Iraq

(CNN) Two suicide vehicle bombers struck a U.S.-Iraqi military outpost in Taji on Wednesday night, the U.S. military said in a statement. The attack killed four Iraqi soldiers, the military said, and wounded 11 U.S. soldiers and four Iraqi soldiers.

(Reuters) Al Qaeda fighters kidnapped 15 Iraqi women and children after rival Sunni Arab militants repelled their attack on two villages in a fierce battle on Thursday in which 32 people were killed.

(AP) The (redacted, executive summary of the) Iraq NIE is due to be released today.

And, Juan Cole talks about new rumors of a military coup in Baghdad. In this version, the country would be ruled by a six member military commission with all political parties banned from the government for two years. The government would be run by expat "technocrats." (In other words, we're back to a different version of Chalabi.)

"It is said that the Americans are supporting this behind the scenes."

Treat it as a rumor.