Another week…

…on The Course.

Violence across Iraq has spiked in recent days, with more than 200 people killed since Sunday in clashes, bombings or shootings — despite U.S. and Iraqi officials' claims that a new security operation in the capital has lowered Sunni-Shiite killings there, which had risen in June and July.

Or, you might say, despite U.S. and Iraqi officials' lies...

Hat tip to Atrios.