Mrs G's Dawn Patrol

• 40 killed by Suicide Bombing in Shiite Mosque in Iraq A suicide bomber strikes a Mosque packed with mourners gathered for a funeral.

• Pentagon flag for sale on ebay? A Virginia man will put a flag that flew atop a construction crane at the Pentagon during the terrorists' attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, up for bid today on ebay.

• Reservist Dads:

  This injustice to our reservists serving in Iraq should be remedied by Congress and state legislatures before more fathers meet the fate of Bobby Sherrill, a father of two from North Carolina, who worked for Lockheed in Kuwait before being captured and held hostage by Iraq for five terrible months. The night he returned from the Persian Gulf he was arrested for failing to pay $1,425 in child support while he was a captive.

• MICHAEL SCHIAVO IS OFFERED $1 MILLION We are here today to announce that our client, Robert Herring, Sr., is making an offer to Terri Schiavo's husband, Michael Schiavo, which could save Terri's life.

• Iraq Shooting Tied to Envoy's Visit The U.S. Army personnel who fired at the car carrying an Italian journalist to the Baghdad airport last Friday night were part of extra security provided for U.S. Ambassador John D. Negroponte, who was expected to travel that same road, according to a U.S. Embassy official in Baghdad.
  • The New Editor has much more on the subject.

• Top U.N. Envoy To Present Syria With Ultimatum A top U.N. envoy will tell President Bashar Assad that Syria will face political and economic isolation if he does not completely and quickly withdraw from Lebanon, U.N. and U.S. officials said yesterday.

• Spain Marks Anniversary of Train Bombings MADRID, Spain - Spaniards lit candles, laid down flowers and observed a long, mournful silence Friday to mark the first anniversary of the country's worst-ever terror attack, when 10 al-Qaida bombs ripped through crowded commuter trains, killing 191 and wounding more than 1,500.

• Scott Ritter: Iraq Vote Fixed Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter said Tuesday that January's historic election in Iraq, which set off a wave of democratic reform throughout the Middle East, was fixed. Claiming he was vindicated when the U.S. failed to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Ritter insisted that the election results were changed using a "secret recount" held three days after the vote.