Thursday also saw some shakeups in the fledgling Iraqi government.

Iraq’s Interior Minister who was in charge of the country’s police was forced to resign. It was unclear why. But he was in charge of the Iraqi police force which has been criticized by the US for abandoning their posts when faced with attacks by the Iraqi resistance.

The Minister for Human Rights in Iraq, appointed by the American-appointed Interim Governing Council, has also resigned. The minister said he was leaving his position “in protest at the practices of the Americans.”