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Insurgents in Tikrit kill 17 Iraqis who worked for the U.S. Army. In all, more than 40 Iraqis have been killed in the past two days. The U.S. embassy says attacks on the road to Baghdad's airport remain commonplace. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

The top U.S. commander in northern Iraq says that this week's deadly attack on a U.S. base near the city of Mosul may have been the work of a suicide bomber wearing an Iraqi military uniform. Brig. Gen. Carter Ham says he is concerned the attack's success may encourage similar attempts. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

The Army says up to 28 U.S. soldiers may face criminal charges connected to the deaths of two prisoners at an U.S.-run prison in Afghanistan two years ago. The most serious potential charges cited include involuntary manslaughter and maiming. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

President Bush begins a two-day mission to Canada, downplaying disagreements between the U.S. and its neighbor over Iraq and trade issues. His trip is the first official visit by a U.S. president in nearly 10 years. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Rockets strike Baghdad's Al-Rashid Hotel, the temporary home for many U.S. military and civilian personnel in Iraq. The building was damaged, but no injuries were reported. U.S. authorities say projectiles also hit nearby Iraqi homes. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and NPR's Emily Harris.

A U.S. soldier is killed when a bomb explodes near a convoy outside Baghdad. The Pentagon says continuing attacks in Iraq require that current troops remain in the country until at least September if U.S. or international replacement troops cannot be found. Along the Iraqi-Syrian border, anti-American sentiment grows. Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten and Dexter Filkins of The New York Times.

Critics at home and abroad suggest the U.S. failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq signifies a failure of pre-war intelligence. U.S. and British lawmakers call for investigations into whether intelligence findings about possible illegal weapons in Iraq were exaggerated to justify going to war. Hear Dana Priest of The Washington Post.

A day after Saddam Hussein's two sons are killed in a gun battle with U.S. forces, Iraqis in Baghdad celebrate their deaths. U.S. officials predict the deaths of Uday and Qusay Hussein will reduce attacks against American troops and raise morale. Meanwhile, a new tape allegedly made by Saddam urges Iraqis to continue fighting American troops. Hear NPR's Guy Raz and defense expert Anthony Cordesman.

Paul Bremer, the chief U.S. administrator in Iraq, says that U.S. and British troops will not stay in the country any longer than necessary, but that first Iraqis must write a new constitution. Meanwhile, Iraq's new governing council agrees to set up a war crimes tribunal to try former members of Saddam Hussein's regime. Hear NPR's Kate Seelye.

In Baghdad, security forces desert the streets, replaced by looters, and government officials have disappeared. Hundreds of Iraqi civilians take to the streets, cheering U.S. soldiers and ripping up posters of Saddam Hussein. And with the help of a U.S. Marine vehicle, a crowd of Iraqi citizens topples a giant statue of the Iraqi leader. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.