In Baghdad, the Iraq Oil Ministry and the Palestine and Sheraton hotels, came under rocket attack this morning. The Associated Press reports more than a dozen rockets were fired from donkey carts at the targets. There were no reports of fatalities. On Thursday, a Thai military camp in the Iraqi city of Karbala came under mortar attack.

Wash. Post: Gov’t May End Registration Program
The Washington Post reports the Department of Homeland is expected to abandon a program that forced men living in the U.S. for 25 predominantly Muslim nations to register with the government. Over the last year thousands of men were arrested or deported when they showed up at government offices to register. Of the 83,000 visitors who voluntarily registered, nearly 14,000 were ordered to be deported.