AP – U.S. forces fired an artillery barrage in southern Baghdad Sunday morning, rocking the capital with loud explosions, while the death toll from a suicide car bomb attack in the Shiite holy city of Karbala rose to 68.
Baghdad rocked with loud explosions (AP)
Iraqi journalist shot in Baghdad (AP)
AP – Gunmen seriously wounded one of Iraq’s best known radio and television journalists near her home in the capital Sunday, police said.
Iran to announce decision on Iraq meeting (AFP)
AFP – Iran vowed on Sunday that it would announce by Monday whether its officials will attend a key conference on Iraq's security next week, amid a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at persuading Tehran to take part.
Army chief wants to speed up troop hike (AP)
AP – The Army’s new chief of staff said Saturday he wants to accelerate by two years a plan to increase the nation’s active duty soldiers by 65,000.
Democrats woo voters with Bush attacks (AP)
AP – Wooing influential California Democrats, presidential contender Barack Obama vowed to “turn the page on this Iraq disaster” while Hillary Rodham Clinton denounced President Bush’s conduct of the war as “one of the darkest blots on leadership we’ve ever had.”
Iran to send top envoy to Baghdad (AP)
AP – Iran on Sunday stepped up its interest in this week’s major conference on Iraq, sending top envoy Ali Larijani to Baghdad and flashing signals that it is considering the meeting favorably.
Iran's Larijani to visit Iraq (AFP)
AFP – Iran's top national security official Ali Larijani is to visit Baghdad for talks on this week's international conference on Iraqi security, the foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
Iran to decide on Iraq meeting on Sunday: agency (Reuters)
Reuters – Iran will announce later on Sunday
whether it will attend an international meeting in Egypt next
month to discuss the situation in Iraq, Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki was quoted as saying.
U.S. launches artillery barrage in Baghdad (Reuters)
Reuters – The U.S. military in Iraq launched an
artillery barrage in southern Baghdad on Sunday against
suspected insurgent targets, with two dozen loud explosions
shaking the southern outskirts of the capital.
Auditors find seven out of eight Iraqi projects crumbling: report (AFP)
AFP – US auditors have found that seven out of eight Iraq reconstruction projects declared successes by the US administration were no longer operating because of lack of proper maintenance or other problems, The New York Times reported on its website Saturday.
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