Iraq

(Salon) "The Army is ordering injured troops to go to Iraq"

(LATimes) The Shia government "puts off indefinitely" provincial elections. (Many provincial councils overrepresent Shia because the Sunnis boycotted the election. One of the benchmarks in reconciliation was supposed to be a rerun of these provincial elections.)

(NYTimes) In New Tactic, Militants Burn Houses in Iraq

(Honolulu Advertiser) More deployment extensions likely.

And, if you've got a minute, Check this out. It's an Iraqi TV ad for the Iraqi Police. Your tax dollars at work.