In Iraq, at least twelve people have been killed and ten wounded in a suicide attack in the province of Diyala north of Baghdad. Iraqi police say US soldiers could be among the dead. The attack follows another Diyala suicide bombing that killed at least sixteen people and wounded nearly thirty others.

Unidentifed Relative: “Seven members of my family were killed. Can Arabs accept that? Can any law approve it?”

Pentagon figures show an average 600 attacks per week in Iraq, excluding US attacks. A recent US military study shows Iraqis of all sectarian and ethnic groups roundly see the US invasion and occupation as the root cause of Iraq’s sectarian conflict. One US military analyst said the result is encouraging, because it shows Iraqis hold some “shared beliefs.”