Updates.

Kyrgzstan to help on nuclear smuggling. "With this agreement, the U.S. and Kyrgyz governments are significantly enhancing their collaborative efforts combating the threat that nuclear or highly radioactive materials could be acquired by terrorists or others who would use them to harm us," the State Department said...Kygyzstan is the fourth ex-Soviet republic to join the U.S. Nuclear Smuggling Outreach Initiative. The other three are Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Georgia.

The United States hopes to sign another 20 similar agreements with countries where nuclear smuggling is a concern, the State Department said in a statement.

Passenger sitting behind soldier reports 'a very moving moment'. Last Wednesday, while flying from Phoenix to the Alamo City on U.S. Airways Flight 207, a San Antonio man, Gil Anderson, witnessed something memorable.

Shortly before takeoff, he overheard a flight attendant tell a young uniformed soldier sitting in front of him:

"A lady in first-class wants to switch seats with you."

Anbar’s Falluja city is living a renaissance of peace and hope this Ramadan. Sheikh Khaled Ahmed Saleh, an imam at al-Badawi mosque in central Falluja, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI), “We thank God that peace reigns over the city during this month. We were unable to perform Taraweeh prayers (evening prayers during Ramadan) in mosques over the past few years. But now we pray, go to the markets, and visit our relatives.”

U.S., Iraq troops kill 60 insurgents. The U.S. military also announced the death of an American soldier killed Saturday in a roadside bombing and gunfire attack in eastern Baghdad. There were 62 U.S. military deaths in September, the lowest monthly toll since July 2006 when 43 American soldiers were killed, according to a preliminary Associated Press tally.

Murtha to testify in Haditha defamation case. Murtha, a former Marine. accused Marines of "cold-blooded murder and war crimes'' during the Haditha incident. Frank Wuterich, a Marine sergeant involved in the incident, has sued Murtha for libel and invasion of privacy over his comments. (Yay!!!!)

My baby pug, Sydney!