Iraqi elections - another setback

In another significant blow to Iraq's upcoming elections, the entire 13-member electoral commission in the volatile province of Anbar, west of the capital, resigned after being threatened by insurgents, a regional newspaper reported Sunday.

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An Iraqi at the commission's office in Anbar said the members had resigned and had gone into hiding.

WaPo article

Anbar province contains Falluja.

Meanwhile...

At an elementary school in Tikrit, about 90 miles north of Baghdad, a rocket landed behind a school, narrowly missing a building crowded with children taking exams. The Um Omara school is a designated polling place, residents said.

Considering that the "insurgents" want to stop the election and are attacking polling places, is it a good idea to have them at schools?

Update 1:15pm: This note on the recent murder of the governor of Baghdad, and on what's happening in Falluja, comes from Dahr Jamail, who has just returned to Baghdad (where he says they get electricity about 4 hours a day).

Another Bradley Fighting Vehicle was destroyed today in Baghdad…as the resistance is using larger bombs for their attacks. Two soldiers died in the blast, with four wounded.

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But the details on the killing of the governor from an eyewitness escaped the news. The convoy was hit by a well coordinated attack. There were two groups of fighters who manned cigarette stands which line the streets of Baghdad, awaiting the governor. In addition, there were gunmen on the tops of nearby shops…the convoy was attacked, and the governors car escaped…only to be chased down by a car full of gunmen who finished the job. The only civilians who were shot were hit by the random firing from the governor’s guards.

The demolition of Fallujah continues. Two of my sources inside the city, who live in different neighborhoods, report that the military is now burning homes. Apparently, they are finding booby traps, so they are piling furniture up in the homes, dousing it with fuel, and burning it.

Nevertheless, another Marine was killed there

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So, as usual, the horrible catastrophe that is occupied Iraq is getting worse by the day.