PRIORITIES

Here are two paragraphs from an AP story on anarchy in Baghdad. I've left off the first sentence of the first paragraph:

...But the nine-story Ministry of Transport building was gutted by fire, as was the Iraqi Olympic headquarters, while the Ministry of Education was partially burned. Near the Interior Ministry, the office building of Saddam's son Odai stood damaged, its upper floors blackened.

A building on fire near the Interior Ministry was rocked by deafening explosions apparently caused by ammunition and rockets stashed inside. The blasts went on for more than 15 minutes. No immediate injuries were reported.

Here's the sentence I cut:

U.S. troops occupied the Oil Ministry.

Of course.