Quickhits

Previously I'd heard it said by administration defenders that Iraq wasn't in a civil war until there was open armed warfare in the streets, and so long as the military didn't start fighting with each other.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Clashes erupted Friday between two Iraqi army units following a roadside bombing north of the capital, and Iraqi police said a Shiite solder was killed in an exchange of fire with a Kurdish unit.

And, I thought Mel Gibson was one of the boys. Apparently, not. As he has pretty good street cred with the fundies, if he keeps saying this, I would expect alot of mentions of anti-semitism to cut him down.