Iraq

(Reuters) In response to arrests in Diwaniyah, "An official in the local office of the movement of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who controls the Mahdi Army milita, confirmed its fighters and US troops were clashing around Salim Street and Al-Askari."

(AP) A chlorine bomb in Ramadi kills 27.

(AP) The British claim that yesterday's deaths were from an Iranian EFP.

"Now it is far too early to say that the particular terrorist act that killed our forces was an act committed by terrorists that were backed by any elements of the Iranian regime, so I make no allegation in respect of that particular incident," Blair said.

He added, however, "This is maybe the right moment to reflect on our relationship with Iran."

(CNN) The US is still allowing safe haven in Iraq for the terror group MEK even protecting supply convoys to their base. (They target Iran, of course.)

(WaPo) "Captured Iraqi documents and intelligence interrogations of Saddam Hussein and two former aides "all confirmed" that Hussein's regime was not directly cooperating with al-Qaeda before the U.S. invasion of Iraq......"

"The report's release came on the same day that Vice President Cheney.... repeated his allegation that al-Qaeda was operating inside Iraq "before we ever launched" the war..."