Monday edition - May 22, 2006

• A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq AP

• Iraq Body Count

• 7 Police Officers Among 17 Killed in Iraq Guardian Unlimited

• Bomber Kills 12 in Baghdad Restaurant AP

• Flurry of meetings, deaths in Iraq Seattle Times

• Franks Says Iraq Deaths Price for Security AP

• '80 Taliban dead' in US attack CNN International

• Afghan death toll tops 190 since Wednesday Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT 

• Guards Remove One of Saddam's Lawyers WJLA, DC

• Blair makes surprise visit to Iraq International Herald Tribune

• Flexible Body Armor Fails Army Testing AP

• Bush Praises Political Progress in Iraq AP

  U.S. produces anti-suicide bombing ad for Iraq Reuters

"We have to pray for your brother. He's in real trouble." -- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told a wide-eyed Doro Koch, sister of George W Bush

Karl Rove Update

Robert Luskin, Karl Rove's lawyer, says he spent most of the day on May 12 taking his cat to the veterinarian and having a technician fix his computer at home...The cat's medical tests, Luskin says, found that "the stools were free of harmful parasites, which is more than I can say for this case."...

The claim that President Bush's top political strategist had been indicted in the CIA leak investigation was written by a journalist who has battled drug addiction and mental illness and been convicted of grand larceny. That didn't stop more than 35 reporters -- from all the major newspapers, networks and newsmagazines -- from calling Luskin or Rove's spokesman, Mark Corallo, to check it out.

The government has the legal authority to prosecute journalists for publishing classified information, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Sunday.

"There are some statutes on the book which, if you read the language carefully, would seem to indicate that that is a possibility," Gonzales said
 

The results of severe acceleration. Photo source: Volkswagen Golf Advertisement

Peace.