Mohammed over at Iraq the Model discusses the clerical preparation behind the "spontaneous" demonstrations in Iraq following the attack on the Shiite shrine in Samarra. His brother Omar describes new developments in the Saddam Hussein trial.
Meanwhile, Sandmonkey has a bit of evidence that the Europeans are starting to get fed up in the aftermath of "The Battle of Khartoon." He has more here.
Finally, Wretchard at The Belmont Club had a moving post a while back about World War II poem codes.