Iraq descends

NYTimes

At least 50 bodies, riddled with bullets and many bearing signs of torture, were discovered across Baghdad a Ministry of Interior official said. About 60 bodies were discovered the day before.

Meanwhile, a troubled neighborhood at the center of the American military’s push to secure the capital (Dora) was hit by three deadly bomb blasts, , including one at a busy bakery that killed at least 17 people and injured a dozen others, authorities said.

(AP) US military deaths hit 2,750.

(NYTimes) More than 100,000 US soldiers returning from Iraq or Afghanistan have claimed disability so far.

(AP) A minimum of 1.2 million Iraqis have fled their homes.

(USAToday) A new study estimates 655,000 Iraqis have died since the US invasion. (The methodology may be up for questioning, but Juan Cole makes a reasonable argument that it may be true.)

(Rasmussen) Who is winning the war on terrorism?
--------------------US - 31%, Terrorists - 36%.