By the way...

People are still being killed and wounded by the dozens daily in Iraq. From the NY Times:

At least 21 people, including two United States soldiers, were killed today as insurgents struck to the north and south of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official and the American military said today.

A suicide car bomber attacked a police station in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown, at 9 a.m., leaving 10 people dead and 12 wounded. Some of the casualties were civilians passing by the station, the ministry official said.

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An hour later, another car bomber targeted a two-vehicle police convoy in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, leaving two policemen dead and one wounded, the official said.

In Hilla, south of Baghdad, a third suicide bomber exploded his vehicle in front of the headquarters of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution, a leading Shiite political party.

Seven people were killed in the blast and another eight wounded, the ministry aide said.

An American soldier was killed and two were wounded in a roadside bomb blast this morning north of Samarra, about 60 miles north of Baghdad, the American military said.

Another soldier died near Tikrit, also as a result of a roadside blast, the military said.

Today's attacks follow the deaths of 22 people on Wednesday across a 200-mile stretch of central and northern Iraq.