1. Bush met his top general and Iraq fired new salvoes of defiant words.
2. While the salvoes rarely cause death or injury they have traumatized residents and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faces pressure to order tougher reprisals.
3. Lebanese security sources said they felt it was unlikely Hezbollah fired the salvoes.
4. The salvoes came a day after soldiers killed four Hamas gunmen during a raid into the Gaza Strip.