventures in Political Correctness / Intolerance on Parade
VIDEO: Did a School Read Students' Text Messages?

U.N. News
Former pariah Libya elected to U.N. Security Council

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
Air America: Attack on Radio Host Was Not a 'Hate Crime'
MySpace, Skype to offer calls on social network
Napster relaunches with Web-enabled platform

Science / Medicine / Technology
Staph Infection Kills Virginia Teen
Experts: U.S. Deaths From Staph May Surpass AIDS Deaths
Study Ranks Best, Worst States for Hospital Care
Rare Tropical Fungus Infects Four, Kills Two in Washington State
Chicago Researchers Look for 'Gay Gene'
Toxic mold aflatoxin found in Iowa and S.Dakota corn
If it's any consolation, fish get insomnia too
Studies find acupuncture cuts post-surgical pain
Kids falling off bikes costs $200 million
Medtronic heart device injuries rise
Toxic mold found in Iowa, S.Dakota corn
Freezing embryo test experimental: group
Scientists warn of risk to deep-water reefs
Apple's Leopard system goes on sale
Doctors discuss theories on aging brains
Scientists discover rare marine species

Mother Nature
Sandstorm Causes Havoc on California Highway
W.Va. crews search for autistic hiker

Oddities
U.S., British Forces May Deploy Flying Saucers
Woman Cited for Yelling Obscenities at Overflowing Toilet
Oh, he's walking the plank in his undies again..
Forget the bloody mary, just give me the blood
Israeli father of 67 kids seeks 9th wife

Other News of Note
Famed Pirate's Cannon Possibly Raised From Deep
First Baby Boomer Files For Social Security Benefits
Comic Strip Character Succumbs to Breast Cancer Sparking Praise, Outrage
Crews Search for Drivers Unaccounted for in Tunnel Fire

Fox News
Label Rejects Nas' Planned CD Title
GRRR! 'Hannah Montana' Brokers Breaking Little Girls' Hearts
Pop Tarts: Julia Roberts: 'Insecure' and Unemployed
Two Taxiing Planes Collide on Runway at Heathrow Airport, No Injuries

Reuters: Top News
Oil hits record - Video
Bras, knickers and -- Spice Girls Greatest Hits?
Sexy rap videos suspected to be damaging to young girls
Intel quarterly profit rises 43 percent
Yahoo rises after results beat estimates
Bank profits, oil hit Wall St; Yahoo, Intel up late - Video
CSX profit rises as prices offset weak freight
New businesses seen key to Google growth long-term
James Saft on Global Finance
A "Scooby Doo" bailout fund
Bailout may yield more profits, less clarity
G7 likely to point fingers, not bash heads
Yahoo earns beat forecasts, Wall St awaits action
Apple's new operating system to hit stores Oct 26
Key UAW official, dissidents blast Chrysler deal
Wells Fargo, other U.S. banks hurt by credit losses
IBM 3rd-quarter earnings rise
Industrial output up, but capital flows out

AP World News
Yahoo 3Q earnings decline slightly
Former Dallas RB Springs falls into coma
Intel 3Q profit leaps 43 percent
Jorja Fox quitting role on CBS hit 'CSI'
Woods to unveil 'Gatorade Tiger' in 2008
Madonna, Live Nation link up on deal
Reagins replaces Stoneman as Angels' GM
Wakefield goes for Red Sox tonight

CENTCOM: News Releases
TEN SUSPECTS DETAINED DURING OPERATIONS TARGETING AL-QAEDA IN IRAQ
THREE TERRORISTS KILLED, 20 DETAINED DURING OPERATIONS TARGETING AL QAEDA
BRIGADE COMMANDER NOTES PROGESS IN NORTHWESTERN BAGHDAD
ISAF COMMANDER CONDEMNS SPIN BOLDAK SUICIDE BOMBING
AIRBORNE PARATROOPERS CAPTURE #2 HIGH VALUE INDIVIDUAL
TRIAL DATE SET FOR OFFICER CHARGED WITH AIDING ENEMY

USJFCOM
USJFCOM commander meets the press
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

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Iraqis help their own with humanitarian aid
Joint mission introduces unit to new area of operation
Commander notes progress in Northwestern Baghdad neighborhoods
Black Jack Soldiers provide meals, gifts on Muslim holiday
Correction to Record: Car bomb injures 30 in Kindi; no fatalities
Coalition Forces destroy insurgent bridge to deter weapons smugglers (Diyala River)
Terrorists target civilians in mortar attack (Doura)
Paratroopers detain 12 insurgents (Adwaniya)
Ten suspects detained during operations targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS
Gates Salutes Servicemembers - Video
Israeli Partnership Important - Video
Transcript: Jewish Institute Speech

IRAQ
Diplomacy Key to Turkey-Iraq Issues
Grass-roots Security Drives Out Insurgents
Forces Finish Southeast Baghdad Operation
Coalition Forces Detain 10 Suspects

AFGHANISTAN
Coalition Detains Suspect in Afghanistan

MILITARY NEWS
Iraq, Afghanistan Visit Reveals Progress
Commander Reflects on Military Transformation
Conway: Marines Should Be 'Shock Force'
Media Center Plans Under Way

INSIDE AFGHANISTAN
Soldiers Train with Raven UAVs

FACE OF DEFENSE
Soldier Serves Smiles
Sailor Becomes Marine

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Volunteers Will Play Santa for Troops
Pitchers Visit Heroes

DefendAmerica
BLOGGERS' ROUNDTABLE with U.S. Army Col. John RisCassi
Tactical Change Enables Success - Story

NEWS UPDATES
Israeli Partnership Still Important - Story

ON THE GROUND
Major League Baseball Pitchers Visit Heroes - Story
Soldiers Train with Raven UAVs - Story
Baghdad Raid Nets Rocket Attack Suspect - Story
Bagram Gets Flu-Season Ready - Story
Iraqi Boy Gets Successful Surgery - Story

IN IRAQ
More Than 70 Graduate From Air Force School
Iraqi Soldiers Learn Basic Humvee Maintenance
Welders Develop Up-Armored Iraqi Police Truck
Airmen Help Secure Law and Order in Baghdad
Soldiers Continue Fight Against Insurgents
Cluster Pump Stations to Boost Oil Production

IN AFGHANISTAN
Mentor Team Helps Train Afghan Police Officers
RED HORSE Team Beats Construction Odds

IN SOUTHWEST ASIA
Maintenance Workers Keep Aircraft Flying

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
1775 - The British burn Portland, Maine burned by British.
1781 - Washington takes Yorktown.
1829 - In Boston, the first modern American hotel, the Tremont, opens.
1849 - The British seize Tigre Island in the Gulf of Fonseca from Honduras.
1859 - John Brown leads a raid on the federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry, VA.
1861 - The Confederacy starts selling postage stamps.
1869 - A hotel in Boston becomes the first to have indoor plumbing.
1923 - The Disney Co. is founded.
1925 - The Texas School Board prohibits the teaching of evolution.
1926 - A troop ship sinks in the Yangtze River, killing 1,200.
1940 - Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr., is named as the first Black General in the regular army; a lottery for the first American WWII draftees is held; #158 is the first drawn; the Warsaw Ghetto is established.
1941 - Germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow.
1942 - The National Boxing Association freezes the titles of those serving in the armed forces.
1943 - Chicago Mayor Ed Kelly opens the city's new subway system.
1946 - 10 Nazi leaders are hanged as war criminals following the Nuremberg trials.
1962 - The Cuban missile crisis begins, as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba.
1964 - China becomes the world's 5th nuclear power.
1969 - Soyuz-6 returns to Earth.
1970 - Anwar Sadat is elected president of Egypt.
1973 - Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1976 - Soyuz-23 returns to Earth.
1978 - Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla is elected supreme pontiff (John Paul II).
1982 - The Mt. Palomar Observatory is the first to detect Halley's comet's 13th return; The U.S. warns that it will withdraw from U.N. if they vote to exclude Israel.
1984 - Desmond Tutu wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
1985 - Intel introduces the 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip.
1986 - The U.S. government shuts down due to budget problems.
1987 - Jessica McClure ("Baby Jessica") is rescued 58 hrs after falling 22' into a well shaft.
1990 - U.S. forces reach 200,000 in the Persian Gulf.
1991 - George Jo Hennard kills 23 and wounds 20 in Texas, then kills himself; The U.S. Supreme Court begins to hear the Joseph Doherty case.

Birthdays
1708 - Albrecht von Haller, experimental physiology (Academy of Science)
1758 - Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary)
1792 - Francisco Moraz, president of Central America (1830-40)
1863 - Sir Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary, Nobel Prize winner (1925)
1886 - David Ben-Gurion, first PM of Israel (1948-53, 55)
1898 - Arthur H. Dean, lawyer / advisor to FDR; William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1939-75)
1908 - Enver Hoxha, post-WWII leader of Albania (1944-85)

Passings
1793 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, beheaded
1946 - Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor (1930s)
1951 - Liaquat Ali Khan, PM of Pakistan, assassinated by Said Akbar
1981 - Moshe Dayan, Israeli general
1990 - Art Blakey, jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers)

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Bell, James F., USN (MD); RA5C shot down (pilot, w/Hutton), released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive as of 1998

Hutton, James L., USN (Washington D.C.); RA5C shot down (w/Bell), released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive and well as of 1998

1967
Applehans, Richard D., USAF (MT); RF4C disappeared while on mission (pilot, w/Clarke)

Clarke, George W., Jr., USAF (VA); RF4C disappeared while on mission (backseater, w/Applehans)

1969
Booth, Lawrence R., US Army (VA); OV1C shot down (pilot); Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Assoc. lists different vehicle and cause

Rattin, Dennis M., US Army (IL); OV1C shot down (pilot); Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Assoc. lists different vehicle and cause

1970
Martin, John B. II, USN (NJ); F8J crashed, KIA, body not recovered

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