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Saturday, August 25, 2007

Marines, Iraqis Search Dulab

Staff Sgt. Joshua M. Utto, a section leader with 3rd platoon, briefs Marines with Company B, Assault Amphibian Battalion, before a recent mission through Dulab, Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian L. Lewis


A convoy of Iraqi army soldiers halt on a road during house clearing maneuvers near Dulab, Iraq. The Iraqi vehicles were used as an extra form of security for the Marines and Iraqi army soldiers patrolling the surrounding areas. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian L. Lewis


U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew B. Sneed, a radio operator with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, posts security during recent sweeping operations near Dulab, Iraq. For two days, the Marines pushed through the extreme heat to rid the area of potential weapons. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian L. Lewis


An Iraqi civilian watches as a Marine searches through his cabinets for any suspicious items. The locals were highly supportive of the Marines during the recent house clearing operation and showed no resistance to letting them search their houses. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian L. Lewis


An Iraqi soldier knocks on the door of an Iraqi household in Dulab during sweeping operations. The locals were hospitable to the Marines, and happily allowed them to enter their homes. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian L. Lewis


U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Kyle M. Gallagher, commander for 3rd platoon, inspects magazines that were found during a household search in Dulab, Iraq. Although the Iraqi had more ammunition than allowed, the Marines simply took the extra and allowed him to go about his day. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian L. Lewis


U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Joshua M. Utto, a section leader with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, scales a wall during the house sweeping operation in Dulab, Iraq. The suspected house had been blocked in, allowing no entrance, so the Marines hopped the wall. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian L. Lewis


A mixture of Iraqi soldiers and Marines with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, march down the final stretch of their mission in Dulab, Iraq. The Marines were tired, yet still kept moving with determination to finish the mission. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian L. Lewis



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Afghanistan Construction
Polish army Pvt. Piotr Oparski, from the Polish Engineer Platoon, works on the final touches of a culvert as a scoop loader hauls the rest of the dirt at Forward Operating Base Sharana, Afghanistan, Aug. 17, 2007. U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Kenya Virginia Saenz

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In Today's News - Saturday, August 25, 2007

Quote of the Day
Advertisements contain the only truths
to be relied on in a newspaper.
-- Thomas Jefferson


News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom

Joint Chiefs Chairman Pace Denies He Will Recommend Cutting Troops Strength in Iraq
Baghdad clash kills 18, intelligence outlook grim - Video
7 killed, dozens hurt in Baghdad blast
Commander says Iraqi citizens turning against insurgents

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan, Coalition Forces Detain Suspected Militants

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Report: Terror Screening Results in Few Arrests (Funny, I didn't think it had a quota..I thought were intending to be safe...)
Mubarak says Mideast peace summit lacks framework
Israeli forces kill an Islamic Jihad leader (Buh-bye)
Militants' families evacuated from Lebanon camp

Welcome Home!!
U.S. Marines, Sailors Return from Iraq Duty

Other Military News
General: MRAPs Becoming Media Target

Worldwide Wackos
Rumors of Fidel Castro's Death Swirl Around Miami

Politics / Government
Former French PM Raymond Barre Dies at 83
Giuliani to push tax cuts to woo voters
Romney wants tax breaks to expand U.S. health coverage

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Bad Newz: NFL Bans Michael Vick - RAW DATA: Plea Deal (pdf)
Nike Cuts Ties With Vick
Deputies Raid Home of Rapper DMX, Seize Pit Bulls
Pennsylvania Woman Charged With Taking 12-Year-Old Boy to Prostitutes
Cops: South Carolina Father Shoots Son-In-Law After Daughter's Visitation
Police: RFK Grandaughter in Cape Cod Kidnap Scare
UK Gangs Linked to Child's Murder Air Violent Video
John Couey to Die for Murder of Jessica Lunsford (As he well deserves)
Ex-Klansman gets life for Mississippi killings (And again, well deserved)Judge clears way for Noriega's French extradition
Courtroom Drama in Astronaut Love Triangle Case - VIDEO
Celeb DUI cases spotlight justice system
Judge orders trials in church suits
Ala. hopes to keep Wallace gunman jailed

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
Film Critic Roger Ebert Bans Use of Thumbs in Film Reviews

Science / Medicine / Technology
Man Dies After Surgeon Operates on Wrong Side of Head
N.J. Teen Unlocks Apple's iPhone
NASA orders fix for space shuttle tank
Alcohol may lower risk of kidney cancer
NY baby undergoes 5-organ transplant
Experts: U.S. childbirth deaths on rise

Mother Nature
Upper Midwest Bracesfor More Severe Weather - PHOTOS
Deadly Forest Blazes Ravage Greece - PHOTOS
More flooding possible in soaked Midwest

Oddities
Northern Ireland Man Bites Off Head of Girlfriend's Snake in Fight

Fox News
11 Injured in Canadian Hot Air Balloon Accident - PHOTO ESSAY
Lose the Pounds, Gain a Child?
Disgraced Pastor Ted Haggard Appeals for Cash
Filmmaker John Singleton Involved in Fatal Car Accident in L.A.
Mother Teresa Did Not Feel Christ's Presence for Last Half of Her Life, Letters Reveal

Reuters: Top News
Pakistani court adjourns cases against Sharif
Bangladesh relaxes curfew despite sporadic violence
Blake beats Mathieu to set up Fish final in New Haven
Many keep away from Bonds's big celebration
Intel rolls out new chips for business market
"The Sims" creator completes next game
Indexes rally on strong data as turbulence eases - Video
Wal-Mart shares move on stake rumors: sources
Dollar slips vs euro as credit concerns ease
Home Depot up as investors eye supply sale
MoIPO View: Dog days of summer
Fed rate cut may haunt Wall Street
Wall St Week Ahead: Bulls crave more calm, Fed in focus
FTSE ends up as economy news trumps credit worries
ECB rise not certain as Asia subprime fears grow
Wall Street wonders about lack of borrowing from Fed
Altria may spin off some cigarette business: report
Bulls crave more calm as Fed in focus
No need for misery at work, author says
July new home sales and durables orders rise - Video

AP World News
Help wanted ads go unanswered in West
Electric car, cheap PC win INDEX prizes
Maddux earns 20th straight 10-win season
Perez outduels Penny as Mets top Dodgers
Beckett gets 16th win, BoSox win opener
Stocks end higher on solid economic data
3rd youth arrested in UK boy's killing
Winehouse bloody, bruised in UK photos

Military.com
Blog: A Tough Time in Germany
DT: Is SOCOM Part of the Problem?
Daily Shock: The Humvee Carwash
Op-ed: Trust Airborne or Brookings?
Join the Veteran Career Network
Football Season Kicks Off
Military.com Career Fair Coming to New York City on August 28th

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
U.S. Joint Forces Command, Boeing sign cooperative research and development agreement - podcast
Noble Resolve 07-2 comes to a close
More about Noble Resolve - podcast
Joint training leader discusses Unified Endeavor 2007
More about the Unified Endeavor program

Multi-National Force-Iraq
MPs help recruit future Iraqi Police
Mentorship program teaches local leaders to govern
Iraqis, Soldiers meet; Discuss rebuilding
Stryker Brigade Soldiers convene with Iraqi Army, Iraqi Police and Iraqi tribal leaders to promote peace and security
Coalition Forces capture foreign fighter in Arab Jabour
Execution site discovered, eight suspects detained
Three terrorists killed, 17 suspects detained in Coalition raids
Iraqi Army, U.S. Special Forces detain rogue Jaysh al Mahdi leaders
Iraqi Security Forces, Iraqi Army Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain two key al-Qaeda in Iraq terror

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS
Army Displays New MRAPs on Aberdeen - Photos
Report Cites Measured Progress in Iraq

MILITARY NEWS
Guardsmen on Front Line of Missile Defense
Hospital Steps Up Care for Warriors, Families
Top Enlisted Advisor Addresses NCO Grads
Travels with Pace Special
Pace Thanks U.S. Troops - Story

ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ
Electricity Generation Improves
Engineers Build Health Centers
Sheiks Seek to Unite Community
Iraqis Work to Rebuild Country
Flour Mill Re-opens in Baquoba

INSIDE AFGHANISTAN
Airmen, Afghans Set Up Hospital
Reconstruction Progresses
Video: Freedom Watch Afghanistan

FACE OF DEFENSE
Father, Son Are 'Soldiers First'
Vietnam Vet Leads Support Center
Flight Nurse Lives Dream

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
'American Spirit' Aids Wounded
Group Offers ‘Hear 4 You’
Air Force NCO Still Going Strong - Story - Special

DefendAmerica
NEWS UPDATES
Citizens Commit to Stop Violence - Story - Video

ON THE GROUND
U.S. Airmen, Afghans Set Up New Hospital - Story
Engineers Work on Four Health Care Centers - Story
Sheiks Strive to Unite Community, Country - Story

IN IRAQ
'Volunteers' Take Oath to Protect Community
Seabees, Marines Help Iraqis Build Future
Flour Mill Re-opens, Will Employ 100 Workers
U.S. Troops Deliver Food, Water to Residents
Marines, Iraqi Police Host Youth Soccer Day

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

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
1580
- In the Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal.
1609 - Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
1689 - The Iroquois take Montreal.
1718 - Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana, founding New Orleans.
1825 - Uruguay declares independence from Brazil.
1830 - Belgium revolts against the Netherlands.
1862 - The U.S. Secretary of War authorizes General Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves.
1864 - Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station
1875 - Matthew Webb becomes the first to swim the English Channel (21 hours, 45 minutes).
1912 - For the first time, an aircraft recovers from a spin.
1915 - A hurricane kills 275 and causes $50 million in damage in Galveston, TX.
1916 - The National Park Service is established in the Department of the Interior.
1919 - The first scheduled passenger service by airplane occurs (Paris-London).
1920 - Ethelda Bleibtrey becomes the first U.S. woman to win at the Olympics.
1921 - The U.S. signs peace a treaty with Germany.
1929 - The Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco, bound for L.A., after its trans-Pacific voyage.
1940 - The first parachute wedding takes place.
1943 - U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in the Solomon Islands.
1944 - Paris is liberated from Nazi occupation.
1945 - Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine.
1950 - President Truman orders the Army to seize control of the railroad to avert a strike.
1967 - Paraguay accepts its constitution.
1981 - Voyager-2' makes its closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km).
1983 - The U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign a $10 billion grain pact.
1988 - The Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston; NASA launches space vehicle S-214.
1989 - Voyager-2 makes its closest approach to Neptune.
1990 - The U.N. security council authorizes military action against Iraq.

Birthdays
1530
- Ivan IV (the Terrible), first Czar of Russia (1533-84)
1841 - Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon / thyroid specialist, Nobel Prize winner (1909)
1845 - Ludwig II, mad king of Bavaria (1864-86)
1906 - William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1957-90)
1912 - Erich Honecker, East German political leader
1919 - George C. Wallace (Gov-AL), Presidential candidate
1930 - Sean Connery, actor (James Bond)
1931 - Regis Philbin, TV host (Live with Regis and Kelly)
1934 - Valery F. Bykovsky, cosmonaut (Vostok V, Soyuz 22 31/39)
1949 - Gene Simmons, rocker (KISS)
1951 - Rob Halford, heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest)
1970 - Claudia Schiffer, super model (Elle, Rolling Stone)

Passings
1789
- Mary Ball Washington (George's mother)
1822 - William Herschel, discoverer of Uranus.
1900 - Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher
1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, head of the American Nazi Party, assassinated
1988 - Price Daniel (Gov/Sen-TX)

Reported Missing in Action
1966

Bullard, William H., USN (CA); A4E crashed due to mechanical problems, Killed, body not recovered

1967
Bois, Claire Ronald A., USN (AZ); RA3B shot down (aircrew); KIA, body not recovered

Jacobs, Edward James, Jr., USN (WA); RA3B shot down (pilot); KIA, body not recovered

Zavocky, James John, USN (OH); RA3B shot down (aircrew); KIA, body not recovered

1968
Gregory, Kenneth R., US Army (OK); released May, 1969

Johnson, Bobby L., US Army (MI); released by PRG February, 1973

Jones, Thomas N., US Army (IN); released January, 1969

1972
Doyle, Michael W., USN (PA); F4B shot down (pilot, w/Ensch), POW, remains returned August, 1985

Ensch, John C., USN (IL); F4B shot down (RIO, w/Doyle), released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

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