It's WWIII, and U.S. is out of ideas  —  Last week's headlines prove the point: North Korea fires missiles, Iran talks of nukes again, Iraq carnage continues, Israel invades Gaza, England observes one-year anniversary of subway bombing.  And, oh, yes, the feds stop a plot to blow up tunnels under the Hudson River.

Bush's Shift: Being Patient With Foes  —  WASHINGTON, July 9 — President Bush has never made apologies for enshrining pre-emption as the defining doctrine of his first term.  He has declared many times that in a post-9/11 world, presidents no longer have the luxury of waiting for the slow grinding …

Scores Of Sunnis Killed in Baghdad  —  Neighborhood Residents Describe Signs of Torture  —  BAGHDAD, July 9 — Shiite Muslim militiamen rampaged through a Sunni Arab neighborhood in Baghdad early Sunday morning, killing more than 50 people and discarding bodies in the streets, according to Iraqi officials and witnesses.

Gunmen ambush bus in Baghdad, killing 7  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two car bombs struck a Shiite district in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, officials said, as sectarian tensions rose following a rampage by Shiite gunmen that killed 41 people, most of them Sunnis.

After 41 killed, Sunni officials say U.S. can't protect Iraqis  —  BAGHDAD (AP) — Sunni politicians on Monday called on the U.N. Security Council to send peacekeepers to Iraq saying U.S.-led "occupation forces" cannot protect Iraqis.  —  A day earlier Shiite gunmen entered a Baghdad neighborhood …

Hoekstra Urges Bush to Impart Intelligence Details  —  The Bush administration briefed top lawmakers on a significant intelligence program only after a key Republican committee chairman angrily complained of being left in the dark, the chairman said yesterday.