Iraq

(AP) "Infiltration of arms and fighters from Syria into Iraq has slowed, but a major reason is that the terrorists of al-Qaida in Iraq now need less foreign help, a senior U.S. general said Friday."

(AP) Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdish region, contradicts the US story on the seizure of the 5 Iranians in Irbil, adding that the US was after top IRG officials who were visiting Kurdish leaders on invitation.

(Reuters) The US attack against Shia militants in Diwaniyah is continuing.

(CNN) A gutwrenching story of a Sunni woman whose sons were taken by the death squads.

(TimesOnline) US prisons in Iraq are becoming recruiting centers.