Iraq violence 'forcing rethink'

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The Guardian and Independent lead on Iraq, after what the latter calls "the week the war unravelled".

It says violence in Amara, left by UK troops two months ago, "is especially worrying... because it threatens to jeopardise the exit strategy".

The Guardian describes a "polite rebellion" among allies of President Bush who want a change of tactics.

It says that senior Republicans believe Mr Bush's foreign policy doctrine "has hit a wall in Iraq and lies in ruins".

Childcare concerns

Childcare experts have written to the Daily Telegraph expressing concern about the effects of putting under-threes into inadequate nurseries.

Well-planned day care can be a solution, but facilities are usually lacking, they say.

They add: "Consistent, continuous care by a trusted figure is the key to... a secure and nurturing environment."

The Times leads on the story that a leading independent boys school is to admit "the bright but poor".

Veil debate

On the Muslim veil debate, the Daily Express says a readers poll found they wanted "the veil outlawed from public institutions such as schools".

"They are right to do so," says the paper, calling the veil "a retrograde mark of separation".

It calls for a parliamentary bill "to ban the burka".

The Daily Mail urges Muslims to do more to integrate, but says the rest of the UK should remember its "proud tradition of live-and-let-live tolerance".

Cancer battle

The Sun says Home Secretary John Reid is planning to use prison ships to ease the jail overcrowding crisis.

The paper says it suggested the move, and advises other ministers: "Follow The Sun... You know it makes sense."

The Daily Mirror leads on the news that Monty Python star Terry Jones is battling bowel cancer.

He attended the West End premiere of the Python musical Spamalot just days after being diagnosed, and is due to have surgery within days, it reports.