In Iraq at least 75 people died on Saturday in the deadliest day since the U.S. launched Operation Lightning to hunt down members of the Iraqi resistance. In Baghdad, 11 people were killed in a car bombing in a Shiite neighborhood. 11 Iraqi construction workers died after their minibus came under fire. 21 bodies were also discovered in western Iraq. In Basra, the head of the region’s police academy was assassinated. And U.S. forces said they killed 40 Iraqi fighters in air strikes.