Iraq

(Reuters) "Iraqi police found 60 bodies dumped across Baghdad in the 24 hours until Tuesday morning." (blindfolded, bound, tortured.) (AP version.)

(AP) A number of arrests around the mass poisoning. 11 policemen kidnapped from a checkpoint in Sadr City.

(Reuters) 13 killed, 46 wounded in Baghdad bombing.

(Reuters) "The deaths of the four soldiers brought to 33 the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the beginning of October."

Dahr Jamail finally writes the story I've been waiting to see. on the degenerating situation in Baquba/Diyala.

(WaPo) US Gains in Parts of Iraq in Jeopardy.

(BBC) Iraq issues new "digital camoflage" uniforms to the police to "stop death squads dressing up as members of the security forces." Two problems. First, I think the Iraqis are capable of making fabric. Second, this article presumes that the killings are not being done by the security forces.

(CBSMarketwatch) The Iraqi ambassador is hanging out with the oil companies down here in Houston issuing his best soup-Nazi "no oil for you" if the US withdraws. "Any reconstruction efforts would be impeded by a U.S. retreat from Iraq."