The overall U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, is due to report to Washington in September on what the troop buildup is accomplishing, and he has said he intends also to recommend a way forward. Odierno said murders in Baghdad this week were down to 33, compared with 93 during the second week in January — before the start of a Baghdad security operation built around the American troop buildup. According to an Associated Press count, at least 230 Iraqis were killed in Baghdad over the past seven days, including murder victims. Police reported finding 121 bodies in the capital; 87 people were killed in the truck bombing of Khillani mosque in central Baghdad, and at least 22 people were killed in other ways, including gunfire and roadside bombings. Odierno reported that troops have found 128 weapons caches in June, compared with 25 in June of last year. Odierno said the massive week-old series of operations in and around Baghdad would continue through the summer.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/461349