AFP – US forces arrested the bodyguard of a senior Iraqi politician for allegedly planning multiple suicide attacks on Baghdad’s Green Zone, seat of the Iraqi government and US embassy.

Reuters – Iraq’s government imposed a one-day
curfew on the capital Baghdad on Saturday without explanation,
ordering all cars and pedestrians off the streets.

AP – The detained guard of a prominent Sunni politician is suspected of belonging to al-Qaida in Iraq and planning a major suicide car bomb attack inside Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, the U.S. military said Saturday.

Reuters – The United States may cut off funding
for Iraq’s police because of its failure to punish people
responsible for torture, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said in an
interview published on Saturday.

Reuters – The U.S. Senate on Saturday
authorized $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and
nearly $463 billion for defense programs in the fiscal year
that begins on Sunday.

AP – The CIA interrogation program should now be back in business and terrorist trials can begin right away, according to proponents of new legislation passed by Congress. The legislation is a victory for President Bush, whose detention and interrogation program was deemed illegal by the Supreme Court in June. Bush turned to Congress and was able to push through legislation that would revive his anti-terror efforts.

AP – Former White House chief of staff Andrew Card twice sought to persuade President Bush to fire Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the second time with the support of first lady Laura Bush, Bob Woodward writes in a new book on the Bush administration’s Iraq war policy.

AFP – The White House denied willfully understating violence in Iraq, one of a barrage of charges stemming from a new book that reportedly paints top US officials in disarray over the war.

AFP – US President George W. Bush accused critics who say the Iraq war has fueled terrorist recruitment have bought into "the enemy’s propaganda."

AFP – US President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday discussed the security situation in Iraq and efforts to pacify Baghdad, the White House said.