The U.S. government is seeking to return to Iraq a “looted” ancient tablet that came into the museum’s possession via arts-and-crafts chain Hobby Lobby.

Tonight at 7:30 p.m.

A new sign on the Key Bridge welcoming drivers to the District was vandalized over the weekend, treating commuters to an anti-war message this morning.

100 anti-war protesters, including Daniel Ellsberg – who leaked the Pentagon Papers – were arrested outside the White House while demonstrating against the Iraqi war. The demonstrations marked the eighth anniversary of the U.S. entering Iraq. The protesters were arrested Saturday, singing “We Shall Not Be Moved,” after refusing to move away from the gates of the White House….

Here’s a drinking game for all you kids looking to get loaded in a big hurry tonight. Head over to Rotten Tomatoes, start reading reviews of Buried and every time someone uses the word “claustrophobic,” take a shot. See, I got you started with one right there. While you’re at it, take one for every review that mentions “Hitchcock,” too.

Fidelis Cloer takes aim at competition seen and unseen in Bulletproof Salesman. “I want war. I don’t want peace,” says German armored-car merchant Fidelis Cloer at the beginning of Bulletproof Salesman. An hour later, in the doc’s final moments, he offers a slightly more nuanced view, pointing out that he did nothing at all to instigate or sustain the protracted conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan than have proved such a windfall for his company….

K Street, Tuesday, 5:41 p.m., photo by llunardi2 The Post is reporting that participants in today’s Iraq war protests were disappointed by the turnout. What did you see? Here’s some of the images that have already been uploaded to the DCist Flickr Pool. 17th Street, Wednesday, 8:44 a.m., photo by Fredo Alvarez 17th Street, Wednesday, 8:42 a.m., photo by Fredo Alvarez…

In addition to the long list of anti-war protests planned throughout the city today (we’ll have some photos up from some of them later on), around 200 activists staged a “Freeze-In” protest at Union Station on Tuesday. In the video above, you can see several dozen people who “froze” in place for about a minute at 5 p.m. yesterday to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war. The group, situated in the middle…

Violent, bloody and chaotic; these are the images that come to us from Iraq on a daily basis. But in My Baghdad, now at Irvine Contemporary, local photographer Phil Nesmith presents another view of Iraq, one that captures the quiet moments of the every day. His photographs are small vignettes, short snippets of life, printed onto glass. They are pieces of time, capturing a small moment in the motion of a waving flag or birds…

>> The Senate might have to work all weekend, in advance of a possible vote on Sunday on whether to take up a $50 billion war funding bill that calls for a troop withdrawal from Iraq in 12 months, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) warned. Be prepared to hear all your Senate staffer friends complain about this at happy hour tonight. [The Hill] >> Foxhall Road will be closed to traffic between MacArthur Boulevard…