Iraq

(Reuters) "A truck packed with explosives blew up on Monday close to Iraq's largest dam, partly destroying the main access bridge and killing a policeman, police said." (This is near that damn that is considered likely to break killing tens of thousands.)

(VOI) Also in Mosul, "a US patrol opened fire on civilians after a bomb went off targeting their vehicles, security sources told the Voices of Iraq VOI"

(AFP) "The Kurdish regional government in north Iraq has agreed to delay by six months the referendum on the future of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, easing immediate tensions among the mixed population."

(AsiaTimes) A long piece looking at the parallels and differences between Sadr and Nasrallah/Hezbullah.