In Iraq, three more U.S. soldiers have been killed over the past 24 hours in Tikrit and Baghdad. Twenty-three U.S. soldiers have already died in the first four days of November.

The Guardian of London is reporting that Iraqi resistance fighters now receive money for waging attacks on U.S. soldiers. An attack on a Humvee gets up to $300, a tank gets $700, and a downed helicopter gets $1,000.

One Iraqi told The Guardian, “Ramadan has been Allah’s gift to us. The streets are empty then, so we can attack the Americans without the possibility of killing our people.”

Spain announced today it was withdrawing most of its diplomatic staff because of security reasons. The Netherlands and Bulgaria have already made similar pullouts.