Baghdad yields yet more signs of progress

Yet another tragedy that has nothing to do with Al-Qaeda, but rather the woeful indifference to the sectarian militias. Since tackling the militias is proving much more difficult than he laid out in his surge proposal back in January, Bush has instead shifted to the focus to "All Al-Qaeda, all the time".
Of course, Al-Qaeda simply moves to wherever the surge forces are not concentrated, and this is apparently some kind of 'success' in some circles, especially those circles involving those under the command of or in the pay of the Decider.

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Bodies of seven abducted Iraqi policemen found south of Baghdad

The bodies of seven abducted Iraqi policemen, including an officer, were found in an area in Babil province south of Baghdad on Thursday, a provincial police source said.

"Our police patrols found seven bodies of policemen, including the body of Lieutenant Colonel Salam Hannon, police chief of Iskandariyah town, dumped in the Mwiylha area outside the town," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The victims were attacked and then adducted by a group of gunmen on Wednesday evening in a rural area outside the town of Iskandariyah, some 50 km south of Baghdad, the source said.

Iskandariyah, along with several large towns in the Babil province including Yousifiyah, Mahmoudiyah, Musayyib and Latifiyah, are parts of an area known as the "Triangle of Death" inhabited by both Sunni and Shiite Muslims.

Source: Xinhua