Iraqi Gov't Comes Together WITHOUT Defense and Interior Heads

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced top cabinet officials today, but left out who would control both the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior. The two ministries, which control the Iraqi security and police forces, may have heads announced tomorrow. In the meantime, however, 19 day laborers were killed in Shi'ite Sadr City as the unrecognized civil war in Iraq moves forward. Both Italy and Japan have suggested they will be pulling out troops very soon in response to the civil war. Italy's new prime minister, Romano Prodi, called the war a "grave mistake" but failed to give a date for troop withdrawal. For a run down of recent Iraqi Cabinet nominees, as well as basic info on other key leaders in Iraq, click here. Bush admitted the extent to which the war and occupation in Iraq was unpopular with the American populace in an interview yesterday on the "Today Show" but hinted at continuing to not give a shit.