Iraq

(AP) The Iraqi Parliament passes a resolution objecting to the Adhamiyah wall, but what really caught me was the evnt right after,

The house was about to vote on another resolution, this time to ban American forces from Baghdad, when officials announced the house no longer had a quorum.

(AP) Maj. Gen. Mixon's public plea for more troops worked, "With violence on the rise, Caldwell also announced that an additional 3,000 forces have been sent to Diyala province, scene of heavy fighting."

(AP) The US continues to search for the 3 seized soldiers.

Same article, Public executions in Baquba.

The eight gunmen in two cars drove into the bustling market in central Baqouba about 8:30 a.m., opened a trunk, pulled out one handcuffed man and repeatedly shot him in the head, the police and witnesses said on condition of anonymity out of concern for their own security.

The gunmen then drove to a nearby cinema, pulled the other man out of the trunk and publicly killed him, police said.

Three other civilians also were killed execution-style in a market in the city center, police said.

(AP) A second attack in Irbil targeting the PUK kills at least 50.

(NYTimes) A look at poor PTSD treatment at Fort Carson.

And, in "the other war," a major Taliban figure was killed, and Afghani and Pakistani forces traded fire along their border with 3 schoolchildren dead.

Later: (AP) Maliki offers an "agreement" that Sunnis will have more control of Iraqi forces operating in Sunni areas. (According to this article, this staves off the Sunni walkout.)