Senate funding vote: The Senate plans to vote today on providing $165billion to fund Pentagon operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until the new administration takes over next year. A plan announced last night by Senate leaders probably would doom billions of dollars in domestic programs sought by Democrats. In exchange, GOP leaders would allow a vote on a big expansion of education benefits for veterans under the GI Bill that the White House has promised to veto.
Bodies found: Iraqi police found 10 bodies in Buhriz.
Colonel killed: Gunmen killed Col. Abdul-Kareem Mushin, head of a government department that looks after security for buildings, bridges and oil pipelines, in Baghdad.
Deadly mortar attack: Three people were killed and two wounded in a mortar attack in southern Baghdad.
Artifacts recovered: Syrian customs officials seized 40 artifacts stolen from the National Museum in Iraq as they were being smuggled across the border, Syrian media reported yesterday.
