The Good News.

"Rumsfeld, on an unannounced visit to Baghdad, called on Iraqi leaders to draft and approve a constitution without delay."

"..a senior Iraqi security official said that he believed that US-led forces would hand over security in 10 major cities to Iraqi security forces by December. "From now until the [December] elections we hope to have transferred 10 major cities," Muwaffaq Rubaie, the chairman of a new transition task force, said."

And here is THE BEST NEWS OF ALL:

" The commander of US forces in Iraq, General George Casey, said that he believed that US forces could be reduced substantially by early next year."

via The Middle East Times.