In Iraq a ceasefire between the U.S. and backers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr appears to have all but ended as fighting broke out again on Wednesday between US forces and Sadr supporters in the city of Kufa. 7 Iraqis were reportedly killed, another 37 injured. According to the Washington Post, almost all the conditions of the truce worked out a week ago today have failed to hold.