(1) In the latest attack on the oil sector vital to Iraq's reconstruction, three gunmen opened fire on an oil company executive's car, wounding him in the leg and killing his son.
The attempt to kill Mohammed al-Zibari, an executive responsible for oil distribution in a state-owned company, took place on Monday in the northern city of Mosul, police said.
The incident was believed to be the first assassination attempt on an Iraqi oil firm manager. Attacks on the oil industry have largely focused on attempts to sabotage the main oil export pipeline to Turkey.
A top oil ministry official said officials had now abandoned plans to reopen the line until an Iraqi force can secure it.
(2) Women in black, beating their chests in a traditional Mulsim mourning ritual, and men with black banners condemning U.S. troops took part in al-Kabi's funeral on Monday. Mourners carried his coffin draped in an Iraqi flag through the streets.
(3) Bremer told Britain's Times newspaper U.S.-led occupation forces would not be driven out of Iraq because the price of failure was too high for the country and for the Middle East.
"We're going to have increased attacks and increased terrorism because the terrorists can see the reconstruction dynamic is moving in our direction," Bremer said.
"It will be more of a problem in the months ahead unless the intelligence gets better," he added, saying hundreds of fighters from Sudan, Syria, Yemen and Saudi Arabia had entered Iraq.
"Technically the line could be operated right now but we decided to wait until we put together an Iraqi protective force to guard it," he said, without giving a timeframe.