Unverified Iraq

Two unverified stories about what's going on in Iraq, make what you will of them:

"It seems to many of us this is more an act of desperation, rather than a well thought out tactic."

"LaHood replied that the US is on the verge of capturing Saddam and once that happens the resistance will collapse. When a member of the paper's editorial board asked LaHood if he knew something they didn't, the five-term congressman -- who sits on the House Intel Committee -- said 'Yes I do.'"