SPB News for Friday.

Iraqis claim Marines are pushing Christianity in Fallujah "They are trying to convert us to Christianity," said Muamar Anad, a Sunni Muslim like most residents of this city in Anbar province. Residents of Fallujah are abuzz that some Americans whom they consider occupiers are also acting as Christian missionaries. Residents said some Marines at the western entrance to their city have been passing out coins [with a Bible verse] for two days in what they call a "humiliating" attempt to convert them to Christianity.

U.S. reassigns Marine for passing out Bible verses to Muslims The U.S. military confirmed Thursday that a Marine in Fallujah passed out coins with a Gospel verse on them to Sunni Muslims, a military spokesman in the Iraqi city said. The man was immediately removed from the checkpoint and reassigned. The coins angered residents who said they felt that the American troops, whom they consider occupiers, were also acting as Christian missionaries in a predominantly Muslim nation.

FBI searches candidate's office --Sekhon's congressional campaign labels action as dirty politics' FBI agents served a search warrant this week on the Yuba City home and office of Democratic congressional candidate Dr. Arjinderpal "A.J." Sekhon, a move the candidate called an example of "dirty politics." FBI spokesman Steve Dupre confirmed Friday that several agents from the agency's Sacramento office served the search warrant Wednesday at Sekhon's home and also his office, in which he shares his medical practice with his dentist wife, Daljit.

Bad News For Republicans — Is it the GOP's horrible reputation (in light of Bush, Katrina, Iraq, etc.) that is making voters not like them, or is it actually just their positions that are making them so unpopular? Josh at Next Right points to an interesting study, done for NPR …