Iraq

(McClatchy) "On five of the last seven days, the number of unidentified bodies found on Baghdad's streets has surpassed 25, a significant increase over previous weeks." (The death squads are creeping back.)

(BBC) "An attack by a US helicopter against suspected insurgents in Iraq has killed a number of children at a primary school, Iraqi security sources say."

(AP) The US version: "two children were among five people killed when a helicopter fired at militants operating an illegal checkpoint and planting a roadside bomb near Mandali."

(AP) A Kurdish lawmaker claims of Al Qaeda linked insurgents

"During questioning they confessed that were getting training lessons in a neighboring country and that was Iran," he said.

(Reuters) "Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has offered the United States Tehran's cooperation in developing a U.S. exit strategy from Iraq"

(AFP) "In the central Iraqi city of Samarra, insurgents destroyed two police stations belonging to the National Police just days after a deadly assault left 12 policemen dead, including their chief."

(Reuters) Constitutional reforms will be submitted next week.

(USNews) The Phase II report on Feith and prewar intel will be released soon.

(WaPo) Employees at the Commerce Department show little enthusiasm for going to Iraq.