In Iraq, the U.S. killed up to 12 people in Fallujah on Monday when it dropped four 500 pound bombs and two 1,000 bombs against a target described by the U.S. as a Mujahideen safe house. It was the deadliest US attack since the so-called handover of power last week. Iraq’s selected Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said his government provided intelligence to the U.S. military for the strike. 

In other news from Iraq three Marines died today in the province of Al-Anbar. A total of 10 soldiers have died in the region over the past week.