Iraq's acting parliament speaker says he will convene the legislature Monday in an effort to push forward the formation of a national unity government. Adnan Pachachi, who is a Sunni Arab, says he hopes Shi'ite leaders will have resolved the deadlock over their candidate for prime minister by then. Kurdish and Sunni politicians have rejected the Shi'ite candidate for the post -- current Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari.
In violence today (Wednesday), a roadside bomb killed two American soldiers in Baghdad. Another bomb killed a third U.S. soldier east of the city.