Suicide bomber kills 53 in southern Iraq:
A suicide bomber killed 53 people in an apparent sectarian attack in southern Iraq on Saturday casting a pall over the climax of a Shiite pilgrimage that draws hundreds of thousands from around the world. Ref. Source 2
Iraq: At least 44 killed, 190 others wounded in spate of explosions
At least 15 explosions hit various Iraqi cities and towns earlier on Tuesday, extending a spate of militant violence ahead of next week's Arab League summit in Baghdad. Ref. Source 7
Cost Of War
Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590"
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,801
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,930
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001 $1,314,198,935,481
Iraq still operating secret torture site, rights group says:
A clandestine jail and alleged torture site under the control of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki continues to operate more than a year after the government ordered it shut down, Human Rights Watch claims in a report being released Tuesday. Ref. Source 8
Iraq rejects U.S. Extradition for terror commander:
An Iraqi court has rejected a request to send a Hezbollah commander to the United States for trial, a decision that apparently ends the Obama administration's efforts to prosecute the Lebanese militant figure held in Iraq for the 2007 killings of five American soldiers. Ref. Source 2