In Iraq, U.S. forces have arrested the deputy speaker of the interim Iraqi National Council in a move that raises new questions as to the sovereignty of the Iraqi government. The arrested man, Naseer Ayaef, is a leading Sunni politician who is one of the highest ranking officials in the interim government. His arrest comes less than a week after his party, the Iraqi Islamic Party, pulled out of the Iraqi government in protest of the attack on Fallujah.