Steve Shickles

Time.com - The former Iraqi Prime Minister seeking a return to power receives a thumbs-up from Saddam's old party

AFP - An independent panel established by the US Congress will recommend a complete overhaul of Iraq's national police to purge it of corrupt officers and Shiite militants suspected of complicity in sectarian killings, the New York Times reported Thursday.

Time.com - As US and British influence in Southern Iraq wanes, rival Shi'ite militias are vying to assert their supremacy

Reuters - President George W. Bush, grappling
with the unpopularity of the Iraq war at home, will make only a
short trip to Australia for this year's Asia-Pacific summit,
fueling criticism that he is neglecting Asia's concerns.

Reuters - A military airplane carrying four
members of the U.S. Congress came under fire over Iraq on
Thursday but the plane was not hit and no one was hurt, a
spokesman for one of the lawmakers said on Friday.

AFP - Sunni and Shiite leaders from Iraq met in Finland on Friday where they will study past peace processes to see if lessons can be learned to end Iraq's inter-communal violence, Finnish officials said.

AFP - A US Air Force C-130 aircraft carrying a congressional delegation had come under surface-to-air fire as it departed from Baghdad airport a day ago, the US military announced Friday.

AFP - A US film exposing the ugly reality of the Iraq war seared the big screen at the Venice film festival Friday, with director Brian De Palma saying he hoped it would help end America's military occupation.

AFP - A US Marine was ordered to execute a room full of terrified Iraqi women and children during an alleged massacre in Haditha that left 24 people dead, a military court heard Thursday.

Reuters - Britain fought back against criticism in
Washington over its performance in Iraq on Friday, taking the
unusual step of publishing an editorial in a U.S. newspaper
staunchly defending its record.