Certainly lately, since the transfer of sovereignty, things seem to be looking up....

--Peggy Noonan on Iraq, column posted Thursday, July 15, 2004 12:01 a.m. EDT

10 dead as car bomb rocks Baghdad; And governor of Mosul assassinated

--AP story posted July 14, 2004, 04:09 PM

Bulgarian hostage in Iraq beheaded: Al-Jazeera

--AFP story posted July 13, 2004, 4:41 PM

Child killed as mortars hit Baghdad house

--AP story posted July 9, 2004, 04:25 PM

5 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraqi mortar attack

--AP story posted July 8, 2004, 06:02 PM

Iraq oil exports halved as looters strike; Workers struggle to repair downed line

--AP story posted July 5, 2004, 08:31 AM

In the thirteen days before the surprise early "transition" non-ceremonies, there were 19 American military deaths in Iraq. In the thirteen days since, there have been 31.

--blog post by Tom Englehardt, July 13, 2004, 10:40 am