Iraq

(McClatchy) "U.S. authorities in Baghdad have received five severed fingers belonging to four Americans and an Austrian (contractors) who were taken hostage more than a year ago in Iraq, officials here said today."

It's interesting that this article doesn't mention any demands. You have to figure that if they're being kept alive, and fingers are being sent, there are demands.

Meanwhile, the Bush administration tries to hide a military report showing no connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda.