In Iraq, the heavy U.S. bombing of the city of Fallujah continues. Reuters is reporting a a U.S. airstrike yesterday killed a family of six. After the bombing a local resident said “Is this the gift that Iyad Allawi is giving to the people of Falluja? Every day they strike Fallujah.” Meanwhile in Sammarah, a double suicide car bombing has killed at least eight Iraqis, mostly women and children. The two suicide attackers reportedly exploded the bombs in the path of a US army convoy near a nursery school.